Get Selected! for Special Forces: How to Successfully Train for and Complete Special Forces Assessment & Selection
Major Joseph Martin is a U.S. Army Special Forces Officer with a distinguished record of service. His assignments include several commands and key staff positions within the Special Forces community. He was the Detachment Commander responsible for starting the Special Operations Preparation & Conditioning (SOPC) Course, which prepares initial entry training soldiers for success at Special Forces Assessment and Selection.  Prior to that, he served with the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) for three and a half years as a Detachment Commander, Assistant Operations Officer and Logistics Officer. He has operational deployments to Afghanistan, Qatar and Kuwait. He has conducted Special Forces and Counter Narcotics training missions in Honduras, Ecuador and Colombia. He was the Commander of the Military Free Fall School for the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. He also served in the Pentagon as a Special Operations Action Officer and is currently serving as a Congressional Fellow. Major Martin is a graduate of Canisius College, earning a Bachelor s of Science in Business Management. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the Special Forces Qualification Course, U.S. Army Ranger School, the Infantry Officer Advanced Course, the Static Line Jumpmaster Course, and the Military Free Fall Jumpmaster Course. He is a life member of the Special Forces Association (M-9129).