The Command's motto is 'Molon Labe' which is Greek for 'Come and take them'. King Leonidas of Sparta spoke these words before the Battle of Thermopylae in response to the Persian demand for the Spartans to surrender their weapons.

The Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) is a sub-unified command of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). [2] It is responsible for planning special operations throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR), planning and conducting peacetime joint/combined special operations training exercises, and orchestrating command and control ...

Commander . U.S. Special Operations Command Central . Major General Kevin Leahy is an Army Special Forces Officer who assumed command of United States Special Operations Command Central, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in July of 2022 following assignment as the Joint Staff, Deputy Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy.

We are a sub-unified command that plans, prepares and conducts special operations 24/7 in the CENTCOM AOR. We work with U.S. government agencies, our allies, other regional partners and individual to employ SOF capabilities and expertise utilizing and irregular warfare approach across multiple domains (air, land, sea, cyber and space ...

Sep 24, 2024 · Brigadier General Jasper Jeffers III assumed command of U.S. Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) on Friday, July 21, 2024. Jeffers succeeded Major General Kevin C. Leahy, during a ceremony held at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa, Florida, in front of senior leaders, family, and community members.

Frank Mitchell Bradley is a United States Navy vice admiral and commander of Joint Special Operations Command since August 10, 2022. [1] He most recently served as the commander of Special Operations Command Central from 20 July 2020 to 1 July 2022. Prior to that, he served as the assistant commander of Joint Special Operations Command from ...

MACDILL AFB, Fla. – The Commander, Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) held a change of command ceremony at the headquarters facilities, July 19. Maj. Gen. Darsie D. Rogers relinquished command to Rear Adm. Wyman Howard Thursday during a...

Jan 15, 2014 · Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), headquartered at MacDill AFB, Florida, is a subordinate unified command of US Central Command (USCENTCOM)

Aug 7, 2018 · The Commander, Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) held a change of command ceremony at the headquarters facilities, July 19. Maj. Gen. Darsie D. Rogers relinquished command to Rear Adm.

Oct 29, 2015 · MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata relinquished command of Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT) to U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Darsie D. Rogers during a...