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103 NSW History Flashcards

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What is the History and Development of SOCOM

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Special Operations Command

  • est 16 April 1987, Mac Dill Air Force Base, Florida
  • commanded by a 4-star

United States Special Operations Command (COMUSSOCOM)

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What are the four service components of SOCOM

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  1. USASOC - U.S. Army Special Operations Command
  2. NAVSPECWARCOM - Naval Special Warfare Command
  3. AFSOC - Air Force Special Operations Command
  4. MARSOC - Marine Special Operations Command
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What is the sub-unified command under Special Operations Command (SOCOM)

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JSOC- Joint Special Operations Command

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What is the mission of SOCOM

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Direct Action- Conducting war on Terrorism

Training- organize, train, and equip SOF

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History and development of JSOC

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Established on 1980 in Ft. Bragg NC

  • study special operations requirements and techniques
  • interoperability and equipment standardization
  • Plan and conduct Joint Special operations exercises and training

“Operation Raven Claw” hostage rescue mess up

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History and development of NAVSPECWARCOM

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Naval Special Warfare Command was commissioned on: 16 April 1987

-to develop maritime special operations strategy, doctrine and tactics

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NSW role during WWII (1 of 2)

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Formation of the:

  • Amphibious Scouts (commissioned 1942)
  • Operation Torch (in 1942)
  • Operation Torch - cable net cut across wadi river enabling allied landings on North Africa Coast
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NSW role during WWII (2 of 2)

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  • Creation of (UDT) underwater demolition Teams
    • possible by the marines landing on tarawa atoll
  • OPERATION FLINTLOCK - Jan 31, 1944 became the real catalyst for the UDT Training Program
  • Blew 8 gaps, 2 partial, german Defenses 6 June, 1944 (OMAHA Beach)
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NSW role during the Korean War and Vietnam

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UDT- teams expanded to 3 Teams 300 men each

Support Operation Chomite, marine landing

25 Sailors saved on October 12, 1950. Aqualung used on USS Pledge by William Gioannotti

SEAL Team One/Two established in 1962 by President Kennedy

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NSW role during the invasion of Grenada

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25 Oct 1983

  • Took over enemy controlled radio station
  • Mission was to protect the governor general and his family
  • “flagrant violation of international law by various governments and NATO”
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NSW role during the invasion of Panama

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1989 operation “JUST CAUSE”

  • topple Noriega dictatorship
  • NSW forces secured Panama Canal
    • denied Aircraft Use
    • Sank Panamanian Patrol Boat

-Conducted numerous “Reconnaissance Search and Seizure”

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NSW role during the invation of HAITI

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May to Sep 1994, conducted amphibious reconnaissance as part of:

  • Operation SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
  • Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY

-was to be the largest airborne assault, since D-Day
-Collin Powell: turned to peace-keeping, nation building
operation

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NSW role during the Balkans

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Dec 1995 - Jun 1998
-NSW served as Reconnaissance & quick reaction force for SAVA River Bridging operations

  • Joint commission observers in Bosnia
  • 6 man team facilitated communications between “warring factions” and United Nations Stabilization Force
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NSW from Desert Storm to the Global War on Terrorism

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Sep 11, NSW had operators on ground October

-Operation ANACONDA, Al-Qaeda stronghold Sha-i-kot eastern Afghanistan, heaviest & bloodies fights in afghanistan

  • 28 June 2005 Operation RED WING
    • 4 seals pinned down
    • 16 shot down
    • 1 survived (PO2 Marcus Latrell)
    • worst loss of life in AFG since 2001
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NSW on GWOT, Operation Iraqi Freedom

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has employed the largest amount of NAVY SEAL’s

  • 12 man Teams Southern and Western Iraq
  • Seize Oil Terminals/Pumping Stations
  • Hunt Scud Missiles
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Who was Admiral Eric. T. Olson

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8th CMDR and first naval officer of SOCOM

First Navy SEAL to be appointed 3-Star and later 4-Star admiral

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Who was Rear Admiral Draper L. Kauffmann

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Pioneer of Underwater Demolition

“Father of Combat Demoliton”

Established Naval Combat Demo Unit Training (NCDUT)
-Ft. Pierce in 1944

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Who was Capt. Phil H. Bucklew

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Father of “Naval Special Warfare”

Among First Team of Army & Navy pioneers knows as the SCOUTS and RAIDERS

19
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Who was LT. Tommy Norris

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Awarded the Medal of Honor

  • Rescued 2 pilots behind enemy lines
  • (5) man team
    • 2nd Distinguished
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Who was PO Mike Thorton

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Outnumbered 10 - 1, ran into hail of fire to recover body of LT Thomas Norris after he had been shot in the head.

  • Swam out to sea with an interpreter and rescued
  • Awarded the Medal of Honor
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Who was Lieutenant Michael Murphy

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During operation RED WING, he climed into the open to high ground and radioed for help

Wounded, he fought allowing one member of his squad to escape before he was killed
-27 Oct 2007 LT Murphy, was posthumously awarded
the Medal of Honor.

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Who was Lieutenant Junior Grade Joseph R. Kerrey

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  • Led team to capture important member of the Viet-Cong on an Island
  • Team Scaled 350ft cliff to place themselves above enemy position
  • Took a grenade hit, still coordinated second elements fire support capturing Intel
23
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Who was BMCM (SEAL) Rudy Boesch

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  • 45 yrs Consecutive Service
  • 6 yrs Amphibious Scouts/Raiders
  • 11 yrs UDT
  • One of First Handpicked (50 Seals) for Seal Team 2
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Who was BMC James E. Williams

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  • PBR 105 boat CMDR oct 1966
  • chasing a sampan, found himself in a beehive of enemy activity
  • called support and turned on lights illuminated enemy’s
    - 50 vessels destroyed
    - major logistics operation

-Awarded the Medal of Honor

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Who was SO2 (SEAL) Michael A. Moonsoor

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  • 29 Sep 2006
  • Saved 11 men by dropping on a grenade
  • He could of saved himself, but jumped on the grenade
  • East Ramadi, Iraq

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