SOCOM

Special Operations Command. Established in the early nineties to improve interservice operability. Lessons were take from the failure of 'Desert One' in 1980 in the Iranian Desert, Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada, and Operation Just Cause. It is headquarted at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida and include the U.S Army Special Forces, U.S Navy Seals, U.S Air Force Special Operations, and as of mid 2004, Marine Detachment One or MARDET 1 is the USMC contribution to the Command. Further information can be found at socom.mil. On another note, computer geeks and other JACK OFFs consistently refer to the Playstation video game without making reference to the roots of the Acronym.