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027			_aRAND/RR-340-SOCOM
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100	1		_aSzayna, Thomas S., _d1960- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDeveloping and assessing options for the global SOF network / _cThomas S. Szayna, William Welser IV.
246	3		_aDeveloping and assessing options for the global Special Operations Forces network
264		1	_aSanta Monica, CA : _bRAND, _c2013.
300			_a7 pages ; _c28 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"RAND Corporation."
500			_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.
500			_aCaption title.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 6).
520			_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.
530			_aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
700	1		_aWelser, William. _eauthor.
710	2		_aInternational Security and Defense Policy Center.
710	2		_aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	2		_aU.S. Special Operations Command.
856	4	1	_yOnline Access _uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR340.html
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