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Coalition Operations
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The Pacific Area Special Operations Conference (PASOC) held each year in Honolulu, Hawaii, is an important tool to make these kinds of combined coalition operations successful. PASOC 2000, held in February, was hosted by Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC), a subordinate command under the Commander in Chief U.S. Pacific Command.
PASOC 2000 brought together special operations forces (SOF) professionals, military officials and diplomats from Australia, Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga and the United States.
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Representatives from 18 Asia-Pacific nations examined coalition operations in small discussion groups. Here, Maj. Ahmed Shahid, a Maldives’ National Security Service staff officer; Cmdr. Charles Bourne from the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command; and Maj. Siamelie Latu, Tonga Defense Services training officer, participate in the "Organizing for Combined Operations" panel. |
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Maj. Gen. Sutabhaha Tharin, Deputy Commander, Special Warfare Command, Royal Thai Army, briefs PASOC delegates on the composition of Thai Special Warfare units. |
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Lt. Gen. Norty Schwartz, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, discusses the importance of peacetime contacts between U.S. and regional forces. |
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