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Popular Resources
Upcoming Courses
*Continuous Learning (CL) courses are not shownSpecial Operations Forces- Influence and Operations in the Information Environment (Pilot)
Summit
Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile
Recent Publications
Special Operations Research Topics 2023
The Network Illusion: How a Network-Centric Special Operations Culture Impedes Strategic Effect
ArcticNEXT: Compound Security Threats in Strategic Competition
Featured Publications
Quick Links
JSOU's Upcoming Events
ThinkJSOU with Dr. Rory Cormac: How To Stage A Coup And Ten Other Lessons from the World of Secret Statecraft
Lunchtime Talk with Nick Reynolds: Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence
Recently Ended
Lunchtime Talk with Nick Reynolds: Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence
Lunchtime Talk: Irregular Warfare in Strategic Competition
ThinkJSOU Panel: The 2022 National Security Strategy and Interagency Cooperation
Joint Fundamentals Course
Description
*Note: Students MUST provide BOTH a personal email address AND either their .gov or .mil email address in order to be registered for the course. This course educates enlisted students for entry-level leadership careers in SOF. Students, from a tactical and operational perspective, will develop skills in communications, creative thinking, and ethical decision-making. Students will also analyze the history, unique function, and organization of the USSOCOM from the headquarters down to the subcomponent commands.
Audience
E6 SOF operator and enablers. Effective Immediately the USSOCOM CCM in coordination with Component CSELs has deemed that all JSOU Enlisted Academy courses (CEPs 1-4) are now nominative. Each respective SOF Service Component MAJCOM CSEL is responsible for oversight of their Component nominations. Students must be nominated by an E-9 in their Chain of Responsibility. Nomination emails must be forwarded to JSOU Enlisted Academy Service Component Liaisons: USASOC: JSOU.EA.ARMY@socom.mil , WARCOM: JSOU.EA.NAVY@socom.mil , AFSOC: JSOU.EA.USAF@socom.mil , MARSOC: JSOU.EA.USMC@socom.mil , International: JSOU.INTNCO@socom.mil.
Materials
There are no required texts or materials for this course.