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Course:
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SOED-STSOF
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PDS Code:
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077
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Length:
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4.5 Days
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Security Level:
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SECRET
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DSN:
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579-4757/4758
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Comm:
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850 884-4757/4758
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E-Mail:
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UDG_USAFSOS_STSOF@us.af.mil
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Enrollment By:
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Open
Enrollment
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Enrollment/Registration:Please
refer to information below for specific instructions.
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Course
Information
Target
Audience: Course target audience includes Air Force Special Operations
Command (AFSOC), Special Operations Forces (SOF), SOF-enabling General Purpose
Forces (GPF), and select interagency personnel, units, or agencies with a
requirement for regional political-military, security, and cultural education
as an enabler for analysis related to or operational missions in the Southern
Command (SOUTHCOM) Area of Responsibility (AOR). Others are accepted on a space
available basis. This course deliberately seeks to align its topic selections
with applicable AFSOC, US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Special
Operations Command Southern (SOCSOUTH), U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), and
relevant Headquarters United States Air Force (USAF) guidance, plans and
operations. SOF quota requests are given priority.
Description: The SOUTHCOM Theater Course is a 4.5
day course that focuses on U.S. national security interests in South America,
Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico with emphasis placed upon items of
greatest interest to U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF). Content is tailored
for Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) units that operate within the
SOUTHCOM AOR as well as newly assigned staff at SOCSOUTH. The course addresses
socio-economic, cultural, political, historical and military factors which
influence SOF operations in support of SOUTHCOM's Theater Campaign Plan. Due to
its SOF focus, topics include: Narcotics and Illicit Trafficking; Transnational
Organized Crime; Transnational Gangs; Aviation Foreign Internal Defense, and
Terrorist Organizations to include the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(FARC-EP) and Shining Path of Peru. Course speakers are drawn from a diverse
mix of SOF operators, academia, commercial industry, and interagency
organizations.
Course Enrollment: STSOF is an Open Enrollment course. As
such, it requires no prior approval from USAFSOS faculty. Students are required
to obtain a training line number (TLN) from their unit training manager. For
enrolling through unit training manager (Open Enrollment link above), supply
the PDS code found in the above panel, along with desired course dates to your
local training manager, who will in turn reserve a course quota for you in the
training system. After obtaining a TLN, students need to access and complete
registration for the course through Blackboard. Please see the link below and
follow the instructions. All students should request a USAFSOS Blackboard
account, which also enables access to specific course materials. To access
Blackboard, copy and paste the following address into your browser's address
bar: https://afsoc.blackboard.com.
(We are currently unable to link directly to the USAFSOS Blackboard site per
AFI 33-129, paragraph 6.91.)Note:
Note: On
the first day of class, students should report NLT 07:30. This course
is scheduled through NLT 14:00 on
the last day class. Course credit will not be given for early departures.
Travel arrangements should be made accordingly.
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Special
Security Instructions:
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SECURITY
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS
DOD Security Managers must submit visit request 14-30 days prior
to class start date through JPAS (use
class acronym "STSOF" in POC block)to SMO code
EE0VFPP56 being sure the student's personal summary page reflects the proper
access to be granted.
Non DOD agencies must FAX clearance 14-30 days prior to class start date on
official letterhead to DSN 579 1866, COMM 850 884 1866. (Write the course acronym
"STSOF" and inclusive dates as the purpose for visit).
Security questions? Call Glenn LeMay @ DSN 579 4673 Comm 850 884 4673.
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STSOF Scheduled Offerings
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Status
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Iteration
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Start
Dates
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End Dates
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Location
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Notices
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!
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17C
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10-Apr-17
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14-Apr-17
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Hurlburt Field
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Location changed from Homstead
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N/C
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17D
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24-Jul-17
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28-Jul-17
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Hurlburt
Field
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! = Change || N/C = No Change || X = Cancelled
Course dates and locations
are subject to change, Please verify schedule prior to departing duty location.
Updated 30 Mar 2017