Special operations/Low Intensity Conflict(SO/LIC)Division.

• Position: NDIA Committees & Divisions

The mission of the SO/LIC Division is to assist industry, government and the public in understanding the critical role of special operations forces (SOF) in our national security strategy and how these forces are integrated within our national military structure.

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A major component of the division's mission is to facilitate contact and cooperation between industry and SOF to assure that those forces might have access to the ideas and technology that flow from our nation's superior industrial and academic base. The division gives voice to the initiatives and concerns of the SOF community and provides a forum for new, innovative ideas to meet the national security challenges of the 21st Century. The division is composed of retired SOF community members who are still involved in assisting to resolve difficult SOFA missions.

Through meetings and symposia, the division provides information on a wide variety of matters involving SOFA, low intensity conflict and related national security matters including counternarcotics, combating terrorism, consequence management resulting from terrorist events, civil affairs, psychological operations, force protection, humanitarian operations and peacekeeping. The functional purview of the division follows the roles and missions of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, SO/ LIC and the...