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Over the years the Special Forces missions have evolved based
on the international environment and threats of the period. The
current missions of Special Forces are listed as well as past
missions over the last several decades.
Current Doctinal Missions (nine)
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Unconventional Warfare (UW)
Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
Direct Action (DA)
Counter-insurgency (COIN)
Special Reconnaissance (SR)
Counterterrorism (CT)
Information Operations (IO)
Counter Proliferation of WMD
Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Previous Mission Set
Five Core Missions of Special Forces (previous)
Unconventional Warfare (UW)
Foreign Internal Defense (FID)
Special Reconnaissance (SR)
Direct Action (DA)
Counterterrorism (CT)
Secondary Missions of Special Forces (previous)
Counternarcotics (CN)
Personnel Recovery (PR)
Humanitarian Assistance (HA)
Security Force Assistance (SFA)
Coalition Support Team (CST)
and other missions as needed or when directed.
Legacy Missions
Counter Guerrilla Operations
Websites with Information on Special Forces Missions
Unconventional Warfare
www.securityinfonet.com/military/unconventional_warfare.htm
Special Forces Missions
www.nationalguardspecialforces.com/description-special-forces.html
Endnotes
1. For a listing of the nine doctrinal
missions see USASFC website.
www.soc.mil/USASFC/HQ.html
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