01 Yemen
DIRECT ACTION: Airstrikes
OBJECTIVE: Hunt members of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula who are seizing towns and attacking government officials.
UPDATE: Special Operations Command (SOCOM) and the CIA pick targets for drone and manned aircraft attacks against al-Qaida leadership and clusters of fighters. The website Long War Journal estimates that 23 strikes have been carried out since December 2009.
02 Philippines
INDIRECT ACTION: Foreign Internal Defense
OBJECTIVE: SOCOM deployed to the island of Basilan to counter gains made by the Islamist insurgent group Abu Sayyaf.
UPDATE: A 500-man spec ops task force trains local military units to take and hold ground from Abu Sayyaf. Since the mission's inception in 2002, 17 U.S. service members have died while advising and assisting Filipino forces.
03 Latin America
INDIRECT ACTION: Foreign Internal Defense
OBJECTIVE: Promote military relationships with an annual competition, Fuerzas Comando.
UPDATE: Commandos from 19 countries participated in the 2011 competition. Events included a timed 11-mile forced march, sniper contests, and a combined airborne operation. U.S. troops placed sixth; El Salvador took first place
04 Trans-Sahara
INDIRECT ACTION: Civil?Military Support Element
OBJECTIVE: CMSE teams advise local governments on how to meet the needs of at-risk populations.
UPDATE: CMSE teams from the 91st Civil Affairs battalion provide veterinary services, construction, and partnerships with reliable business leaders. This work is expanding; SOF Civil Affairs quietly added a fifth battalion in 2012.
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