NEWS FROM SOFIC: New SOCOM Leader Lays Out Command Priorities
5/21/2019
By Mandy Mayfield
TAMPA, Fla. — United States Special Operations Command has five top priorities as the nation's elite warfighters adjust to a new strategic era, the head of the organization said May 21.
“Today, SOCOM is focused squarely on the implementation of the national defense strategy,†SOCOM Commander Army Gen. Richard Clarke said at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida, which is hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association. The document, released last year, identifies China and Russia as the top threats facing the United States.
“This strategy acknowledges the reemergence of great power competition in a global security environment with continuing threats from globally-networked violent extremist organizations, but also a rogue state,†Clarke noted during a keynote speech at the annual SOFIC gathering.
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