United States Special Operations Command Korea

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The United States Special Operations Command Korea , USSOCKOR or SOCKOR for short , is a sub-unit of SOCOM . Between 1988 and 1995 SOKOR was abbreviated as SOC-K .

The SOC-K emerged from the Special Operations Division-Korea (SOD-K), which was subordinate to the United States Forces Korea (USFK). On October 1, 1988, the SOC-K was officially founded, but was still under the USFK. Gary Luck , commander of the USFK from 1994 to 1996, decided that the SOC-K should become more independent, and in March 1995 that was implemented by Colonel Lance Booth. Thereupon the SOC-K was abbreviated as SOCKOR and got its headquarters in Camp Kim . In addition, the workforce was increased to 50 positions.

The unit's first deployment was in the 1996 Korean submarine incident . It was established a task force in the special forces of the United States with the 1st Army of the Republic of Korea and three brigades of the ROK Army Special Warfare Command worked together.

Since 2000, all commanders of the unit have had the rank of general.

assignment

In peacetime the SOCKOR is supposed to plan, train and carry out all activities related to special forces. The commander of the SOCKOR is to advise the commander of the USFK on issues relating to special forces. Should the war on the Korean Peninsula flare up again, the SOCKOR will merge with the ROK Army Special Warfare Command, Korea Naval Special Warfare Squadron and the Republic of Korea Air Force Special Operations Squadron to form a Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force . The commander of this new unit would be a Korean Lieutenant General and the commander of the SOCKOR would then be the deputy commander. The SOCKOR itself would then be renamed the United Nations Command Special Operations Component .

Web links

Commons : Special Operations Command Korea  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Operations Directorate (SOJ3). Archived from the original on September 3, 2004 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 (English).
  2. ^ History of Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR). Archived from the original on August 1, 2012 ; accessed on May 26, 2015 (English).
  3. ^ Special Operations Command, Korea (SOCKOR). In: SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES Reference Manual. Retrieved May 26, 2015 (English, CHAPTER 2).