Welcome to Spear Points: A Communications Rubric for the Global SOF Enterprise. Global SOF stakeholders are like-minded individuals with a similar culture and support structure, but we need to expand our collective narrative – and begin to appropriately communicate with our publics. Together, we can keep our national decision and policy-makers informed of the collective value we bring to current and future fights. Spear Points are a collection of themes, quotes and talking points designed to be shared widely as a tool to align communications.
Spear Points Issue #1
September 2024
EXCERPT: “When it comes to bang-for-your-buck, there is perhaps nothing as effective as the dollars we spend on our Special Operations Community. At less than two percent of the Department of Defense’s budget and roughly three percent of its manpower, USSOCOM punches far above its weight. In a time of shaping and information operations, hybrid competition, partner-training, and grey-zone conflict, the Department should be looking to resource USSOCOM’s return-on-investment propositions to the greatest extent possible. Spending each dollar more effectively than each Chinese Yuan is how we win Great Power Competition, and that is what our Special Operations Community can provide.”
Spear Points Issue #2
September 2024
“Theater SOF”
This edition focuses on Theater Special Operations Commands, or TSOCs. Themes include: SOF in the Indo-Pacific Theater, Countering gray zone activities in the Indo-Pacific, and The European TSOC and Russia.
Spear Point Issue #3
December 2024
“SOF Land Warfare”
This edition focuses on SOF Land Warfare and was inspired by the recent Modern Warfare Week. Themes include Army SOF Innovation, Army SOF embracing Cold War roots, and a deep dive on USASOC.