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Enlisted Academy Learn our history The SOF Advantage Campus & facilities ACCET accreditation Tampa Life

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Browse course offerings International Education Student Handbook Replacement Certificate Request Give Feedback Research Library

Upcoming Courses

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Joint Fundamentals Course

Class #56 (15-Oct-2025 to 12-Dec-2025)

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Enterprise Management Course

Class #54 (15-Oct-2025 to 12-Dec-2025)

Starts on 10/15/2025

USSOCOM Staff Education Program Foundations

26A (20-Oct-2025 to 24-Oct-2025)

Starts on 10/20/2025

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Recent Publications

Cognitive Warfare to Dominate and Redefine Adversary Realities: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces

Authored by:

Jeremiah "Lumpy" Lumbaca, PhD

Learn More

Advancing the SOF Warrior Mind: Essays from the Academic Year 2025 JSOU Call for Special Operations Papers

Authored by:

Eddie Edwards, Major Harrison Zabell, Sergeant First Class Michael Seitz, et al.

Learn More

Leveraging Contingent Capital as a Non-Traditional Discipline of Economic Warfare

Authored by:

Matthew Flug and Thomas Johansmeyer

Learn More

Featured Publications

Cognitive Warfare to Dominate and Redefine Adversary Realities: Implications for U.S. Special Operations Forces Advancing the SOF Warrior Mind: Essays from the Academic Year 2025 JSOU Call for Special Operations Papers Leveraging Contingent Capital as a Non-Traditional Discipline of Economic Warfare Resilience and Resistance: Interdisciplinary Lessons in Competition, Deterrence, and Irregular Warfare Special Operations Research Topics 2026

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CT/CN Global SOF Network Terrorism FID IW/UW

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What is irregular warfare and what does it mean for SOF?

Is artificial intelligence really a threat to SOF?

What is nanotechnology, and how might it affect SOF in the coming years?

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What do we mean by the “gray zone” and how do our competitors operate there?

started 181 days ago, ends on 12/12/2028

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Jim Collins - Good to Great Keynote

ended 128 days ago

Fireside Chat with Mr. Jason Schenker: Economic Security

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What do we mean by the “gray zone” and how do our competitors operate there?

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