TY - BOOK AU - Feickert, Andrew ED - Congressional Research Service TI - U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): : Background and Issues for Congress T2 - Congressional Research Service PY - 2017/// PB - Congressional Research Service KW - Seguridad y defensa KW - Ejército KW - Estados Unidos de América N2 - Special Operations Forces (SOF) play a significant role in U.S. military operations and, in recent years, have been given greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has about 70,000 Active Duty, National Guard, and reserve personnel from all four services and Department of Defense (DOD) civilians assigned to its headquarters, its four Service component commands, and eight sub-unified commands. UR - https://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS21048.pdf ER -