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“We need to think differently and we need to move faster, and one thing I have found throughout my career is that SOF knows how to do that better than anyone else." General Charles Q. Brown, Jr.,​​ Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Army Reserve Element provides MOS-qualified and deployable Army Reserve personnel to augment USSOCOM, leveraging their military experience, applicable civilian skills, and rapid availability, in order to meet peacetime, contingency, and wartime requirements.

Special Operations require unique modes of employment and equipment, tactics techniques and procedures. SOCOM develops and employs fully capable Special Operations Forces to conduct global Special Operations and activities as part of the J​oint Force.

SOCOM works in support of the Global Combatant Commanders’ objectives and do so in concert with the U.S. Government Interagency, Allies and Partners, to support persistent, networked and distributed combatant command operations and campaigns against state and non-state actors to protect and advance U.S. policies and objectives.

SOCOM ARE provides trained Reserve personnel to augment and fully integrate into the SOCOM headquarters, JSOC and TSOCs, leveraging military experience, civilian skills, and availability to effectively meet peacetime, crisis, and wartime requirements on a timely basis.  

Life in SOCOM is extremely busy. The world has not slowed down for SOF despite the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan having ended – SOF continues to provide unique access and placement that create options for the nation's leaders. ​

Upon joining the ARE, Soldiers will attend the five-day Introduction to Special Operations Forces - Foundations Course before reporting to their directorate.

Based on your MOS and position, there will be opportunities to attend additional JSOU or Foundry courses. For information on JSOU courses, check out https://www.jsou.edu/.​

​Officer-in-Charge Notes

Greetings from SOCOM ARE,

It can be challenging at times being an ARE Soldier. ARE personnel provide crucial individual assistance to the Command, Agencies, and Directorates. Assignments are tailored to each Soldier's individual expertise and outlined in their YTP. The nature of this support demands attention to detail and flexibility in duty performance.

​​As a reminder, priorities are:

Duty Military Occupational Specialty Qualification (DMOSQ)​​

Professional Military Education (PME)

Mission Essential Tasks (METs)

Army Warrior Task Training

OER/NCOER

We need to continue to focus on maintaining readiness. Each of us must ensure currency on all of our annual medical requirements. The ARE staff has been tasked with aggressively enforcing medical readiness standards, so if you are overdue on anything, expect to hear from the unit leadership. You are required to complete a PHA and dental exam every 12 months and you should be scheduling your appointments when you are within 90 days of your next required examination date. Maintaining your readiness requirements is a condition of remaining in the ARE and we expect proactive and voluntary adherence to these standards.​

Thank you.

Current Focus

Tenure, Yearly Training Plans & Prospect Packets –

Tenure for ARE Soldiers is THREE years but can be extended to four or five years with an approved ETP. If you are at three, or more years, by 01OCT24, you are required to submit an Exception To Policy to the ARE.

The next scheduled ARE training & readiness event 18-22NOV24. If ARE Soldiers have reached tenure, without an approved ETP, do not have an approved FY25 YTP or are not green for USAR required readiness requirements, attendance is compulsory.

If you are interested or know a Soldier who is interested in joining the SOCOM ARE, click on the "How To Join" link, on the left side of this page. SOCOM ARE is looking for NCOs, Warrants and Officers with diverse backgrounds, looking for a challenge. SOCOM ARE conducts monthly prospect panels with directorates to fill current and projected vacancies. If you are within a 90-day window for transfer, don't wait, submit your packet today.​

Foundry is a Department of the Army G-2 training program, led by the Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), that assists Commanders, and G2s by serving as the coordination point to obtain Military Intelligence training opportunities otherwise not available at the tactical echelon or through the institutional training system. The Foundry program is tasked to support the MI collective training environment, conduct advanced intelligence training, and intelligence community certification for the US Army.​​​List of Foundry courses can be found at the links below. below. https://ikn.army.mil/apps/IKNHostedWebsites/Foundry https://intellipedia.intelink.gov/wiki/List_of_Foundry_Courses


 Upcoming Events

ACFT

The ARE team offers monthly ACFTs at the MacDill Short Fitness Center. ​Please contact SFC Juan Arboleda for scheduling and details.