The United States Special Operations Command is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force o
Senator Barry Goldwater, former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in 1986
General James Lindsay, the first Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command in 1986
MH-60 landing on Hercules (c. 1 June 1988)
One of two Iranian oil platforms set ablaze after shelling by American destroyers (19 October 1987)
The Joint Special Operations Command is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command and is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure
United States Special Operations Command
…expanded relief operations of Restore Hope. The first teams into Somalia were CIA Special Activities Division paramilitary officers with elements of JSOC. They conducted very high-risk advanced force operations prior to the entry of the follow-on forces. The first casualty of the conflict came from this…
MGEN Richard A Scholtes
LTG Carl W. Stiner
General Gary Edward Luck
Wayne A. Downing MG 1988