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How dose the United States Special Operations Command decide to put which Speical Operation Unit to a Mission?

How dose the United States Special Operations Command decide to put which Special Operation Unit to a certain Mission? There are allot of Spec Ops Units in the U.S military. Allot of them conduct counter Terrorism, Recon, Personnel Recovery, Direct/In-Direct action etc.. Operations . How dose the USSOCOM decide to assign which Operation to which Spec. Ops. Unit?

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1. Obama is going to release that information tomorrow, so be patient, Mahmoud!
2. With darts after Keg stands, but now that I told you I have to kill you. I don't know but I'm sure they do a "Troop to task" they figure out what is needed for the mission and what group is best for it.
3. usually a "staff study" is made with a report to the commander in charge who will make the decision
4. If they wanted you to know, they would call you on your Cell Phone. But you have to be under water, when you answer it, for security reasons.
5. First off Spec Ops Command looks at what assets are on hand, Where the mission is, What kind of mission is going to be. For example, Some pirates took over a US flagged ship and held the crew hostage. This would be given to the SEAL team 6. Another example would be a terrorist group getting their hands on some wmds in deined terroraty. Rangers would be used because they are a battalion sized of raider infantry. Each unit of spec ops is trained for a number of missions. Here are the basics missions for each unit Delta Force=counter-terrorist SEALs=Navel Spec Ops Rangers=Long Range recon and Raids Special Forces=Training with Foreigns on FID or UW
6. First, it will depend on what the task at hand is. Rangers might be used for something deep inland, perhaps needing an air drop to get there. Green Berets are a special operations soldier that spend extended time in a mission often fighting gorilla warfare. Marine Force Recon is sort of like a scaled version of the SEALs except they may be geared for larger operations, and perhaps more towards search and destroy or recon enemy positions for strikes. Navy SEALs are more precise than Marine Recon, their job is to penetrate and either search and destroy, or search and retrieve. They usually start their incursion from sea, whether it be by sea helicoter or what have you. The Air Force has their own special forces as well... Pararescue are like paramedics on steroids! (Figuratively speaking, not literally!) The go into a hostile or dangerous environment to retrieve injured or trapped personnel like downed pilots. Combat Controllers paradrop to secure a region for air drops or to create landing strips, or direct bombing raids. They even have Spec Ops Weathermen to predict the weather behind enemy lines! With all these different options at their disposal, the individual circumstances will determine who gets called up. Where is the mission located? Who's already in the area? What are the missions requirements? Who has just come back from an engagement and needs time to recoop and relax for a time? Spec ops are trained to work past fatigue, but these soldiers are not machines (even if they might like to think they are)! They do need time to unwind, hence, the different units cycle through who is available for missions. They also have to take into consideration refresher training and equipment supply. Many of the different units above can cover aspects of each other, so the primary factor in choosing who is called is probably going to be who is currently available, and how long will it take them to get there.