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Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile
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Special Operations Research Topics 2023
The Network Illusion: How a Network-Centric Special Operations Culture Impedes Strategic Effect
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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
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
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
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