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The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC (/ ˈ j uː s ə ˌ s ɒ k / YOO-sə-sok [5])) is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army. Headquartered at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, it is the largest component of the United States Special Operations Command.
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Armed Forces.
United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.
In response, SOCOM decided to standardize small arms among all units. One area of improvement was the pistol, undertaken by the Offensive Handgun Weapon System (OHWS) competition. It would replace pistols like the 9 mm M9, which was used by regular troops as a secondary weapon. SOCOM's use of small units that operate in close means that pistols ...
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The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, to develop joint special operations tactics, and to execute special ...
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4th POG is known to dispatch operators around the world to any place SOCOM or the Department of State needs them to deploy to. 4th POG’s Instagram page [7] has posted photos of where their operators have performed around the world, locations include: Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey [8] Unknown, Ukraine [9] Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt [10]