AFSOPT
Armed Forces Special Operations Prep Team
Career Options
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has a variety of different career options. Each unit has a specific mission and specialty that they bring to the joint fight. No matter which service you are joining, knowing what each services units can bring to the table will make you a better officer. Expand your knowledge of these premier units you might be working for or with in the future!
Air Force Special Tactics
“First There…That Others May Live” USAF Special Tactics Officers AFSC, 13DXB, command special operations forces behind enemy lines to conduct the nation's most demanding missions. Decisive and determined, they lead Special Tactics teams in combat, seizing and controlling airstrips, guiding deadly airstrikes...
Air Force Pararescue
“That Others May Live…To Return With Honor”
The CRO AFSC, 13DXA, was created to strengthen USAF personnel recovery capabilities. The CRO specialty includes direct combatant command and control of Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) operations. They plan, manage and execute the six tasks of CSAR...
Navy SEAL
Navy SEALs are a unique breed of warrior who conduct special operations in any environment, but who are uniquely trained and equipped to operate from, around and in maritime areas. SEALs take their name from the environments in which they are trained to operate: sea, air and land...
Army Special Forces
The United States Army Special Forces, known as the Green Berets because of their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism...
MARSOC
Marines have always fought our nation’s small wars, its irregular wars—the wars of the future. MARSOC Marines are Marines first, and they build on their Corps legacy: MARSOC operators go forward to win the war before it starts. MARSOC’s mission is to recruit, train, sustain, and deploy scalable, expeditionary forces worldwide to accomplish special operations missions assigned by U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)...