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U.S. Army Special Operations Command
Fort Bragg, North Carolina 28310

Special Operations Support Command (Airborne)

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      The Special Operations Support Command (Airborne), activated on Nov. 1, 1995, is the newest major subordinate unit in the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. Its activation realigned the command and control organizational structure of the following units: 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (Airborne); 528th Special Operations Support Battalion (Airborne); Material Management Center (Airborne) and five Special Operations Theater Support Elements. It also concentrates a dedicated, regionally oriented, combat and health services, communications planning, coordination and liaison base to assure support for all Army Special Operations Forces units.

     SOSCOM, located at Fort Bragg, N.C., inherited its support legacy and customer orientation from the reorganization of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Special Operations Support Command (Airborne), Theater Army, which it replaced. This reorganization left a SOTSE in each of five geographical regions around the world.

     The SOTSE soldiers are embedded in theaters' Army staff. They plan and coordinate with theater Army, SOSCOM and ARSOF to ensure support during operations and training. As a theater Army staff member, these officers and non-commissioned officers' knowledge of theater-specific requirements and capabilities assist units in coordination with the theater.

     Material Management Center provides the ARSOF with centralized and integrated materiel management of property, equipment maintenance, logistical automation and repair parts and supplies.

     Specializing in advanced communications and resupply capabilities, members of the 112th SOSB (A) and the 528th SOSB (A), have a difficult mission supporting ARSOF. In their respective fields, signal and support soldiers provide supplies, maintenance, equipment and expertise allowing Special Operation Forces to "shoot, move and communicate" on a continuous basis. Because ARSOF often uses SOF-unique items, soldiers assigned to these units are taught to operate and maintain a vast array of specialized equipment not normally used by their conventional counterparts. To meet the needs of ARSOF, the two battalions have developed logistical and signal packages that are deployable on a moments notice. Soldiers assigned to these units are airborne qualified.

     Army Special Operations Forces responded to continuing force reductions with a streamlined logistics structure with existing Department of Defense drawdown and realignment procedures. It pooled logistical and theater Army SOSCOM assets to create a centralized, U.S.-based SOSCOM, with soldiers deployed worldwide. This centralization brought the Special Operations community within doctrinal force projection and support concepts.
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