Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

This course is composed of a five-day synchronous session (32 hours) that will be conducted in residence. The course provides a comprehension level overview of the fiscal laws, rules, and processes for Service-common base operating support, home station, and deployment area administrative and logistical support using Major Force Program 11 funds (MFP-11).

This course listing serves as an entry point for students to access a Blackboard-based landing page from which students can then sign-up for a wide variety of government or government-funded, commercially provided, courses. These self-paced, distance-learning, educational offerings address two subject areas: Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. The courses provide basic, intermediate and advanced learning opportunities. Actual length of the offered courses/modules varies. You will have access to the JSOU Blackboard landing page for 30 days upon enrollment.

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Once accepted the student will have 30 days to complete the course. Location: The course is conducted as an asynchronous DL course via Blackboard on SIPR. NOTE: When registering for the course please include SIPR email address.

This course is designed for USSOCOM, TSOC, and component staff members who are new to the countering weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) problem set. The CWMD-F course provides an overview of USSOCOM’s roles in CWMD and recent Unified Command Plan (UCP) change; an understanding of weapons of mass destruction proliferation, nonproliferation, and counter proliferation; a review of DoD CWMD strategy and programs, and a discussion on CWMD and the interagency. These fundamentals enable students to align policies across the CWMD spectrum to USSOCOM capabilities in managing its Coordinating Authority position and what USSOCOM is currently doing to address CWMD operations.

The course is nominative/invite only. Please contact SOCOM J4 on SIPR at ussocom_j4x@socom.smil.mil to request to attend or for questions. The course educates students on best practices in critical and strategic thinking, analysis, innovation, problem solving, risk management, negotiations, influential leadership, and relationships to enable global logistics support to sensitive activities. The curriculum provides graduates with advanced skills and knowledge required t determine the appropriate appropriations, arrangements and span of efforts required to enable the full range of SOF Operations. Duration: The course is presented over 35 days (30 days DL and 5 days resident) Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first 30 days via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

This nominative course provides unit command teams a common understanding of the USSOCOM Commander’s priorities, command philosophy, and the responsibilities of joint SOF leaders serving at the tactical formation level. This course consists of a core curriculum of 7 modules framed by the Command's three themes: (1) People – SOF culture and ethics and the First SOF Truth; (2) Win – mission command; operational risk management; authorities; SOF command and control in Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational Environments; and communication; and (3) Transform – force management, requirements, and resourcing. Student participation and discussions are guided by senior executive-level subject matter experts. Duration: This course is presented over 4.5 days. Location: This course is a hybrid that requires students to complete some unclassified elements online in parallel with the classroom presentations.

Special Operations Forces – Security Cooperation (SOF-SC) is conducted over five days. Students attending SOF-SC will learn about U.S. security cooperation policy, Title 10 Security Cooperation (SC) and Title 22 Security Assistance (SA) authorities, SC programs management, SC organizations at U.S. Embassies, COCOMs and TSOCs and their responsibilities, the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process, finance, logistics, training management, exercises, and security cooperation planning to build partner capacity. Instruction is provided on the complex and interrelated aspects of security assistance and security cooperation. These include the role of the DoS in foreign policy, DoD in National Defense, and Congress in the areas of authorization, appropriation, and oversight. The functions and responsibilities of the COCOMs, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the Military Departments are also addressed. Curriculum emphasizes policy, programs, roles, planning considerations, authorities, funding, and procedures involved in the management of security assistance and security cooperation programs/activities within USSOCOM and the DoD. SOF-SC uses the model of First principle thinking as the foundational approach for comprehension. Activities include reading, researching course issued books and other SC related materials, completing homework assignments, and synthesizing information from course resources. Collaborative interaction occurs through seminar discussions facilitated by small group mentors, group-level research, planning, and practical application exercises culminating in the development of an operational level, comprehensive five-year plan utilizing all available SA and SC authorities to help build a partner nation’s SOF capabilities. For both the virtual and resident course iterations, students should plan for full days, nightly homework, and participation in group practical exercises. Registration will open 60 days before the course's start date.

This course listing serves as an entry point for students to access a Blackboard-based landing page from which students can then sign-up for a wide variety of government or government-funded, commercially provided, courses. These self-paced, distance-learning, educational offerings address two subject areas: Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. The courses provide basic, intermediate and advanced learning opportunities. Actual length of the offered courses/modules varies. You will have access to the JSOU Blackboard landing page for 30 days upon enrollment.

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Once accepted the student will have 30 days to complete the course. Location: The course is conducted as an asynchronous DL course via Blackboard on SIPR. NOTE: When registering for the course please include SIPR email address.

Please do not register for this course unless your unit has confirmed your selection/nomination by message traffic and received a pre-selection email from the course director with registration instructions. This offering focuses on baseline Joint logistics knowledge with specific focus on logistics support to SOF. Through USSOCOM Staff and JSOU faculty led instruction, this course offers Special Operations Forces (SOF) unique, Service Component Operational-Level/Theater-specific logistics capabilities, and resources to enable and support global SOF operations.

This resident course prepares staff officers for planning, management, and oversight of cyber-related activities at the TSOC-level. The course examines the organizations, processes, and procedures involved in planning and conducting operations in the cyber domain in-support-of deployed forces and the TSOC staff. During the course, students will conduct two planning evolutions simulating the actions required to employ cyber effects. The course is composed on 2-weeks of unclassified Distance Learning (self-paced, asynchronous) and 1-week classified resident.

The course is nominative/invite only. Please contact SOCOM J4 on SIPR at ussocom_j4x@socom.smil.mil to request to attend or for questions. The course educates students on best practices in critical and strategic thinking, analysis, innovation, problem solving, risk management, negotiations, influential leadership, and relationships to enable global logistics support to sensitive activities. The curriculum provides graduates with advanced skills and knowledge required t determine the appropriate appropriations, arrangements and span of efforts required to enable the full range of SOF Operations. Duration: The course is presented over 35 days (30 days DL and 5 days resident) Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first 30 days via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University.

This course is composed of a five-day synchronous session (30 hours) conducted in residence at JSOU. This interactive course explains the SOF medical operations concepts and fundamentals of the USSOCOM mission, roles, and capabilities, with a focus on medical operations in a joint setting. The students will also examine operations/plans, current lessons learned, medical intelligence, medical force protection, operational risk assessment, health surveillance, and SOF-relevant clinical subjects.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

This comprehensive workshop is designed to elevate JSOU faculty members’ instructional skills and deepen their understanding of JSOU’s curriculum development and governance processes. By integrating key elements from the JSOU Teaching Fundamentals, Education Technology, and Curriculum Development Workshops, participants will engage with the ADDIE model (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) and best practices for creating high-quality, engaging courses. The workshop emphasizes enhancing both traditional (face-to-face) and online teaching techniques, fostering effective learning environments, and integrating innovative instructional design and digital tools. Additionally, participants will gain practical knowledge of JSOU-specific processes, including navigating Department and Education Review Boards, participating in curriculum workshops, and managing room and resource requests, ensuring alignment with institutional standards and smooth course delivery. By the end of the course, faculty will be equipped to design impactful curricula, optimize teaching technologies, and effectively engage with JSOU’s academic governance to support continuous educational excellence.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a managerial level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Five-day resident at JSOU. Location: The course is conducted as a resident course at JSOU.

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Once accepted the student will have 30 days to complete the course. Location: The course is conducted as an asynchronous DL course via Blackboard on SIPR. NOTE: When registering for the course please include SIPR email address.

*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. 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: D400022

*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. The course educates and prepares enlisted special operators for mid-level leadership roles in SOF. Using a transformative approach, students will enhance their skills in critical thinking, organizational leadership, and management. Students will analyze the implications of U.S. national strategy on the execution of USSOCOM operations and strategy.

This in-resident course is composed of five-days of face-to-face instruction at JSOU (40 hours). This course provides an overview of SOF-specific public affairs issues. The curriculum covers component and command-level best practices. Students will examine SOF media guidelines, outreach programs, and joint planning with emphasis on subordinate unit public affairs operations.

***NOTE: Students should be nominated by SOF AT&L before registering for this course. This course has two components, Distance and Residence Learning. Students complete pre residence distance learning requirements over a period of four weeks then complete 36 hours resident course over a five-days. This course focuses on the Special Operations (SO)-unique Program Agile Acquisition Cycle with emphasis on: special operations (SO) acquisition principles; SO acquisition process, methods, events, and products; and developing an acquisition strategy. Students receive foundational knowledge about USSOCOM Directive & Policy 70-1 and culminate their learning experience by presenting an Acquisition Strategy Brief to a Milestone Decision Authority.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide students with a foundational level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Once accepted the student will have 30 days to complete the course. Location: The course is conducted as an asynchronous DL course via Blackboard on SIPR. NOTE: When registering for the course please include SIPR email address.

Religious Support Team Orientation Course (RSTO), L2 (Direct Support to HQ USSOCOM). Each RSTO iteration is conducted for 25-45 students on the JSOU Campus. It is primarily designed for SOF Chaplains & SOF RST enlisted, POTFF team members, as well as military officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and U.S. government civilian/contractor employees, serving the SOF community or in direct support of chaplains/chaplain assistants and religious programs. It provides an overview of SOF religious support (RS) programs and issues in each SOF components and commands, as well as SOF-specific supportive care and counseling skills education. The curriculum also covers best practices, unique funding issues and role on the interdisciplinary team, and the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) team.

The course educates the joint E9 member for Senior Enlisted Leadership roles at the General/Flag Officer level, early to need. Students will learn organizational-oriented leadership and strategic thinking skills to prepare them to effectively advise, lead, and mentor at the executive leader level. Students will also analyze and evaluate the impact strategic thinking, U.S. national policy, and global security has on USSOCOM.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The course is nominative/invite only. Please contact SOCOM J4 on SIPR at ussocom_j4x@socom.smil.mil to request to attend or for questions. The course educates students on best practices in critical and strategic thinking, analysis, innovation, problem solving, risk management, negotiations, influential leadership, and relationships to enable global logistics support to sensitive activities. The curriculum provides graduates with advanced skills and knowledge required t determine the appropriate appropriations, arrangements and span of efforts required to enable the full range of SOF Operations. Duration: The course is presented over 35 days (30 days DL and 5 days resident) Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first 30 days via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University.

*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. 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: D400022

*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. The course educates and prepares enlisted special operators for mid-level leadership roles in SOF. Using a transformative approach, students will enhance their skills in critical thinking, organizational leadership, and management. Students will analyze the implications of U.S. national strategy on the execution of USSOCOM operations and strategy.

SOF Chaplain Ethical Leadership Advisement (SCEA), L2 (Direct Support to HQ USSOCOM). Each iteration provides virtual/residence space for 8-16 students. SCEA is primarily designed for SOF Chaplains & SOF RST SEL as well as POTFF team members assigned with the USSOCOM enterprise. This continuing education course is given at a seminar-based graduate level and serves as part of the SOF Chaplaincy Advanced courses in order to challenge students to contextualize their respective joint SOF RST (Religious Support Team) and SOF Warrior identities in order to create a spiritual ethical & moral leadership model, to learn to perform ethical risk assessment, address moral drift & SOF Ethical Decision-Making model, to develop leadership-coaching practices, and to write a SOF-specific research paper that supports the domain within POTFF and the Commander's resiliency program while being able to provide ethical leadership advisement & train subordinate Religious Support Teams.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The Special Operations Planning Course (SOPC) instructs students on operational-level, Special Operations Forces (SOF)-centric, operational design and planning. Each day students will be challenged to exercise critical thinking and problem-solving skills during multiple different learning activities. These activities include readings, analysis of prepared PowerPoint and other materials, completing homework assignments, and synthesizing information from online resources such as audio and video files. Collaborative interaction occurs through seminar discussions with a small group mentor, group-level practical application exercises, and briefings and presentations. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between Joint doctrine, SOF operational approaches, national and Theater strategy, and operational-level planning. SOPC prepares students to participate in Joint Planning Groups within a Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC), special operations component, special operations command, or Joint Force Headquarters. For both the virtual and resident course iterations, students should plan for full days, nightly & weekend homework, and participation in group practical exercises. SOPC is Joint-certified annually by the Joint Staff J7, and officers completing the course earn 1.5 credits toward Joint Officer Qualification (JQO) status. Registration will open 60 days before the course’s start date.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a managerial level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Five-day resident at JSOU. Location: The course is conducted as a resident course at JSOU.

This resident course prepares staff officers for planning, management, and oversight of cyber-related activities at the TSOC-level. The course examines the organizations, processes, and procedures involved in planning and conducting operations in the cyber domain in-support-of deployed forces and the TSOC staff. During the course, students will conduct two planning evolutions simulating the actions required to employ cyber effects. The course is composed on 2-weeks of unclassified Distance Learning (self-paced, asynchronous) and 1-week classified resident.

***NOTE: Students should be nominated by SOF AT&L before registering for this course. This course has two components, Distance and Residence Learning. Students complete pre residence distance learning requirements over a period of four weeks then complete 36 hours resident course over a five-days. This course focuses on the Special Operations (SO)-unique Program Agile Acquisition Cycle with emphasis on: special operations (SO) acquisition principles; SO acquisition process, methods, events, and products; and developing an acquisition strategy. Students receive foundational knowledge about USSOCOM Directive & Policy 70-1 and culminate their learning experience by presenting an Acquisition Strategy Brief to a Milestone Decision Authority.

This course develops senior leaders’ understanding of the complexities of major joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) operations conducted by joint SOF to accomplish strategic objectives. Students will participate with senior executive service personnel from myriad of government agencies for theater-wide and operational-level combat leadership. This course is synchronous and conducted in-residence or by a combination of in-residence attendance and Secure Video Teleconference.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

JSOFSEA enhances the critical thinking of senior enlisted leaders (SEL) as they grow their knowledge base in the strategic and operational realm. Students gain valuable knowledge and experience to successfully lead in the joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment. This course develops students for operational and strategic level positions across a broad range of joint and special operations assignments.

This course is composed of a five-day synchronous session (32 hours) that will be conducted in residence. The course provides a comprehension level overview of the fiscal laws, rules, and processes for Service-common base operating support, home station, and deployment area administrative and logistical support using Major Force Program 11 funds (MFP-11).

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

*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. The course educates and prepares enlisted special operators for mid-level leadership roles in SOF. Using a transformative approach, students will enhance their skills in critical thinking, organizational leadership, and management. Students will analyze the implications of U.S. national strategy on the execution of USSOCOM operations and strategy.

*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. 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: D400022

This nominative course provides unit command teams a common understanding of the USSOCOM Commander’s priorities, command philosophy, and the responsibilities of joint SOF leaders serving at the tactical formation level. This course consists of a core curriculum of 7 modules framed by the Command's three themes: (1) People – SOF culture and ethics and the First SOF Truth; (2) Win – mission command; operational risk management; authorities; SOF command and control in Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational Environments; and communication; and (3) Transform – force management, requirements, and resourcing. Student participation and discussions are guided by senior executive-level subject matter experts. Duration: This course is presented over 4.5 days. Location: This course is a hybrid that requires students to complete some unclassified elements online in parallel with the classroom presentations.

This course is composed of a five-day synchronous session (30 hours) conducted in residence at JSOU. This interactive course explains the SOF medical operations concepts and fundamentals of the USSOCOM mission, roles, and capabilities, with a focus on medical operations in a joint setting. The students will also examine operations/plans, current lessons learned, medical intelligence, medical force protection, operational risk assessment, health surveillance, and SOF-relevant clinical subjects.

Individuals with SIPRnet access can find more information on our SIPR portal at https://hq.sof.socom.smil.mil/sites/jsou/Pages/Default.aspx or by emailing the course mailbox at: SOCOM.SOS.3776.Admissions.SHDMBX@socom.mil This course is presented over six days. The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first day via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University. Prerequisites: (1). Credentialed Counterintelligence (CI) Special Agent Certification. (2). Introduction to Special Operations Forces Course, ISOF SOC 1210. This course offers a test-out option. (3). Conduct Pre-Course Knowledge Check on Intelink (SIPR). (4). Students will be required to conduct the asynchronous Distance Learning phase prior to attending the Resident Phase.

Special Operations Forces – Security Cooperation (SOF-SC) is conducted over five days. Students attending SOF-SC will learn about U.S. security cooperation policy, Title 10 Security Cooperation (SC) and Title 22 Security Assistance (SA) authorities, SC programs management, SC organizations at U.S. Embassies, COCOMs and TSOCs and their responsibilities, the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process, finance, logistics, training management, exercises, and security cooperation planning to build partner capacity. Instruction is provided on the complex and interrelated aspects of security assistance and security cooperation. These include the role of the DoS in foreign policy, DoD in National Defense, and Congress in the areas of authorization, appropriation, and oversight. The functions and responsibilities of the COCOMs, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the Military Departments are also addressed. Curriculum emphasizes policy, programs, roles, planning considerations, authorities, funding, and procedures involved in the management of security assistance and security cooperation programs/activities within USSOCOM and the DoD. SOF-SC uses the model of First principle thinking as the foundational approach for comprehension. Activities include reading, researching course issued books and other SC related materials, completing homework assignments, and synthesizing information from course resources. Collaborative interaction occurs through seminar discussions facilitated by small group mentors, group-level research, planning, and practical application exercises culminating in the development of an operational level, comprehensive five-year plan utilizing all available SA and SC authorities to help build a partner nation’s SOF capabilities. For both the virtual and resident course iterations, students should plan for full days, nightly homework, and participation in group practical exercises. Registration will open 60 days before the course's start date.

This in-resident course is composed of five-days of face-to-face instruction at JSOU (40 hours). This course provides an overview of SOF-specific public affairs issues. The curriculum covers component and command-level best practices. Students will examine SOF media guidelines, outreach programs, and joint planning with emphasis on subordinate unit public affairs operations.

SOF Chaplaincy Spiritual and Moral Resiliency (SCSR), L2 (Direct Support to HQ USSOCOM). Each iteration provides virtual/residence space for 8-16 students. SCSR is primarily designed for SOF Chaplains & SOF RST SEL as well as POTFF team members assigned with the USSOCOM enterprise. This continuing education course is given at a seminar-based graduate level and serves as part of the SOF Chaplaincy Advanced courses in order to challenge students to develop & implement joint SOF-specific spiritual and moral resiliency; it will challenge students to explore the place of spirituality in a holistic continuum of care and its fundamental role in contributing to the resiliency by challenging students to contextualize their theological world view within a pluralistic environment to evaluate the elements of spiritual readiness to create a holistic model of well-being with a particular focus to mitigate suicidality, PTSD, moral injury and other SOF peculiar stress related conditions encountered by U.S. Special Operations Command service members, and their families while creating a holistic, spiritual model of well-being for the SOF warrior.

The course is nominative/invite only. Please contact SOCOM J4 on SIPR at ussocom_j4x@socom.smil.mil to request to attend or for questions. The course educates students on best practices in critical and strategic thinking, analysis, innovation, problem solving, risk management, negotiations, influential leadership, and relationships to enable global logistics support to sensitive activities. The curriculum provides graduates with advanced skills and knowledge required t determine the appropriate appropriations, arrangements and span of efforts required to enable the full range of SOF Operations. Duration: The course is presented over 35 days (30 days DL and 5 days resident) Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first 30 days via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a managerial level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Five-day resident at JSOU. Location: The course is conducted as a resident course at JSOU.

This nominative course provides unit command teams a common understanding of the USSOCOM Commander’s priorities, command philosophy, and the responsibilities of joint SOF leaders serving at the tactical formation level. This course consists of a core curriculum of 7 modules framed by the Command's three themes: (1) People – SOF culture and ethics and the First SOF Truth; (2) Win – mission command; operational risk management; authorities; SOF command and control in Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational Environments; and communication; and (3) Transform – force management, requirements, and resourcing. Student participation and discussions are guided by senior executive-level subject matter experts. Duration: This course is presented over 4.5 days. Location: This course is a hybrid that requires students to complete some unclassified elements online in parallel with the classroom presentations.

The course educates the joint E9 member for Senior Enlisted Leadership roles at the General/Flag Officer level, early to need. Students will learn organizational-oriented leadership and strategic thinking skills to prepare them to effectively advise, lead, and mentor at the executive leader level. Students will also analyze and evaluate the impact strategic thinking, U.S. national policy, and global security has on USSOCOM.

Please do not register for this course unless your unit has confirmed your selection/nomination by message traffic and received a pre-selection email from the course director with registration instructions. This offering focuses on baseline Joint logistics knowledge with specific focus on logistics support to SOF. Through USSOCOM Staff and JSOU faculty led instruction, this course offers Special Operations Forces (SOF) unique, Service Component Operational-Level/Theater-specific logistics capabilities, and resources to enable and support global SOF operations.

Religious Support Team Orientation Course (RSTO), L2 (Direct Support to HQ USSOCOM). Each RSTO iteration is conducted for 25-45 students on the JSOU Campus. It is primarily designed for SOF Chaplains & SOF RST enlisted, POTFF team members, as well as military officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and U.S. government civilian/contractor employees, serving the SOF community or in direct support of chaplains/chaplain assistants and religious programs. It provides an overview of SOF religious support (RS) programs and issues in each SOF components and commands, as well as SOF-specific supportive care and counseling skills education. The curriculum also covers best practices, unique funding issues and role on the interdisciplinary team, and the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) team.

*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. 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: D400022

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

JSOFSEA enhances the critical thinking of senior enlisted leaders (SEL) as they grow their knowledge base in the strategic and operational realm. Students gain valuable knowledge and experience to successfully lead in the joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment. This course develops students for operational and strategic level positions across a broad range of joint and special operations assignments.

***NOTE: Students should be nominated by SOF AT&L before registering for this course. This course has two components, Distance and Residence Learning. Students complete pre residence distance learning requirements over a period of four weeks then complete 36 hours resident course over a five-days. This course focuses on the Special Operations (SO)-unique Program Agile Acquisition Cycle with emphasis on: special operations (SO) acquisition principles; SO acquisition process, methods, events, and products; and developing an acquisition strategy. Students receive foundational knowledge about USSOCOM Directive & Policy 70-1 and culminate their learning experience by presenting an Acquisition Strategy Brief to a Milestone Decision Authority.

SOF Chaplaincy Crisis Care and Counseling (SCCC), L2 (Direct Support to HQ USSOCOM). Each iteration provides virtual/residence space for 8-16 students. SCCC is primarily designed for SOF Chaplains & SOF RST SEL as well as POTFF team members assigned within the USSOCOM enterprise. This continuing education course is given at a seminar-based graduate level and serves as part of the SOF Chaplaincy Advanced courses in order to challenge students to apply a conceptual framework for Crisis Care and Counseling that effectively responds to the psycho/social, spiritual/theological and existential issues within the special operations environment with a particular focus to mitigate suicidality, PTSD, moral injury and other SOF peculiar stress related conditions encountered by U.S. Special Operations Command service members and their families.

The Special Operations Planning Course (SOPC) instructs students on operational-level, Special Operations Forces (SOF)-centric, operational design and planning. Each day students will be challenged to exercise critical thinking and problem-solving skills during multiple different learning activities. These activities include readings, analysis of prepared PowerPoint and other materials, completing homework assignments, and synthesizing information from online resources such as audio and video files. Collaborative interaction occurs through seminar discussions with a small group mentor, group-level practical application exercises, and briefings and presentations. Students will gain an understanding of the relationship between Joint doctrine, SOF operational approaches, national and Theater strategy, and operational-level planning. SOPC prepares students to participate in Joint Planning Groups within a Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC), special operations component, special operations command, or Joint Force Headquarters. For both the virtual and resident course iterations, students should plan for full days, nightly & weekend homework, and participation in group practical exercises. SOPC is Joint-certified annually by the Joint Staff J7, and officers completing the course earn 1.5 credits toward Joint Officer Qualification (JQO) status. Registration will open 60 days before the course’s start date.

The course is nominative/invite only. Please contact SOCOM J4 on SIPR at ussocom_j4x@socom.smil.mil to request to attend or for questions. The course educates students on best practices in critical and strategic thinking, analysis, innovation, problem solving, risk management, negotiations, influential leadership, and relationships to enable global logistics support to sensitive activities. The curriculum provides graduates with advanced skills and knowledge required t determine the appropriate appropriations, arrangements and span of efforts required to enable the full range of SOF Operations. Duration: The course is presented over 35 days (30 days DL and 5 days resident) Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first 30 days via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

This nominative course provides unit command teams a common understanding of the USSOCOM Commander’s priorities, command philosophy, and the responsibilities of joint SOF leaders serving at the tactical formation level. This course consists of a core curriculum of 7 modules framed by the Command's three themes: (1) People – SOF culture and ethics and the First SOF Truth; (2) Win – mission command; operational risk management; authorities; SOF command and control in Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational Environments; and communication; and (3) Transform – force management, requirements, and resourcing. Student participation and discussions are guided by senior executive-level subject matter experts. Duration: This course is presented over 4.5 days. Location: This course is a hybrid that requires students to complete some unclassified elements online in parallel with the classroom presentations.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

*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. The course educates and prepares enlisted special operators for mid-level leadership roles in SOF. Using a transformative approach, students will enhance their skills in critical thinking, organizational leadership, and management. Students will analyze the implications of U.S. national strategy on the execution of USSOCOM operations and strategy.

*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. 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: D400022

This course is composed of a five-day synchronous session (32 hours) that will be conducted in residence. The course provides a comprehension level overview of the fiscal laws, rules, and processes for Service-common base operating support, home station, and deployment area administrative and logistical support using Major Force Program 11 funds (MFP-11).

This nominative course provides unit command teams a common understanding of the USSOCOM Commander’s priorities, command philosophy, and the responsibilities of joint SOF leaders serving at the tactical formation level. This course consists of a core curriculum of 7 modules framed by the Command's three themes: (1) People – SOF culture and ethics and the First SOF Truth; (2) Win – mission command; operational risk management; authorities; SOF command and control in Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational Environments; and communication; and (3) Transform – force management, requirements, and resourcing. Student participation and discussions are guided by senior executive-level subject matter experts. Duration: This course is presented over 4.5 days. Location: This course is a hybrid that requires students to complete some unclassified elements online in parallel with the classroom presentations.

Individuals with SIPRnet access can find more information on our SIPR portal at https://hq.sof.socom.smil.mil/sites/jsou/Pages/Default.aspx or by emailing the course mailbox at: SOCOM.SOS.3776.Admissions.SHDMBX@socom.mil This course is presented over six days. The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first day via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University. Prerequisites: (1). Credentialed Counterintelligence (CI) Special Agent Certification. (2). Introduction to Special Operations Forces Course, ISOF SOC 1210. This course offers a test-out option. (3). Conduct Pre-Course Knowledge Check on Intelink (SIPR). (4). Students will be required to conduct the asynchronous Distance Learning phase prior to attending the Resident Phase.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

Please do not register for this course unless your unit has confirmed your selection/nomination by message traffic and received a pre-selection email from the course director with registration instructions. This offering focuses on baseline Joint logistics knowledge with specific focus on logistics support to SOF. Through USSOCOM Staff and JSOU faculty led instruction, this course offers Special Operations Forces (SOF) unique, Service Component Operational-Level/Theater-specific logistics capabilities, and resources to enable and support global SOF operations.

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a managerial level understanding of Sensitive Activities (SA) to a level that enables students to apply existing functional expertise to assist them in planning, managing, and/or enabling SA within the applicable authorities, permissions, processes, and oversight of their organization. Duration: Five-day resident at JSOU. Location: The course is conducted as a resident course at JSOU.

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

Special Operations Forces – Security Cooperation (SOF-SC) is conducted over five days. Students attending SOF-SC will learn about U.S. security cooperation policy, Title 10 Security Cooperation (SC) and Title 22 Security Assistance (SA) authorities, SC programs management, SC organizations at U.S. Embassies, COCOMs and TSOCs and their responsibilities, the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process, finance, logistics, training management, exercises, and security cooperation planning to build partner capacity. Instruction is provided on the complex and interrelated aspects of security assistance and security cooperation. These include the role of the DoS in foreign policy, DoD in National Defense, and Congress in the areas of authorization, appropriation, and oversight. The functions and responsibilities of the COCOMs, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, and the Military Departments are also addressed. Curriculum emphasizes policy, programs, roles, planning considerations, authorities, funding, and procedures involved in the management of security assistance and security cooperation programs/activities within USSOCOM and the DoD. SOF-SC uses the model of First principle thinking as the foundational approach for comprehension. Activities include reading, researching course issued books and other SC related materials, completing homework assignments, and synthesizing information from course resources. Collaborative interaction occurs through seminar discussions facilitated by small group mentors, group-level research, planning, and practical application exercises culminating in the development of an operational level, comprehensive five-year plan utilizing all available SA and SC authorities to help build a partner nation’s SOF capabilities. For both the virtual and resident course iterations, students should plan for full days, nightly homework, and participation in group practical exercises. Registration will open 60 days before the course's start date.

This course is composed of a five-day synchronous session (30 hours) conducted in residence at JSOU. This interactive course explains the SOF medical operations concepts and fundamentals of the USSOCOM mission, roles, and capabilities, with a focus on medical operations in a joint setting. The students will also examine operations/plans, current lessons learned, medical intelligence, medical force protection, operational risk assessment, health surveillance, and SOF-relevant clinical subjects.

JSOFSEA enhances the critical thinking of senior enlisted leaders (SEL) as they grow their knowledge base in the strategic and operational realm. Students gain valuable knowledge and experience to successfully lead in the joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment. This course develops students for operational and strategic level positions across a broad range of joint and special operations assignments.

The course is nominative/invite only. Please contact SOCOM J4 on SIPR at ussocom_j4x@socom.smil.mil to request to attend or for questions. The course educates students on best practices in critical and strategic thinking, analysis, innovation, problem solving, risk management, negotiations, influential leadership, and relationships to enable global logistics support to sensitive activities. The curriculum provides graduates with advanced skills and knowledge required t determine the appropriate appropriations, arrangements and span of efforts required to enable the full range of SOF Operations. Duration: The course is presented over 35 days (30 days DL and 5 days resident) Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid with the first 30 days via distance learning (DL). The remaining five days are conducted in resident at the Joint Special Operations University.

This resident course prepares staff officers for planning, management, and oversight of cyber-related activities at the TSOC-level. The course examines the organizations, processes, and procedures involved in planning and conducting operations in the cyber domain in-support-of deployed forces and the TSOC staff. During the course, students will conduct two planning evolutions simulating the actions required to employ cyber effects. The course is composed on 2-weeks of unclassified Distance Learning (self-paced, asynchronous) and 1-week classified resident.

Description: This course consists of five days of resident instruction. During this period students will learn the functions, responsibilities, and requirements of USSOCOM personnel from select USSOCOM leaders, such as CoS, CSEL, and J-directorates. The course culminates with a writing assignment and the successful completion of a written exam. Duration: 5 Days Location: In-Resident

The TSPC-M curriculum is joint focused course for newly assigned Theater Special Operations Command (TSOC) personnel. This fast-paced course gives non-joint personnel exposure to Special Operations Forces (SOF) core activities through a joint lens in order to gain an appreciation of how SOF leverages employment/funding authorities to build theater security cooperation capability and capacity. Additionally, students will understand how a joint TSOC plans for, operates, and leverages U.S. special operations capabilities to compete in an era of Strategic Competition. Finally, through a series of practical exercises, students appreciate how a TSOC supports the Geographic Combatant Command's operational and strategic theater goals in support of national and defense security strategy in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational (JIIM) environment. This Theater Special Operations Command Staff Preparation Course-Mobile (TSPC-M) is a five-day in-residence educational event taught at the sponsoring TSOC Headquarters. To hasten the learning curve and increase the understanding of the material, TSOC leadership have established additional on-boarding requirements prior to attending the resident phase. These distance learning requirements include Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. Students will follow instructions in the TSOC Welcome Letter upon enrollment. Duration: Five (5) working days Location: The course is conducted as a hybrid via distance learning (DL) over 30 days. Student's must complete the following JSOU course pre-requisites prior to resident attendance.; Introduction to Special Operations Forces (ISOF-SOC 1210), JSOTF Level 1 (SOC 1610), and the Joint Planning Process (JPP) on JKO. The remaining five days are conducted in-resident at the TSOC location or at the Joint Special Operations University.

*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. The course educates and prepares enlisted special operators for mid-level leadership roles in SOF. Using a transformative approach, students will enhance their skills in critical thinking, organizational leadership, and management. Students will analyze the implications of U.S. national strategy on the execution of USSOCOM operations and strategy.

*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. 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: D400022

JSOFSEA enhances the critical thinking of senior enlisted leaders (SEL) as they grow their knowledge base in the strategic and operational realm. Students gain valuable knowledge and experience to successfully lead in the joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment. This course develops students for operational and strategic level positions across a broad range of joint and special operations assignments.