Joint Special Operations Command

Not to be confused with its superior, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM). See also US/Army/Special ForcesUS special forces , deep state milieuSpecial Operations

Joint Special Operations Command  link () Sourcewatch Website
Abbreviation	JSOC
Headquarters	Fort Bragg, North Carolina,USA
Leader	Joint Special Operations Command/Commander
Type	Special Operations
Subgroups	Delta Force,SEAL Team Six,24th Special Tactics Squadron,75th Ranger Regiment,Task Force Red
Staff	4,000
Performs special operations worldwide, including inside the United States itself, its soldiers operating like the CIA, often alongside them in covert status.

The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). It performs special operations worldwide, including inside the United States itself, its soldiers operating like the CIA, often alongside them in covert status.

In a covert program reminding of Gladio, Newsweek in 2022 wrote of the existence of a secret domestic and worldwide army:

The largest undercover force the world has ever known is the one created by the Pentagon over the past decade. Some 60,000 people now belong to this secret army, many working under masked identities and in low profile, all part of a broad program called "signature reduction." The force, more than ten times the size of the clandestine elements of the CIA, carries out domestic and foreign assignments, both in military uniforms and under civilian cover, in real life and online, sometimes hiding in private businesses and consultancies, some of them household name companies.

History

Founded in 1980, already by 1984 the New York Times described it soon "evolved beyond its original mandate of countering terrorism to other kinds of special operations", becoming mostly "a nighttime operation, with its own weapons procurement and research, as well as communications." Some in Congress foresaw how it was becoming an "uniformed version of the Central Intelligence Agency and be used to circumvent Congressional restrictions and reporting requirements on intelligence activities and the use of American forces in combat operations."

Tier 1 units

Since the rapid expansion and use of Special Operations Forces since the 1980s, the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) adopted a four tiered system to delineate between units along command and control, functional and budgetary lines.

JSOC is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, to develop joint special operations tactics, and to execute special operations missions worldwide.

The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is the component of SOCOM that controls the tier 1 units.

Tier 1 units are commanded by JSOC and are used for activities designated as special missions units. These units perform the highest classified counter terrorism activities designated special missions - approved by the President. JSOC only commands Special Missions Units (SMU) aka Tier 1 aka Elite Special Forces.

The known units are:

• US Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment – Delta (Also called Combat Applications Group - CAG, Delta Force and "The Unit")
• US Navy's Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) (aka SEAL Team Six)
• US Air Force's 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS)
• US Army's [[75^th Ranger Regiment]], Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC)
• US Army's Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) (aka Task Force Red)

Methods

James Petras describes the methods used by JSOC forces: {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Joint Special Operations Command |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=James Petras|+sep=, |Has text=“The point of the 'Special Operations’ teams (SOT) is that they do not distinguish between civilian and military oppositions, between activists and their sympathizers and the armed resistance. The SOT specialize in establishing death squads and recruiting and training paramilitary forces to terrorize communities, neighborhoods and social movements opposing US client regimes. The SOT's 'counter-terrorism' is terrorism in reverse, focusing on socio-political groups between US proxies and the armed resistance. McChrystal's SOT targeted local and national insurgent leaders in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan through commando raids and air strikes.

McChrystal was a special favorite of Rumsfeld and Cheney because he was in charge of the 'direct action' forces of the 'Special Missions Units'. 'Direct Action' operative are the death-squads and torturers and their only engagement with the local population is to terrorize, and not to propagandize. They engage in 'propaganda of the dead', assassinating local leaders to 'teach' the locals to obey and submit to the occupation.” |Is about=Joint Special Operations Command,Stanley McChrystal,counter-terrorism,Joint Special Operations Command,Afghanistan/2001 Invasion,Iraq occupation|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=2009 |Sourced from= |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName= |Has sourceURL=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404052511/http://www.alternet.org/story/140068/cheney's_chief_assassin_is_now_obama's_commander_in_afghanistan/?page=1

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“The point of the 'Special Operations’ teams (SOT) is that they do not distinguish between civilian and military oppositions, between activists and their sympathizers and the armed resistance. The SOT specialize in establishing death squads and recruiting and training paramilitary forces to terrorize communities, neighborhoods and social movements opposing US client regimes. The SOT's 'counter-terrorism' is terrorism in reverse, focusing on socio-political groups between US proxies and the armed resistance. McChrystal's SOT targeted local and national insurgent leaders in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan through commando raids and air strikes.
McChrystal was a special favorite of Rumsfeld and Cheney because he was in charge of the 'direct action' forces of the 'Special Missions Units'. 'Direct Action' operative are the death-squads and torturers and their only engagement with the local population is to terrorize, and not to propagandize. They engage in 'propaganda of the dead', assassinating local leaders to 'teach' the locals to obey and submit to the occupation.”
James Petras (2009) 

Night raids

According to Seth Harp, operators who were involved in night raids during the "war on terror" have regularly killed above 100 people, according to their and testimony by relatives and friends.

Influence and Perception Management Office

James Holly, former Director of Special Programs for JSOC, moved on to become as of 2022 the first director the Influence and Perception Management Office, a secretive Pentagon information warfare agency.

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