3rd Annual Special Operations Summit

Now in its 3rd iteration, IDGA’s Special Operations Summit is your end-of-the-year update and briefing on the progress of US Special Operations over the past year. It is a forum for the discussion on effective practices and policies needed to ensure our special operators are fully capable and equipped to accomplish the USSOCOM mission. This year’s main focus will be building and enabling a globalized Special Operations community in order to win the current fight.

Topic Background: SOF are elite military units with specialized training and equipment that can infiltrate hostile land, sea, or air territory to conduct a variety of often-classified operations. As threats to international security constantly evolve, so do the needs of the elite warriors tasked with defeating them. The SOF network is becoming more globalized than ever before. Leading the war against violent extremism, across the full spectrum of missions, SOF warriors pave the way for America and its allies to enjoy freedoms and security.

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Keywords: Defense, Military, Special Operations, Security

Speaker and Presenter Information

- Garry Reid, SES, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense, Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Department of Defense - Rear Admiral Brian Losey, Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command - Rear Admiral P. Gardner Howe III, Commander, Special Operations Command - Pacific - Brigadier General Sean Mulholland, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command - South - Dr. Brian Maher, SES, President, Joint Special Operations University - Amanda Dory, SES, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, African Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense - Brigadier General Clayton Hutmacher, Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command - Colonel Robert Warburg, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Military Information Support Operations Command