7th Special Operations & Irregular Warfare Symposium

The 2018 Special Operations & Irregular Warfare Symposium will provide an educational ‘town-hall’ style forum to discuss the strategic goals and operational needs required to combat evolving threat networks and protect U.S. national security interests, as well as aid the U.S. Military in remaining agile and lethal when dealing with a complex security environment. This event will detail how SOF expertise is needed to effectively deter and overcome these unconventional challenges.

This symposium will highlight some of the important efforts currently underway to ensure Special Operations Forces have a sufficient amount of strategic resources to accomplish their mission. It will give an overview on policies being developed, in support of DoD strategies related to SOF and combatting terrorism. The event will also examine SOF ‘Gray Zone’ conflict response and what expeditionary capabilities are being pursued to defeat our nation’s adversaries.