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Popular Resources
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*Continuous Learning (CL) courses are not shownJoint Fundamentals Course
Enterprise Management Course
USSOCOM Staff Education Program Foundations
Recent Publications
Cognitive Warfare to Dominate and Redefine Adversary Realities: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces
Advancing the SOF Warrior Mind: Essays from the Academic Year 2025 JSOU Call for Special Operations Papers
Leveraging Contingent Capital as a Non-Traditional Discipline of Economic Warfare
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Special Operations Intelligence Course
Description
The Special Operations Intelligence Course is designed to prepare intelligence personnel for assignments within Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs), Combined Joint Special Operations Task Forces (CJSOTFs), or Special Operations Joint Task Forces (SOJTFs). The course provides an in-depth examination of SOCOM missions, Intelligence Community (IC) support to SOF, and the roles of SOCOM J2 staff and component commands. It incorporates lessons learned from real-world scenarios involving strategic adversaries and emphasizes intelligence support to Irregular Warfare (IW) as well as analysis of the multi-domain operational environment. Duration: This course is presented over 2 weeks residential learning phase
Audience
This course is designed specifically for the special operations community and interagency partners assigned to and/or in direct support of joint and coalition special operations. More specifically, enlisted (E6-E9), officers (03-05), warrant officers (W1–W5), and government personnel (up to GG/GS 14), or associated echelons, who are involved in planning and conducting operations in supporting special operations. All others are evaluated and accepted on a case-by-case basis.
Remarks
Registration will open 60 days prior to class start date. Students within the SOF enterprise will get priority. Those not selected will be rejected or placed on standby list for the first available seat. The Course Director will provide a welcome email to students prior to the course start date. The course is conducted at the level Top Secret (TS), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). Students must have a TS clearance and be indoctrinated into a SCI billet prior to course commencement.
Prerequisites
Introduction to Special Operations Forces - Distance Learning Introduction to Special Operations Intelligence
Materials
All required texts and materials will be available to the student on Blackboard, Classified SharePoint, or issued upon arrival in the classroom. Each student MUST have after hours – NOT in the classroom – access to commercial internet and JSOU Blackboard site prior to and throughout the course.
Accreditation
JSOU is currently an accredited educational institution accredited through the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET) - a national accrediting agency recognized by the Department of Education.