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(4) Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Com-
mand at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; and 
(5) Joint Special Operations Command at Ft. 
Bragg, North Carolina;
Whereas the most visible SOF mission is direct action, but 
SOF missions also extend across the vast operational 
spectrum 
to 
include 
unconventional 
warfare, 
counterterrorism, counterproliferation, counterinsurgency, 
strategic reconnaissance, civil-military operations, foreign 
internal defense, psychological and information oper-
ations, humanitarian assistance, and theater search and 
rescue; 
Whereas the President, in the 2004 Unified Command Plan, 
expanded the role of United States Special Operations 
Command to serve as the ‘‘lead combatant commander 
for planning, synchronizing, and as directed, executing 
global operations against terrorist networks in coordina-
tion with other combatant commanders’’; 
Whereas special operations forces are ideally suited to meet 
the asymmetric threat posed by violent Islamists who 
promote intolerance, stifle freedom, and destroy peace; 
Whereas the United States has called on the special oper-
ations community to promote freedom and democracy 
around the world in places such as—
(1) the Island of Basilan in the Philippines, where 
Army Special Forces teams and Navy SEALs continue to 
successfully develop partner nation capacity that has sig-
nificantly improved Philippine security and has furthered 
America’s national security interests in the Pacific re-
gion;
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(2) South America, where SOF personnel continue 
to train and cooperate with local forces to thwart illicit 
drug trafficking and terrorist activity; 
(3) the Horn of Africa, where Marine special oper-
ations and other SOF personnel work closely with coali-
tion partners to promote regional stability; 
(4) Afghanistan, where Air Force combat controllers 
and other SOF personnel significantly contributed to the 
liberation of a nation from an oppressive regime and con-
tinue efforts to maintain the peace and promote democ-
racy in that country; and 
(5) Iraq, where SOF personnel have admirably 
served in support of coalition forces;
Whereas the SOF community consists of numerous individ-
uals recognized for acts of distinction and valor, includ-
ing 48 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients; 
Whereas the 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review recognized 
the importance of SOF and the critical role that it plays 
in the War on Terror and called for an increase of 15 
percent in SOF beginning in fiscal year 2007; and 
Whereas the core principles of the special operations commu-
nity, known as the SOF Truths, hold that—
(1) humans are more important than hardware; 
(2) SOF cannot be mass produced; 
(3) quality is better than quantity; and 
(4) competent SOF cannot be created after emer-
gencies occur: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) honors the sacrifices and commitment of the 
53,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and civilians 
that comprise the Nation’s special operations forces com-
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munity and recognizes that it owes each and every one 
of them a debt of gratitude; 
(2) honors the families of the Nation’s special oper-
ations forces warriors who are there day-in and day-out 
while their loved ones are deployed around the world; 
and 
(3) recognizes that the United States military 
should seek to replicate the success that the special oper-
ations forces community has achieved throughout the 
War on Terror. 
Attest:
Clerk.