…the projected growth in U.S. Special Operations Command personnel from 2001 (45,000) to 2018 (71,000). U.S. special operators are in 70 to 80 countries on any given day, Garry Reid, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict (can that title fit on a standard-sized business card?), told the Air Force Association’s annual confab outside Washington on Monday.
