LEADER 03872oam 2200601zu 450 001 9910219980103321 005 20240329194136.0 010 $a0-8330-8715-0 035 $a(CKB)2560000000315370 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001456560 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12589824 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001456560 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11434831 035 $a(PQKB)11086002 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000315370 100 $a20160829d2014 uh 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAuthorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations /$fElvira N. Loredo [et al.] 210 31$aSanta Monica, CA:$cRand Corporation$d2014 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 75 pages) : illustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 300 $a"Prepared for the U.S. Special Operations Command."' 311 1 $a0-8330-8506-9 327 $aIntroduction -- Challenges and Issues Concerning TSOC Funding -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Memoranda of Agreement -- Appendix B: Funding Sources. 330 $aThis report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders. 606 $aUnified operations (Military science)$xPlanning$zUnited States 606 $aMilitary planning 606 $aMilitary & Naval Science$2HILCC 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 606 $aArmies$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 615 0$aUnified operations (Military science)$xPlanning 615 0$aMilitary planning 615 7$aMilitary & Naval Science 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 615 7$aArmies 676 $a356/.160681 700 $aLoredo$b Elvira N$01242802 702 $aSzayna$b Thomas S.$f1960- 702 $aStanley$b Karlyn D 702 $aPeters$b John E.$f1947- 702 $aBoyer$b Matthew E 702 $aWelser$b William$cIV 712 02$aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.) 712 02$aU.S. Special Operations Command 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219980103321 996 $aAuthorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations$92882913 997 $aUNINA