Special Operation Forces

[Quintus Fabius]

Ein meiner Meinung nach interessanter Artikel:

https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/de...erspective

Admittedly every nation has its particularities, but many special forces throughout the world have common concerns and difficulties when it comes to setting a culture that matches a clear identity. Struggling to find a balance between too much or too little “unconventional” is also a universal phenomenon.

It should be clear that there is a time for structure and optimization and there is a time for creativity and momentum. Knowing what to be in which circumstances is exactly the educational foundation of special forces:

analytical acumen.

Form (structure) and result are difficult to separate: standard or conventional structure equals standard or conventional results.

The SF needs diversity as central to its being, it needs to embrace the edges of normality and slightly beyond.

It needs more of General Carter’s principles for thinking beyond the cleverness of the adversary. The wider defense needs to also understand the importance of having an organization like the SF. It needs to see the SF through different lenses; as unusual purpose requires unusual process (in material and human management). Being able to analyze and adapt behaviour and processes to any given operational environment is the beating purpose of special forces. They must see themselves more as a concept than a multi-tool. A concept that solves or regulates problems outside the scope of specialized conventional capabilities. Tools should never determine who we are or how we think. And finally, for far too long we have been training to fight and not to win. This must change.