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History of Us Army Special Operations in Panama JULY - SEPTEMBER 2018 CONTENTS VOLUME 31 | ISSUE 3 ON THE COVER An element of the Panamanian ARTICLES Police marches during the Fuerzas Comando opening ceremony, July 06 | SOCSOUTH Overview and Map 16, 2018, at the Instituto Superior Policial, Panama. Fuerzas Comando 08 | In Depth: SOCOUTH Commander is an annual multinational special 12 | Regional Threat Overview: operations forces skills competition. Latin America and the Caribbean U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin 14 | Measuring Indirect Effects Over Time 18 | SOTF-77 30 52 22 | Integrated Campaigning 28 | Optimization of the Information and Influence Competencies 30 | The Last Line of Defense 36 | 5th SOF Truth 40 | A Team Effort 44 | The People Business 47 | Changing Culture 52 | SECTION: COLOMBIA 52 Colombia Overview 62 Protecting the Southern Approaches 68 Strategic Partnership 76 Enclaves in South America 80 ESMAI: The Future of Colobian PSYOP 84 | SECTION: EL SALVADOR 84 El Salvador Overview 92 MS-13's Stranglehold on a Nation 96 Evolution El Salvador 108 100 | SECTION: PANAMA 100 Panama Overview SUBSCRIBE 108 | Off the Range, Into the Jungle OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION TO UNITS: Active Duty INDIVIDUALS: Personal 114 | Photostory: Fuerzas Comando and Reserve special operations units can subscribe subscriptions of Special to Special Warfare at no cost. 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Special Secretary of the Army authors and do not necessarily reflect of- Special Warfare reserves the right to edit Warfare is also available on the Internet 18030604 ficial Army position. This publication does all material. (https://www.soc.mil/swcs/swmag/). Headquarters, Department of the Army “The goal is effective enforcement and interdicition across from the land, sea and air to COMMANDANT degrade transnational In September 2014, I had the great honor of taking command of the U.S. criminal organizations, Special Operations Command-South. Having spent much of my career and to do these things operating in the Middle East and Africa, the move to SOCSOUTH was an eye-opening experience. The enduring relationships between special while still facilitating operations Soldiers and their counterparts in the SOCSOUTH area of the flow of lawful operations is the picture of the relationships SOF should form with their trade, travel and partners around the world. There is a rich shared history in countries like Panama, Colombia and commerce across El Salvador. Many of our now retired Special Forces Soldiers cut their teeth our borders.” training partner-nation forces at the Jungle School and the Airborne School. — Homeland Security's Later, they learned about insurgency in the mountains of El Salvador and the Southern Border and countryside of Colombia. Approaches Campaign The Soldiers of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) have built solid, long-term relationships with our partners in Colombia. The relationship dates back to the formation of the Lancero School in 1956, after Colombian forces joined American forces fighting in Korea under the United Nations. Our noncommissioned officers and officers have enabled the Colombian formations to mature and have watched today’s Colombian special operations leadership grow through the ranks. The Colombians, as well as the El Salvadoran forces we have trained, are now stepping up and exporting security around the world. Traveling throughout the area of operation, you can feel a sense of kinship between American special operations forces and their counterparts. It’s one that is built in the jungles, on the rivers and in the mountains of these countries, and those relationships are important. We will call on these relationships as we seek to defend our Southern Approach from multiple threat networks that seek to build instability in the region. KURT L. SONNTAG MAJOR GENERAL, USA COMMANDING GENERAL 04 Special warfare | WWW.SOC.MIL/SWCS/SPECIALWARFARE 01 FROM THE EDITOR In the Spring of 2012, Special Approved hotels for
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