US Joint Forces Command Forms IW Center
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.”