It took me a few years and a 140pg thesis to work through this problem, but I finally had the opportunity to distill my thoughts into something that I hope is easily readable and relatable. As John J. Klein was getting ready to publish his book regarding irregular warfare in space, I was submitting my thesis for final approval. While his book covers the operational and strategic levels of irregular warfare in space, I wanted my research to examine irregular warfare at the tactical level as it concerned space warfare. My goal is enable operators and practitioners with new ideas about what space warfare is, and how USASOC, and indeed all of USSOCOM, can better campaign in the space domain. Many thanks to Jerry Drew, Thomas Goldner, Trent Lythgoe, PhD and Peter Im for helping me refine my thoughts. U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), Pete Atkinson, Namrata Goswami, Andrew Morgado, Robert Redding, PhD, Irregular Warfare Center (IWC), 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) - US Army, Peter Garretson, David Acosta, Milford Beagle, Jr ("Beags"), Patricia J. B., Harold S.,Tyler Bates, Joshua Carlson, Bleddyn Bowen, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, US Army, Zachary Griffiths Ben Zweibelson, PhD, Prescott Paulin, Kim Crider, JoAnn Naumann, Harding Project, Irregular Warfare Initiative
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Abstract: In November 2021, the commander of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, articulated a new deterrence framework to his staff.1 This emergent framework included the space, cyberspace, and special operations communities having symbiotic relationships to converge effects throughout the competition continuum. As a homage to the nuclear Triad (intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and strategic bombers), this “special operations forces (SOF)-cyberspace-space Triad” provides policymakers additional options to campaign against our adversaries. While the Triad has made substantial headway, no existing literature delineates the nexus of the SOF-space relationship. Joint Publication 3-14, Space Operations, and Field Manual 3-14, Army Space Operations, are both quick to point out that SOF receives effects from space, but only a few student theses and authors tangentially describe how SOF can create effects in the space domain. In this study, the author elucidates the SOF-space segment of the Triad and recommends that the joint SOF enterprise conduct preparation of the environment, special reconnaissance, and military information support operations to set the conditions to influence, deceive, or degrade adversarial terrestrial-based, space-enabling infrastructure.
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1moCongratulations Willbrook!