# Special Forces Officers

> Lead elite teams that implement unconventional operations by air, land, or sea during combat or peacetime. These activities include offensive raids, demolitions, reconnaissance, search and rescue, and counterterrorism. In addition to their combat training, special forces officers often have specialized training in swimming, diving, parachuting, survival, emergency medicine, and foreign languages. Duties include directing advanced reconnaissance operations and evaluating intelligence information; recruiting, training, and equipping friendly forces; leading raids and invasions on enemy territories; training personnel to implement individual missions and contingency plans; performing strategic and tactical planning for politically sensitive missions; and operating sophisticated communications equipment.

- Code: 55-1017.00 (O*NET-SOC; SOC 2018 55-1017)
- Family: [Military](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations#family-55), one of its 19 occupations
- Tasks: none listed; O*NET describes this occupation as a whole
- Page: https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1017.00
- JSON: https://foundation.org.ai/data/tasks/55-1017.00.json

## More in Military

- [Air Crew Members](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3011.00): no tasks listed
- [Air Crew Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1011.00): no tasks listed
- [Aircraft Launch and Recovery Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1012.00): no tasks listed
- [Aircraft Launch and Recovery Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3012.00): no tasks listed
- [Armored Assault Vehicle Crew Members](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3013.00): no tasks listed
- [Armored Assault Vehicle Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1013.00): no tasks listed
- [Artillery and Missile Crew Members](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3014.00): no tasks listed
- [Artillery and Missile Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1014.00): no tasks listed
- [Command and Control Center Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1015.00): no tasks listed
- [Command and Control Center Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3015.00): no tasks listed
- [First-Line Supervisors of Air Crew Members](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-2011.00): no tasks listed
- [First-Line Supervisors of All Other Tactical Operations Specialists](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-2013.00): no tasks listed
- [First-Line Supervisors of Weapons Specialists/Crew Members](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-2012.00): no tasks listed
- [Infantry](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3016.00): no tasks listed
- [Infantry Officers](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1016.00): no tasks listed
- [Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3019.00): no tasks listed
- [Military Officer Special and Tactical Operations Leaders, All Other](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-1019.00): no tasks listed
- [Special Forces](https://foundation.org.ai/occupations/55-3018.00): no tasks listed

## Where this comes from

Quoted from O*NET 29.0, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, under CC BY 4.0: free to copy and reuse, with credit. Nothing on this page is written by the Org.AI Foundation.