Ann Roosevelt reports in Defense Daily (subscription required) that US Joint Forces Command has created an Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) that is expected to have 30-40 personnel assigned – but will leverage existing resources without requesting new money or personnel through “reprioritizing” internal JFCOM assets. The IWC will focus on general-purpose forces while working with US Special Operations Command to work out IW-related roles and missions.
JFCOM Commander General James Mattis has directed that the command "make irregular warfare a command core competency."
