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  • How setbacks and DoD reform led to the creation of SOCOM

    Failures and setbacks in the early 1980's inspired lawmakers to undertake the creation of the new Special Operations Command.

    All News
    April 06, 2018
  • Capt. Tom Chaby, Special Operations Command

    Members of the special forces and their families need a lot of resilience. Combat is hard and dangerous, and service members may be away for long periods. Special Operations Command is embarking on a new initiative to help ease the pressure on members of the elite force and their families. It's called the The Preservation of the Force and Family Task Force. Task Force Director, Capt. Tom Chaby, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details.

    Federal Drive
    October 06, 2014
  • DoD denounces new Navy SEALs book

    Chuck Pfarrer\'s latest book about the raid to kill Osama bin Laden, SEAL Target Geronimo, has come under target by the White House and the military.

    Federal Drive
    November 15, 2011
  • IG: Steep decline in Pentagon senior mentors after new rules

    The use senior mentors — retired military officers or former high-level civilian officials hired as contractors — has dropped precipitously in the year and a half since the Defense Department instituted stiffer conflict-of-interest rules and a pay cap, according to an inspector general\'s report issued last week.

    Defense
    November 09, 2011
  • General Dynamics and HP land USSOCOM contracts

    General Dynamics Information Technology, Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a single $83,587,512 firm-fixed-price contract for Special Operations Forces information technology enterprise contracts enterprise network services in support of U.S. Special Operations Command.

    Federal Drive
    February 07, 2011
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