FY20 ANNUAL REPORT

Another year DEDICATED TO the sof community

Our 6th Fiscal Year was our busiest yet! This report to our Members, Partners, andStakeholders will highlight key accomplishments and actions, sharing what your support has

enabled us to do for the Global SOF community in FY20.

We educate U.S. Policymakerson the needs of SOF in anannual SOF Imperatives

document, which has beenpunctuated by the inauguralSOF Imperatives Forum andletters to Congress in 2020.

SOF Imperatives

BY THE N#MBERS

FULL TIME

EMPLOYEES7

2019's Modern Warfare Weekat Ft. Bragg featured our firstever Demo Days, an Expo, anda Symposium co-sponsored by

USASOC. Over 60% ofattendees were currentMilitary or Government.

Modern Warfare

Our fifth EuropeanSymposium took place in

Brussels through the supportof Belgian SOF. Over 350

members of the internationalSOF network came together

to discuss relevant topics.

Belgium Symposium

We quickly adapted ourapproach to the Global SOF

mission in early 2020 toachieve our goals safely with

our 5 Areas of Focus.

resolute in quarantine

We submitted our MultinationalIntelligence Sharing Study

conducted for the U.S. UnderSecretary of Defense for

Intelligence in 2019.

USD(I) STUDY

Over the course of the yearwe've supported four SOF forLife Transition Seminars andhave recently relaunched our

Job Board & Resume Database.

SOF for Life

YEARS

ACTIVE6OF $ DIRECTLY

FUNDS PROGRAMS91%ELECTED

ADVISORS52

Individual Membership showed strong growth andmaintained steady Active Duty representation.

International Membership has spread across over 60Nations, and we're working to make sure our bench isdeep in each one to ensure quality representation.

Corporate Partners are defense-focused organizations thatprovide capabilities to SOF around the globe, addingvaluable experience and resources to our network.

A thriving Member networkOUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMUNITY IS

GROWING STRONGER IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD

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2,400+INDIVIDUAL

MEMBERS

50%ACTIVE

DUTY

60+REPRESENTED

NATIONS

85ACTIVE

PARTNERS

18LARGE

PRIMES

65SMALL

BUSINESSES

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INSTITUTIONS

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