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FM 3-05 Army Special Operations

FM 3-05

Army Special Operations

Army · FM · Jun 2025 · 102 pages

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As one of the Army's five core competencies, special operations are activities or actions requiring distinct modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment, and training, often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically or diplomatically sensitive environments (JP 3-05). Special Operations as an Army Core Competency A core competency is an essential and enduring capability that a branch or organization provides to Army operations (ADP 1-01). Core competencies drive how the Army organizes, trains, mans, and equips the force. The Army's core competencies are: • Prompt and sustained land combat. • Combined arms operations. • Special operations. • Set and sustain the theater for the joint force. • Integrate national, multinational, and joint power on land.

DesignationFM 3-05

EditionJun 2025

StatusActive

ProponentTRADOC

Pages102

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionCurrent Doctrine

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. This publication supersedes FM 3-05, dated 9 January 2014. HEADQ

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