SOF Role
in Combating
Transnational
Organized Crime
Edited by William Mendel and Dr. Peter McCabe
Joint Special Operations University Press
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CAN-
SOFCOM) was stood up in February 2006 to provide the
necessary focus and oversight for all Canadian Special
Operations Forces. This initiative has ensured that the
Government of Canada has the best possible integrated,
led, and trained Special Operations Forces at its disposal.
Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) is located at
MacDill AFB, Florida, on the Pinewood Campus. JSOU was
activated in September 2000 as USSOCOM’s joint educa-
tional element. USSOCOM, a global combatant command,
synchronizes the planning of Special Operations and
provides Special Operations Forces to support persistent,
networked, and distributed Global Combatant Command
operations in order to protect and advance our Nation’s
interests.
Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) is a
subordinate unied command of U.S. Special Operations
Command (USSOCOM) under the operational control of
U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). SOCNORTH
enhances command and control of special operations
forces throughout the USNORTHCOM area of responsi-
bility. SOCNORTH also improves DOD capability support
to interagency counterterrorism operations.
jsou.socom.mil
“…the threat to our nations’ security demands that we…
determine the potential SOF roles for countering and
diminishing these violent destabilizing networks.”
Rear Admiral Kerry Metz
SOF Role in Combating Transnational Organized Crime
MENDEL AND MCCABE
