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Newsmaker Profile: SOCJFCOM Commander Army Col. Wesley Rehorn

With the intent to raise awareness of USJFCOM's continuing transformation efforts, this is part of a series of profiles, allowing command subject matter experts to highlight priorities, challenges, and solution paths for the future in their field. Army Col. Wesley Rehorn, commander of Special Operations Command - Joint Forces recently discussed SOCJFCOM, some of the current projects his team is working on, and what lies ahead. Robert Pursell has the story.

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Narrated by Robert Pursell, USJFCOM Public Affairs
Featuring: Army Col. Wesley Rehorn, commander of Special Operations Command - Joint Forces Command (SOCJFCOM)

Pursell: When Army Col. Wesley Rehorn took over as the commander of Special Operations Command - Joint Forces Command or SOCJFCOM in July, he vowed that he was committed to the future of the command and its relevance to the war on terrorism.

Since then, Rehorn has been quite busy fulfilling that commitment. SOCJFCOM serves as the DoD's primary joint special operations forces or SOF trainer and integrator, supporting all geographic combatant commands and joint task forces.

Rehorn is responsible for the training of conventional and special operations joint force commanders and their staffs in the employment of SOF. This is all done while focusing on full integration of SOF and conventional forces in planning and execution to enhance warfighting readiness. Because SOCJFCOM is a subordinate command of USJFCOM, he also serves as the senior SOF advisor to the commander, USJFCOM.

Rehorn discussed what it meant for him to be in command of this team.

Rehorn: The first thing is the mission; it's a very good mission. There are many people who don't know what we do until they need the help. Once they receive the help, they're won over to how we can assist them. It's rare that somebody shows up and says, "I'm here to help," and really means it. This command does that. So it's a good mission because it affects what the warfighter is doing.
The second part is the people that I have. The years of experience that are represented in this command is just phenomenal. So if you listen well to the advice you're given and you chose wisely, it's a great command to have.

Pursell: Rehorn also discussed his dual-hatted role, SOCJFCOM's recent move to Suffolk, and other projects his command is working on to support the warfighter now and in the future.

For the rest of this interview and more on SOCJFCOM, visit us on the web at www.jfcom.mil.

For U.S. Joint Forces Command, I'm Robert Pursell.