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Global SOF 2018: Has US developed 'over reliance' on SOF?

20th February 2018 - 19:04 GMT | by Scott Gourley in Tampa

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The US and its partners across the Central Command region may have developed an over-reliance on special operations forces (SOF), sometimes at the expense of conventional forces capabilities.

Lt Gen William Beydler, Commander, Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, observed at this week's Global SOF Symposium in Tampa, Florida: 'My sense is for the past 17 years our nation has been absolutely fascinated with SOF.

'And that's because SOF has done a lot of great things for us as a nation; a lot of great things for us across the globe,' he added. 

'They have done away with a number of

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Scott Gourley is a US-based writer on defence and security issues. A former US Army …

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