Special Operations Command: Transforming for the Long War : Hearing Before the Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held March 8, 2006, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007 - 81 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ability acquisition action activities additional Advanced Adversary Afghanistan agencies Air Force areas Army authority battlefield BROWN budget building campaign capabilities Chairman combatant commanders communications conduct Congress continue coordination critical decision defeat Defense Department designed develop direct effectively efforts elements enhance ensure environment equipment execute fight focus foreign funding future global going Government GWOT important improve increase initiatives intelligence interagency Iraq Joint lead long-term look Marine Corps meet military mission move Navy networks O'Connell organizations personnel Place POSTURE priority PSYOP question regional remains request requirements responsibility Right role SAXTON SEAL Secretary selection skills SOCOM SOF Warrior Special Forces Special Operations Command special operations forces Staff STATEMENT strategy success sure synchronizing terrorism terrorist Thank threats tions understand unique units USSOCOM Warfare
Popular passages
Page 7 - To this end, the study is sponsored jointly by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (OASD/SO/LIC) and the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (DOS/R).
Page 43 - Humans are more important than hardware. Quality is better than quantity. Special Operations Forces cannot be mass produced.
Page 17 - ... steps with regard to setting up better accounting systems. The ECA, as you know, lends money to corporations and we have an accounting firm to see there is a proper system of accounting. That lays a basis for proper determination of taxes. So we are moving in the direction of a better taxation system. It is not moving as fast as we would like, but I think there is not a great deal of evading of taxes. There is some and there is some everywhere, and especially if you do not have a very good system...