USSOCOM US Special Operations Command

Type: Organization

Name: USSOCOM US Special Operations Command (SOCOM, SOCOM, United States Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Operations Command)

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for U.S. Special Operations Command

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 26 mins ago - 4 reports

Details on women in combat expected

Later today, the military is going to add some clarity on its plan to start moving women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in special operations forces. The Army is expected to develop standards within the next two years to let women train ... [Published Federal News Radio 1500 AM - 26 mins ago]

Entities: USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, US Navy SEALs, Special Forces

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 3 reports

Pentagon Announces Progress in Opening Jobs to Women

By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, June 18, 2013 – The services and U.S. Special Operations Command have completed plans to gradually open jobs to female service members that used to be closed to them, senior Pentagon officials announced ... [Published Elites TV - 1 hour ago]

Entities: USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, American Forces Press Service, Field Artillery, Martin Dempsey

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

USSOCOM US Special Operations Command

Special Forces may need to be exempt from integrating women, SOCOM official says

Special Operations Command may require special exemptions from the Pentagon's plan to open all military jobs to women by 2016, a top SOCOM general said Tuesday. ... [Published Air Force Times - News - 1 hour ago]

Entities: USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Special Forces, Special Operations Command

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

US National Security Agency

Military Opens More Positions to Women

Treasury Secretary Lew Cleans Up His Signature for the Nation's Currency 3:01 PM ETAnalysis: Are 50 Foiled Terrorist Plots Worth Your Privacy? 2:37 PM ETHouse oversight hearing examines potential updates to 'reinventing government.'Treasury Secretary ... [Published Government Executive - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Military/Armed Forces, Special Forces, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, US National Security Agency, Taliban

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Martin Dempsey

DOD releases guidelines for integrating women

The Defense Department released today the Army's plans for integrating women into combat roles.On Jan. 24, former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, removed the ban on women in combat, giving ... [Published Killeen Daily Herald - 3 hours ago]

Entities: guidelines, US Army Special Operations Command, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Martin Dempsey

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 3 reports

Plan to lower standards for women in combat strictly political, says critic

A conservative military watchdog says the newly announced plan to allow women in front-line combat units will do nothing but degrade tough training standards.Under the schedules delivered to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the Army will develop standards ... [Published One News Now - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Elaine Donnelly, Military/Armed Forces, Department of the Navy, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, General Martin Dempsey

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Moog Inc

U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Intelligence Capabilities for Duty Worldwide

Special Operations Command has honed its information gathering capabilities during the wars of the past decade, but its requirements are expected to change as it evolves into the globally networked force envisioned by Adm. William McRaven, commander of ... [Published National Defense Magazine - 7 hours ago]

Entities: USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Moog Inc, Special Operations Command, LiDAR Light Detection & Ranging

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Special Report: U.S. Special Operations Command

After 12 years of unprecedented demand for special operations forces capability worldwide, Navy Adm. William H. McRaven, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, is shaping his forces for the future based on his Special Operations Command 2020 ... [Published American Forces Press Service News Feed - 17 hours ago]

Entities: USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, William Harry McRaven, Special Operations Command

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 5 reports

Harris receives USSOCOM Falcon radio order

Harris Corporation will accelerate its deployment of an advanced wideband tactical communications system for the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) under orders received worth $36 million.The orders will see Harris provide Falcon III wideband AN/PRC-117G ... [Published Shephard - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Harris Corp, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Situational Awareness, Special Forces, George Helm

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Pentagon audit finds career officials opposed efforts to help bin Laden filmmakers

Political appointees at the Defense Department, the CIA and the White House brushed aside concerns from career officials about helping two Hollywood filmmakers research their 2012 movie about the top secret Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden, ... [Published Washington Times - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Mark Boal, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Mike Vickers, CIA Central Intelligence Agency, Public Affairs

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

AirPatrol Corporation Chosen to Fulfill SOCOM’s Mobility and Wireless...

Teaming with Alvarez & Associates and SENGEX, LLC to provide security solutions for US SOCOM Headquarters Moving to increase cybersecurity and mobile security policy enforcement within the nation's military installations, the multi-building campus at ... [Published PRWeb - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: AirPatrol Corporation, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Mobile Security, Cyber Security, Cleve Adams

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

World: Cooperation for Better Development and Security

Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: Afghanistan, Mali, World Posted by Samantha Novick, Communications and Outreach Specialist, Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation on Friday, June 14th 2013 Last week, Beth Cole, Director of USAID’s ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: United States Agency For International Development, USSOCOM US Special Operations Command, Special Operations, Security, Interagency

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"Each service and Socom is conducting thorough doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities and policy analyses to ensure deliberate and responsible implementation" she said

Pentagon Announces Progress in Opening Jobs to Women [Published Elites TV - 1 hour ago]

"When people fail the Special Forces Qualification Course, predominantly they fail because they're not doing their homework."

Special Ops Chief on Women in Combat: 'The Days of Rambo are Over' [Published US News & World Report - 1 hour ago]

...He told them, "I appreciate your efforts to methodically and deliberately remove gender-restrictive barriers."

'Days Of Rambo Are Over': Pentagon Details Women's Move To Combat [Published WVPE 88.1 - 2 hours ago]

...can't take a small submarine and stretch it like a limousine - and you have the health costs and the operational issues [as well]," she explains. "The Department of the Navy has just disregarded and brushed aside all these arguments that are based on reality, and they're just pursuing political objectives."

Plan to lower standards for women in combat strictly political, says critic [Published One News Now - 4 hours ago]

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Plans for Moving Women Into Combat Jobs to be R... [Published KTVN - Jun 17 2013]
Pentagon audit finds career officials opposed e... [Published Washington Times - Jun 17 2013]
Pharad Featured as an Air Force “Success” [Published Prlog - Jun 17 2013]
Harris Wins Multiple Contracts Zacks [Published Yahoo! Finance - Jun 17 2013]
Harris gets USD36m order for Falcon wideband ta... [Published Individual.com - Jun 17 2013]
USSOCOM orders Harris Falcon III SDRs [Published Military Embedded Systems - Jun 17 2013]

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US Military Set To Train Women for Elite Combat... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - 6 hours ago] On Tuesday, the Pentagon is expected to announce that women will be allowed train for and potentially serve in elite combat positions in the US military, including the Army Rangers, Navy SEALs, and other special ops forces. (In January, then Secretary ...
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Want A New SOCOM Game? Here's The Next Best Thing [Published Kotaku - Jun 10 2013] As the SOCOM series slowly went off the rails, careening further and further away from what made the early games so good, fans were left with nowhere else to go. As anyone who liked early Rainbow Six or SWAT games will tell you, when it comes to ...

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