U.S. Special Operations Command

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
U.S. Special Operations Command
Other forms of name
SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command)
US Special Operations Command
USSOCOM
United States. Special Operations Command
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 149846623
Wikidata: Q1067064
Library of congress: no 93019387
Sources of Information
  • United States special operations forces posture statement, 1993:t.p. (U.S. Special Operations Command; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict) p. B-1 (DoD Reorganization Act of 1986, as amended by the Defense Authorization Act of 1987, est'd the Assistant Secretary's position, and directed establishment of U.S. Special Operations Command; est'd Apr. 16, 1987, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.; special operations forces from Army, Navy, and Air Force are assigned to USSOCOM) p. D-5 (USSOCOM: United States Special Operations Command)
  • Phone call to office of the Assistant Secretary, 6/30/93(Assistant Secretary is civilian office, U.S. Special Operations Command is military office, both with similar functions but with no official link; consider as separate offices)
  • U.S. Army Special Forces, The Green Berets, home p., 12/16/1998(subordinate commands of the U.S. Special Operations Command: U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), headquartered at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSOC), located at Coronado, Calif.; and Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), located at Hurlburt Field, Fla.)
  • United States. Government Accountability Office. Defense acquisitions, 2007:p. iii (SOCOM; Special Operations Command)