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Schoomaker, GEN Peter J.: 8, 10, 13, 14, 22, 23, 26, 29 SCUD: 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 122, 123 SEAL Team 2: 59, 63 SEAL Team 3: 108 SEAL Team 4: 78 SEAL Team 5: 63 SEAL Team 8: 63 Senegal: 78 SETAF: 115 SHADOW EXPRESS: 81 Shah-i-Khot Valley: 102, 103 Shalikashvili, GEN John M.: 65, 66 Shelton, GEN Henry H.: 8, 9, 13 Shelton, LTG Henry H.: 66, 83 Sherzai, Gul Agha: 97 Shiite: 130, 134, 135, 136 Shindand: 115 SHINING HOPE: 72, 73 Shkin: 113, 114, 117 Shomali Plains: 94, 98 Shughart, SFC Randall: 62 Sierra Leone: 9, 29, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83 SILVER WAKE: 9, 82, 83 SOAL: 14, 18, 26 SOCCENT: 11, 26, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 77, 91, 92, 93, 101, 121, 122, 139 SOCEUR: 68, 70, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 89, 91, 120, 138 SOCIFOR: 68, 69, 70 SOCPAC: 11, 77, 87, 88, 89, 141, 142, 143, 144 SOCSOUTH: 45, 77, 87 SOF Truths: 29 SOIO: 13, 14, 18 SOKF: 19, 30, 31 Somalia: 9, 57, 59-63, 68 SOOP: 13, 14, 18 SORR: 13, 14, 18, 22, 23 SOS-T: 143, 144 SOTF 71: 120 SOUTHCOM: 21, 22, 48, 78, 79, 142 Spain: 81, 89 Spann, Mike: 95 Sperwan Ghar: 118 Spin Ghar: 97 Stiner, GEN Carl W.: 8, 9, 19, 22, 26 Sulu: 143, 144 Sulu Archipelago: 142, 143 Sunni: 129, 134, 135 SUPPORT DEMOCRACY: 26, 64, 67 Svitak, SGT Phil: 105 155 SWAT: 132, 133, 136 T Taft, William H., IV: 7, 22 Tagab: 118, 119 Takur Ghar: 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 Talbott,Strobe: 84 Taliban: 11, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101, 102, 107, 108, 109, 111, 117, 118, 119, 120 Taloqan: 94, 96 Tarin Khowt: 96, 112 Tawi-Tawi: 143 Taylor, Charles: 81 TF 11: 98, 99, 100, 101 TF 64: 103 TF ANVIL: 103 TF ATLANTIC: 44 TF BAYONET: 39 TF BLACK: 36, 45, 46, 47 TF COMET: 144 TF COMMANDO: 107 TF DAGGER: 92, 94, 96, 97, 98, 102, 107, 108, 109, 122 TF FALCON: 73 TF GATOR: 36, 37, 38 TF HAMMER: 103 TF HAWK: 72 TF K-BAR: 103, 107, 108, 109 TF MOUNTAIN: 103, 104 TF PHOENIX: 110, 111, 115 TF RAKASSAN: 103, 107 TF RANGER: 61, 62, 63 TF RED: 36, 37, 38, 40 TF SUMMIT: 107 TF VIKING: 123, 124 TF WHITE: 36, 42, 44 TF-58: 108 Thailand: 75 Tigris River: 53, 127, 128 Tikrit: 127, 128, 129 Tirana: 82 Tora Bora: 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 Torkham: 113, 114, 115 Turkey: 60, 74, 123 U UAV: 24, 31 UH-60: 35, 45 ULTIMATUM: 144 UN Security Council: 65, 79, 111 Unconventional Warfare: 19, 91, 92, 93, 101, 107, 109, 110, 121 UNIFIED ASSISTANCE: 90
United Arab Emirates: 73, 118, 119, 120 United Kingdom: 117, 120, 125 UNITED SHIELD: 63 UNOSOM: 61 UNOSOM II: 9, 60, 61, 63 UPHOLD DEMOCRACY: 9, 26, 66, 67 URGENT FURY: 40 Usama bin Laden (UBL): 91, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101 USS America: 65, 66 USS Chinook: 81 USS Constellation: 125 USS Cyclone: 64, 65 USS Duluth: 125 USS Firebolt: 82 USS Hurricane: 65 USS Juneau: 59 USS Monsoon: 65 USS Nicholas: 50, 51 USS Tempest: 64, 65 USS Tripoli: 59 Uzbekistan: 92, 93, 107 V VALLEY FORGE: 115, 116, 117 Vietnam: 75 W Wadi al Khirr: 123 Wasp Amphibious Ready Group: 59 Wazir Valley: 97 Weinberger, Caspar: 7, 19, 20 Wimbrown VII: 33, 34, 35 Wurster, Brig Gen Donald: 141 Y Yahya Khehl: 108 Yugoslavia: 68, 69, 72 Z Zaman, General Haji: 97, 100 Zambia: 75 Zamboanga: 142, 143 Zarqawi, Abu Musab al: 134, 135 Zhawar Kili: 108 Zia, General: 103 Acknowledgements The sixth edition of the USSOCOM History owes much to the entire staff of the History and Research Office—civil service, contract, and active duty and reserve personnel. Staff who contributed mightily by gathering photographs, editing, researching, and writing portions of this edition include Mr. Jim Fream, Mr. Derek Freed, Mr. Rick Green, Ms. Gaea Levy, LTC Tom Searle, LTC James “Dave” Wood, and Dr. Shawn Woodford. Dr. John Partin performed a myriad of tasks to bring this edition to fruition. Ms. Levy laid out the text and photographs; Mr. Randy Nabors designed the cover. Special thanks go to all involved. For comments or suggestions, please contact the USSOCOM History and Research Office at: 31 March 2008 USSOCOM/SOCS-HO 7701 Tampa Point Boulevard MacDill AFB, FL 33621-5323 Telephone: Commercial (813) 826-4431 DSN: 299-4431; FAX 299-5528 156
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HISTORY 6th Edition
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1968 - The future home of U.S. Stri
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General James J. Lindsay accepting
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Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) Senator Wil
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USSOCOM Commanders There have been
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the impact on its people, the comma
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Mission and Organization USSOCOM’
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Logistics (SOAL). Finally, the Chie
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During the review process for the 2
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HQ USSOCOM Organization Chart 2006
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greatly improved the command’s ab
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(7) JMISC continued to provide PSYO
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USSOCOM’s MFP-11. By FY 2006, the
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forming its acquisition functions a
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nature were key goals in addition t
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COMMANDER’S TOP PRIORITIES FOR FY
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President George W. Bush signed the
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Iran Ajr, caught laying mines, was
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The invasion of Panama, known as Op
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Capturing Torrijos/Tocumen was cruc
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ful seizure of the Torrijos/Tocumen
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second pass, one pilot saw movement
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Harbor by having SEALs place demoli
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BLACK elements returned to Albrook
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Noriega’s Surrender: After his ap
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joint training with NSWTG small boa
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Special Tactics Teams train during
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Schwarzkopf that he and AFSOCCENT w
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SCUD hunting patrol in western Iraq
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In January 1981, the FMLN (Farabund
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HOPE. On 12 January 1993, a Special
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missions into Mogadishu, all of whi
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Haiti had endured unremitting polit
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of Haiti. These themes stressed nat
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In the early 1990s, rival ethnic st
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what they had done for JOINT ENDEAV
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Kosovo Operation ALLIED FORCE NATO
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Peace Operations and Crisis Respons
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In conjunction with the UN, the Org
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Special Forces soldiers train Niger
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Operation SILVER ANVIL Noncombatant
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second patrol coastal vessel, USS F
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Operation FIRM RESPONSE, ESAT vehic
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In Phase II, the relief phase, CA s
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No other international donor has ma
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flooded and damaged areas, signific
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government, so the “lead agency
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Objective Rhino, a desert landing s
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ather than target coordinates into
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would prove adequate to both assaul
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100 Despite what, in retrospect, ma
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coalition forces continued to searc
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