UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
OFFICE OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF
7701 TAMPA POINT BLVD.
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA 33621-5323
POLICY MEMORANDUM 01-01
MEMORANDUM FOR: JAN 2 2 2001
COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, BLDG E-2929, #1 DESERT STORM DRIVE, FT BRAGG, NC 28307-5202
COMMANDER, NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COMMAND, NAB CORONADO, SAN DIEGO, CA 92155-5037
COMMANDER, AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, 100 BARTLEY STREET, HURLBURT FIELD, FL 32544-5273
COMMANDER, JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, POST OFFICE BOX 7239, FORT BRAGG, NC 28307-5000
CENTER DIRECTORS, UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND, 7701 TAMPA POINT BLVD, MACDILL AFB, FL 33621-5323
SUBJECT: Participation in Commercial, Combat-Oriented Events
1. Personnel assigned to units within the United States Special Operations Command are prohibited from participating in commercial, combat-oriented competition events in either their personal or official capacities. Events prohibited include, but are not limited to, Ocombat boxing" events, "tough man" contests, "combat missions" competitions, survival events, non-DoD competitions pitting special operations forces and other elite Government entities against each other, and similar events.
2. It is inappropriate to associate DoD and special operations forces with these types of events or to tend our skills and respected unit designations in direct or indirect support of private commercial endeavors. Pitting special operations forces against each other in such events is detrimental to the Joint teamwork developed within USSOCOM. These events, very simply, are inconsistent with our values, standards, and Quiet Professionalism; they present unnecessary hazards that threaten the health, safety, welfare, and teamwork of our warriors.
3. Please take immediate and continuing action within your command to effect this policy and its intent.
4. This policy expires two years from the date of publication.
General, U.S. Air Force
Commander in Chief