From the commandant

In recent years, the JFK Special Warfare Center and School has placed a great emphasis on the Special Forces training pipeline, and much of our activity has been concerned with recruiting, assessing and training Special Forces Soldiers to enter the fight against terrorism.

Less well-publicized, but nevertheless important, are our activities devoted to training Special Forces Soldiers in advanced skills. These skills, such as military free-fall, underwater operations, target interdiction and urban warfare, make our Soldiers more proficient in their close-combat missions and better able to infiltrate and exfiltrate without being detected. Located at Fort Bragg, at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., and at Key West, Fla., the cadre of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group provides such training.

Not surprisingly, the global war on terrorism has engendered greater demand for Soldiers with selected advanced skills. Despite funding constraints and shortages of personnel, SWCS military and civilian personnel have been innovative and agile in responding to the new requirements.

The success of Special Forces Soldiers in the global war on terrorism has validated our training processes on a daily basis. Our focus on a core curriculum of unconventional warfare and counterinsurgency, coupled with advanced human interaction and close-quarters combat, has proven to be on-the-mark against the current threat.

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