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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 17, 2017, 09:33:07 am
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SOCom at 30 has evolved into small command with big global impact
Howard AltmanHoward Altman, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, April 15, 2017 9:00am
This week, U.S. Special Operations Command, with headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, turns 30.
Created by Congress in the wake of Operation Eagle Claw, the disastrous attempt to rescue American hostages from Iran in 1980, SOCom opened its doors at MacDill on April 16, 1987. It was an attempt to coordinate the work of military services that all did things differently.
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