Small Wars Journal

US Joint Forces Command Forms IW Center

Thu, 06/19/2008 - 1:45pm
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."