Of note...
The mission or tasks must be operationally feasible. ARSOF are not structured for attrition or force-on-force warfare and should not be assigned missions beyond their capabilities. ARSOF commanders and their staffs must consider the vulnerability of ARSOF units to larger, more heavily armed or mobile forces, particularly in hostile territory.The wording here is annoying. The US military as a whole is not designed for force-on-force or attrition warfare!
Does anyone seriously believe that we have enough forces in the air, on land or at sea to fight that way today? Of bigger concern should be the integration of Special Ops into conventional forces. You're seeing an evolution toward SOCOM missions instead of the core conventional force sets. The vulnerability that is inherent to SOCOM units will become inherent to all US ground forces unless this trend is reversed.
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