Year 2025, marks the 25th Anniversary of JSOU. Since its creation, JSOU has been continuously discovering new ways to enhance the SOF Warrior Mind.

In September 2000, under the leadership of then USSOCOM commander, Army General Peter Schoomaker, JSOU was established as an institution of higher learning. Since its founding, JSOU has strived to provide the highest quality Joint SOF leadership education possible at both the operational and strategic levels. JSOU provides formal, mobile education team (MET), distance learning, and professional military education (PME) course(s) to the joint special operations forces community. University faculty members also support senior and intermediate level PME programs and the emerging educational requirements of numerous US, interagency, and international organizations.