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JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIVERSITY
Improving the Sustainment of
SOF Distributed Operations in
Access-Denied Environments
Robert Haddick
JSOU Report 16-2
In this monograph, Robert Haddick examines a variety of
emerging technologies and techniques that could improve
the sustainment and eectiveness of distributed SOF opera-
tions, especially in access-denied environments. He begins
by describing a challenging yet plausible notional unconven-
tional warfare campaign scenario. He describes how current
SOF planners would attempt to cope with this scenario under
current doctrine and sustainment capabilities, explores current
and emerging technologies that could provide new options
and capabilities, and evaluates new technologies that promise
to reduce logistic demand for distributed SOF operations. Had-
dick proposes research and development recommendations
that provide SOF with capabilities that improve their capacity
to execute clandestine UW campaigns in denied areas. This
monograph helps close the gap between current conditions
and what will be necessary in an access-denied future.
JSOU Report 16-2 Improving the Sustainment of SOF Haddick
ISBN 978-1-941715-07-9
