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Pentagon Begins Constituting Special Operations Command To Support AFRICOM Efforts

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Thursday, October 9th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Pentagon has begun creating a theater Special Operations command to support its sixth and newest regional command, its top general said yesterday. "We're going to stand up a theater Special Operations command for Africa," Army Gen. William Ward, commander of the newly created Africa Command (AFRICOM), told the Defense Writers Group. "Special Operations Command-Africa will eventually take over from Special Operations Command-Europe, and it's being formed right now." The new unit will be headquartered in Stuttgart,…

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