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About JSOU
Popular Resources
Upcoming Courses
*Continuous Learning (CL) courses are not shownSpecial Operations Planning Course
Special Operations Forces-Security Cooperation
SOF Sensitive Activities Foundations
Recent Publications
Special Operations Forces Reference Manual, Fifth Edition
The Fourth Age: The Future of Special Operations
Stress: Understanding Its Mechanisms and Impacts
Featured Publications
Quick Links
SOF Design and Innovation Basic Course
Description
Course is held in person over an one week (5 day) period, and held throughout USSOCOM, allied, and partner locations. Course provides foundational military design education for students interested in organizational change, innovation, creativity and disruptive thinking for SOF applications in complex emergent contexts. Students learn how to operate in design teams, use a wide range of multi-disciplinary design concepts in a flexible, adaptive methodology for fostering reflective practitioners and change agents across the SOCOM enterprise. Total time commitment: approx. 8.0 hours per day x 5 days for a total of 40 hours. Students are expected to complete 3 to 4 hours of pre course work prior to first day of class
Audience
Primary: Action officers from USSOCOM, the theater special operations commands, and the components who will participate in special operations design teams. Secondary: United States Government personnel partnered with USSOCOM. Grades: E-5 to E9 and O-1 to O-10 and Government Civilian equivalents. *24 seats available per iteration This course is available to international partners. Prospective international students must contact the security cooperation training element at the U.S. Embassy in his/her country to initiate course attendance. Provide the following MASL Number: D126088
Materials
Students will have access to all required materials through JSOU’s e-campus. Students must have commercial Internet access, Zoom video conferencing capability, and a computer or personal electronic device with camera and microphone for video conferences