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U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) seeks to understand the relationship between special operations and cyber. This research focuses on a single Special Operations Forces...
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📄 Download PDF Version Joseph Long, Independent Scholar As the special operations profession enters a new era of Special Operations Forces (SOF) involvement in geopolitical...
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📄 Download PDF Version Leo J. Blanken, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USAJason J. Lepore, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California, USAKai Thaxton,...
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