Special Forces learned in Syria, prepares to confront China
Jack Murphy
October 19, 2020 - 10:58 am
In recent years there has been a lot of talk in defense policy circles about shifting the focus of Special Operations Forces from their fixation on counter-terrorism over the last two decades to instead counter so-called "near-peer adversaries." Translating the Washington D.C. buzzwords and euphemisms, this means Russia and China. The recent Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) document titled "A Vision for 2021 and Beyond" offers a glimpse of what that may look like.
The document lays out the Special Forces mission and values, with an aspirational goal of being the nation's premier partner force that will train, advise, and assist various indigenous forces abroad. Some humility is present in that the document says this is not just something that becomes true because it is written in an Army document, but rather that this is something that Special Forces must earn on a day-to-day basis.
With the 75th Ranger Regiment advertising themselves as America's premier raid force, Special Forces now has an eye to be the premier partnership force. How this will play out in years to come will be interesting as nearly every branch of service has special operations and conventional units carrying out these types of missions.
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