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A new U.S. Army special operations forces<\/a> manual has a mission: to convince the regular Army that the Green Berets have value for conventional combat operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a signal that the days of cowboy special operators are over. As the U.S. military switches from small-unit counterinsurgency to big-unit mechanized warfare, ARSOF wants to show that it can contribute to the joint fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The focus now is, \u201cHow do we show our value to the Army, and how do we help the Army show its value for the Joint Force?\u201d Kimberly Jackson, a researcher at the RAND Corp. think tank, told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have to prove your relevance,\u201d said Jackson, a former Navy Reserve officer with a background in Naval Special Warfare. \u201cYou do that by showing your operational abilities. And that is something that has had to shift a little bit for the special operations community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new FM 3-05: Army Special Operations<\/a> manual makes clear that the Army\u2019s special forces need to evolve for a world of high-tech, multidomain warfare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur doctrine must describe how ARSOF contribute across the competition continuum \u2014 remaining threat informed, strategically driven, operationally focused, and tactically prepared,\u201d wrote Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, in the foreword to the manual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braga describes Army Special Forces as one of the legs of the \u201cSOF-Space-Cyber Triad,\u201d an irregular warfare concept<\/a> modeled after the strategic nuclear triad. These very dissimilar forces would target enemy command and control, computing, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities, or C5ISRT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FM 3-05 describes what Army Special Forces can bring to conventional combat operations, such as when friendly forces bypass enemy cities and units, leaving stragglers and potential guerrillas behind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArmy special operations forces operating in the rear area focus on identifying and defeating enemy bypassed units and other threats concealed within the bypassed population to consolidate gains,\u201d the manual advises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think this very much addresses how the Army is thinking about LSCO [large-scale combat operations], and not getting bogged down in an urban fight,\u201d RAND researcher Nathan Prussian told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Operating in enemy rear areas, special forces can \u201ctarget enemy critical vulnerabilities, disrupt command and control, interdict long range fires, and degrade sustainment capabilities in support of the close fight and to shape the operational environment,\u201d the manual explained. On the front lines, they can facilitate battlefield operations by disrupting enemy command and control, long-range fires, and maneuver forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Green Berets with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) kneel in position while preparing for their next movement during a joint training exercise at Fort Carson, Colorado, on Aug. 13. (Sgt. Rhianna Ballenger\/U.S. Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FM 3-05 will \u201cbetter demonstrate USASOC\u2019s alignment with the Army,\u201d U.S. Army Special Operations Command told Defense News in a statement. Previous special forces doctrine spoke of \u201ctempo, preemption, disruption, deception and disciplined initiative,\u201d the command said. In line with the Army\u2019s foundational FM 3-0 operations manual, ARSOF will emphasize \u201cagility, convergence, endurance, and depth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just how much has changed can be seen by comparing the June 2025 release of FM 3-05 with ADP 3-05: Army Special Operations<\/a>, published in July 2019. For example, the 2019 manual mentions a special forces command element working alongside a corps-level headquarters to coordinate fires and ensure deconfliction between regular and special operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2025 manual is more explicit about making special forces a part of joint operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA special operations command and control element is task organized for integration into corps or higher-echelon operations (though it can be attached to the highest military echelon conducting operations) and targeting planning cycles,\u201d the manual states. \u201cIt also integrates special operations effects into joint force maneuver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new special forces manual also seems to be an attempt to achieve unity of command and avoid the problems of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, where special operations units and regular forces ran separate campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the two-, three- and four-star level right now, you have a lot of leaders who look at how we conducted the War on Terror with the lack of integration of SOF into the local campaign of the coalition forces,\u201d said Prussian, a retired Army colonel and former commander of 3rd Special Forces Group. \u201cSo you had parallel chains of command. And that seemed like a good idea at the time, but it didn\u2019t play out very well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The joint mindset is already percolating down to the ARSOF community. Army Special Forces that once disdained training with regular troops now routinely participate in joint exercises in places like the National Training Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere in the past, we said, \u2018We\u2019re not going to do that. We\u2019re too busy, or we don\u2019t necessarily feel like we need to,\u2019\u201d Prussian recalled, \u201cNow it\u2019s, \u2018Hey, we are going to do that because we know that it is the best thing to do for the fight that is coming.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the nods to 21st-century warfare, the Green Berets will still continue their traditional missions dating back to their founding in 1961, such as organizing and training foreign armies. FM 3-05 points to how Army Special Forces \u2014 mainly from the 10th Special Forces Group \u2014 advised the Ukrainian military from 2014 to 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a result of U.S. and NATO SOF and conventional military support Ukraine developed an assortment of resistance capabilities and networks by early 2022,\u201d the manual states. \u201cUkrainian special operations forces mapped key infrastructure, identified targets, established relationships with local civilian networks, and developed protocols for rapid information sharing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless, an organization that prided itself on independence and initiative \u2014 sometimes to the displeasure of the rest of the Army \u2014 will have to change its mindset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s inevitable that to maintain relevance, you have to show value for a joint fight,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cYou can no longer operate as a monolith.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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