Welcome to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School!

Mission

Recruit, train, and educate U.S. Army Special Forces, Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Soldiers. Provide training in advanced skills as required. Support ARSOF’s ability to conduct operations worldwide, across the USSOCOM core functions by providing superior training, relevant doctrine, effective career management policy, and the highest quality Soldiers to man the Army's premier special operations fighting forces.

Vision

The World's best SOF Training Center and institution. Producing ARSOF warriors trained with the skills to win on today's battlefield. Adaptable, agile, and fully prepared to be relevant to tomorrow's battles. Provide the doctrine, policy, and experimentation to support the Army's premier fighting force.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS SOLDIERS ARE UNIQUE IN THAT THEY:

• Train in the use of the minimum amount of force to accomplish the mission.
• Are highly trained in a primary and cross-trained in a myriad of skills.
• Are culturally sensitive and astute.
• Are language and regionally orientated.
• Are combat multipliers by their ability to generate large numbers of irregular forces with minimal support.
• Seek maximum results by subtle pressure against enemy key targets both physical and psychological.
• Have a high value and are heavily utilized during peacetime due not only to their ability to maintain a low-key presence worldwide on a
daily basis, but also because they are a supremely flexible force in war, peace or levels in between.
• Are self-reliant officers and NCOs.
• Are mature members of a team of professionals.
• Provide the Army a deep penetration reconnaissance or seizure capability.
• Maintain the expertise to rebuild and pacify, not just destroy.