02939cam a2200409 i 4500001001000000003000500010005001700015008004100032020001500073020001800088027002200106037001000128040001900138100003900157245010400196246008600300264003700386300002100423336002600444337002600470337002800496338003600524338002700560500002400587500021700611500001900828504004800847520126700895530005802162588004702220700003002267710005402297710004702351710002202398710003702420856007202457297176186RAND20200811100812.0080201s2013    cau      b    000 0 eng d  a083308089X  a9780833080899  aRAND/RR-340-SOCOM  c$6.95  aCstmoRcCstmoR1 aSzayna, Thomas S.,d1960-eauthor.10aDeveloping and assessing options for the global SOF network /cThomas S. Szayna, William Welser IV.3 aDeveloping and assessing options for the global Special Operations Forces network 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c2013.  a7 pages ;c28 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"RAND Corporation."  a"This research was sponsored by the United States Special Operations Command and conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Back cover.  aCaption title.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 6).  aThe January 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance calls for small-footprint, low-cost approaches where possible in ensuring U.S. security in a 21st-century world of transnational threats. In response, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed and put forth its Global SOF Network vision, which calls for a distributed overseas posture for Special Operations Forces (SOF) as part of a new approach based on creating a structure that responds more effectively to emerging threats and deters future ones. USSOCOM posits that increasing SOF forward presence and creating these networks will deepen existing partnerships as well as provide new ones. This, in turn, will provide greater insight regarding conditions on the ground, shape the environment more effectively, and better enable local SOF partners to meet security threats. Building and employing a global SOF network and strengthening partners forms the core of the Global SOF Network vision. USSOCOM asked RAND to develop options for implementing the vision by creating and then applying an analytically rigorous methodology, and to investigate whether changes to command and control arrangements or Department of Defense funding and budgeting processes might be needed for its effective execution.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record.1 aWelser, William.eauthor.2 aInternational Security and Defense Policy Center.2 aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.)2 aRand Corporation.2 aU.S. Special Operations Command.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR340.html