Special Forces Chain of Command

[Abraham]

"My thought on that is we should turn the job over to Special Operations Command to do as they see fit."

I'm with you on the border issue and the above, but are you saying contacting the Special Force General in charge and relaying your wishes will it make it happen?

Or, am I still not understanding what you hope to accomplish...?

[LDB415]

No, I can't do anything except express an opinion, which I will definitely do since I renew my "complainer's card" at every primary and general election. I just wanted to know who was the boss, what rank, etc. out of general curiosity.

[Abraham]

LDB415,

O.K.

Thanks!

P.S. I'm with you about the complainers card. I hope the rest of the country follows through when it's time to vote. Make that the conservative complainers. Perhaps, the socialists will be too demoralized to vote.

[Distinguished Rick]

The various SOCOM types do not make policy, they are the instrument of said policy.

[gljjt]

No, I can't do anything except express an opinion, which I will definitely do since I renew my "complainer's card" at every primary and general election. I just wanted to know who was the boss, what rank, etc. out of general curiosity.

I agree with you about the vote. For those that don't vote, I don't even care about your opinion. If you vote, if we disagree, we can enjoy hearty debate on the issues!

[JP171]

The various SOCOM types do not make policy, they are the instrument of said policy.

Rick you win the prize sir, they are the last resort instrument of policy, unfortunately failed policy now extreme prejudicial force is now necessary to create either a new policy or compliance with the failed policy. We hate being that thing, but as it has to be we are willing

[jmorris]

Pretty sure you don't mean the SOCOM (http://www.socom.mil/default.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) but of those that wear the green beanie, it would be Brig. Gen. Darsie Rogers.

http://www.soc.mil/USASFC/HQ.html

Actually its Lt. Gen Charles Cleveland Commanding us army SSOCOM Ft Brag NC. he should have gone and looked it up himself

Depends on how you look at it. Lt Gen Cleveland commands USASOC, which includes Special Forces Command (Airborne) along with other special operations commands. The OP asked who commanded Special Forces.

[CoffeeNut]

Well ideally I'd like to see our border about as secure to intruders as the former East German border was to escapees. That's a separate issue though. I'd like to see our problem with terrorists solved with the least cost to U.S. citizens. My thought on that is we should turn the job over to Special Operations Command to do as they see fit. With their elite members, given a free hand and full resources, I believe they could solve the problem quite nicely. But then I am hardcore pro-military and sometimes too optimistic about some things.

"I'd like to see our problem with terrorists solved with the least cost to U.S. citizens...With their elite members, given a free hand and full resources, I believe they could solve the problem quite nicely."

Special forces is small in numbers and large in budget already (with good reason) if we open the flood gates for special forces then the cost to the American tax payers will be tremendous. We also can't just turn the job over to SOCOM and let them run wild because that just isn't how our military works and no matter who is the CiC that could spell disaster.

I think it's safe to say that special forces are already on the ground giving ISIS a very hard time and it's a shame that no one else in that region seems to care enough to want to roll back the evil that's in their backyard.