The Department of Defense activated U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) April 16, 1987, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The DoD created the new unified command in response to congressional action in the Goldwater-Nichols Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 and the Nunn-Cohen Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 1987. Congress mandated a new four-star command be activated to prepare Special Operations Forces (SOF) to carry out assigned missions and, if directed by the president or secretary of defense, to plan for and conduct special operations.
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USSOCOM Questions
The USSOCOM annual revenue was $3.7 billion in 2026.
Drew Mitchell is the Director of Science and Technology of USSOCOM.
1,030 people are employed at USSOCOM.
USSOCOM is based in Tampa, Florida.
The NAICS codes for USSOCOM are [928, 92, 485, 48, 4859].
The SIC codes for USSOCOM are [971, 97].
Top USSOCOM Employees
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Matthew Pedersen
Deputy Director at USSOCOM
Tampa, FL, US1 -
Brian Flood
Deputy Director of Plans, Policy, and Strategy (Deputy J5) at USSOCOM
Florida, United States35 -
Lynor Duncan
CIO Policy Manager at USSOCOM
Wesley Chapel, FL, US12 -
Joshua Liles
Project Manager at USSOCOM
Tampa, FL, US14
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