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United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
The Special Operations Center of Excellence
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Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne)
1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) assess, selects, trains, and qualifies U.S. Army SF, PO, and CA Soldiers to provide USASOC and the joint force the capability to conduct worldwide special operations, joint, and conventional missions. 1st Battalion shapes future ARSOF capabilities by developing highly qualified cadre, assessing and selecting candidates for entry into SF, PO and CA Training pathways, and producing the next generation of Special Forces leaders for service on a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (SFOD-A). 3rd Battalion trains and educates special operations and conventional Army forces, sister service, and allied counterparts in CA. They develop and implement advanced skills training specific to the operational capabilities gaps and leverage specially designed instruction to support the Army’s global mission. 4th Battalion trains, mentors, manages, and prepares entry-level 18 Series Soldiers and their families throughout the SF Qualification Course to produce capable, lethal, and ethical SF-qualified Soldiers ready to be members of an SFOD-A. 5th Battalion trains, educates, and qualifies U.S. Army, Joint Services, and Allied PO Soldiers to provide DOD and partner nations with PO capabilities within multidomain operations in complex environments. They conduct advanced individual training courses for CA and PO Soldiers. Support Battalion provides full-spectrum logistics, human resources, and training in order to sustain ARSOF within USAJFKSWCS and the operational force. Logistics support is provided to the USAJFKSWCS enterprise through the forecast and management of nine fundamental commodities: communication, electronic, armament, aerial delivery, transportation, food service, publications, facilities, and CIF. The Support Battalion has a forward service support detachment that anticipates requests and coordinates, manages, and integrates all Support Battalion logistical sustainment operations for 1st SWTG(A) elements conducting train, assess, and select operations of Army Special Forces on Camp Mackall. Additionally, Support Battalion houses DELTA company, who executes the Security Force Assistance Brigade’s Security Forces Assistance Foreign Weapons Course. This course trains selected non-SOF personnel in familiarization with foreign and non-standard light weapons and range operations in support of geographic combatant commanders’ theater security cooperation requirement