United States Special Operations Command Central

Badge of the SOCCENT

The Special Operations Command Central ( SOCCENT ) is a joint forces cross composite command ( Sub-Unified Combatant Command ) for guiding the US special operations forces , which the United States Central Command is subject.

SOCCENT is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa in the US state of Florida . There is also an advanced command post, the SOCCENT FWD, Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command (CFSOCC) ( pronounced SIFF-sock ) at As Saliyah Army Base in Qatar .

The command's motto is Molon labe (Eng. "Come and get them").

Organization and subordinate units

• Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command - Iraq (JFSOCC-I)
  • Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Arabian Peninsula (CJSOTF-AP)
• Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command - Afghanistan (CFSOCC-A)
  • Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A)
• Joint Coordination Center
• Special Operations Command (Forward) - Pakistan (SOC (FWD) -Pakistan)
• Special Operations Command (Forward) - Yemen (SOC (FWD) -Yemen)
• Special Operations Command (Forward) - Lebanon (SOC (FWD) -Lebanon)
• Cultural Engagement Group
• Joint Special Operations Task Force - Gulf Cooperation Council (JSOTF-GCC)
• Combined Joint Special Operations Air Component (CJSOAC)
• Joint Information Support Task Force (Special Operations) (JISTF (SO))

Former units

• Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - South (CJSOTF-S): Unit existed from November 2001 to March 2002 after the end of Operation Anaconda and was transferred with the JSOTF-N to the CJSOTF-A.
• Joint Special Operations Task Force - North (JSOTF-N): Unit existed from November 2001 to March 2002 after the end of Operation Anaconda and was transferred to CJSOTF-A with the CJSOTF-S.

Web links

• Official 2009 SOCOM Factbook (pdf), p. 41 ( Memento from August 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English; 4.29 MB)
• SOCENT at globalsecurity.org (English)
• SOCENT at fas.org (English)
• bid for freedom (description of SOCCENT's activities during 2003 Iraq war) at global-defence.com ( Memento from February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Nick Turse: Tomgram: Nick Turse, Special Ops Goes Global. In: Tom Dispatche. January 7, 2014, accessed April 25, 2015 . 
2. ^ Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - South (CJSOTF-S) (Afghanistan) "Task Force K-Bar". In March 2002, following Operation Anaconda, JSOTF-N and CJSOTF-S were inactivated and their personnel merged together under the control of CJSOTF-A, headquartered at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. In: globalsecurity.org. Retrieved April 24, 2015 . 
3. ^ Joint Special Operations Task Force - North (JSOTF-N) (Afghanistan) "Task Force Dagger". In March 2002, following Operation Anaconda, JSOTF-N and CJSOTF-S were inactivated and their personnel merged together under the control of CJSOTF-A, headquartered at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. In: globalsecurity.org. Retrieved April 24, 2015 .