Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Figure and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- Purpose -- Organization of This Monograph -- CHAPTER TWO Special Operations Forces Before U.S. Special Operations Command -- The Long and Storied History of Commandos -- Vietnam and Its Aftermath -- U.S. Special Operations Forces Limp into the 1980s -- The Catalytic Failure at Desert One, 1980 -- Reform and Reconstitution in the Early 1980s -- Problems Remain: Grenada, 1983 -- Further Congressional Pushes and Defense Resistance -- Congress Takes Decisive Action, 1986 -- CHAPTER THREE The Transition to and Evolution of U.S. Special Operations Command -- Further Legislation to Force Implementation -- The Bureaucratic Burdens of Administering New Authorities -- Evolution After the Establishment of U.S. Special Operations Command -- The Authorities of U.S. Special Operations Command -- CHAPTER FOUR Cyber Forces and U.S. Cyber Command -- The Lexicon -- Cyber Force Roles -- The Need for Uniformed Cyber Forces -- Integration into Full-Spectrum Operations -- Authority to Operate in Cyberspace -- Deployability -- Current Cyber Force Structure -- U.S. Army Cyber Forces -- U.S. Cyber Command -- CHAPTER FIVE Confirming the Analogy: How Alike Are Pre-U.S. Special Operations Command Forces and Contemporary Cyber Forces? -- Common Features -- Personnel -- Doctrine -- Organization -- Development Strategy -- Institutionalization of Training -- Adequacy Relative to Potential Demand -- Similarities -- Personnel -- Relationship with and to Conventional Forces -- "Precarious Values" -- Applicability Across the Spectrum of Conflict -- Acquisition Needs -- Calls for Reform -- Differences -- Personnel -- Historical Tradition -- Salient Historical Events -- Core Essence -- Lessons from the Analogy.

CHAPTER SIX Lessons for U.S. Cyber Forces from U.S. Special Operations Command Acquisitions -- Problems with Current Acquisition Processes -- Cyber Acquisition Needs -- U.S. Special Operations Command Rapid Acquisition Needs -- U.S. Special Operations Command Rapid Acquisition Processes -- Culture and Other Keys to Success -- Quick Recognition and Validation -- The Ability to Contract to Develop Products Quickly -- The Ability to Equip Selected Warfighters Rather Than Field Capabilities to the Entire Force -- Track Record of U.S. Special Operations Command's Rapid Acquisition Programs -- How Cyber Acquisition Could Be Modeled After the U.S. Special Operations Command Rapid Acquisition Approach -- Summary -- CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusions and Recommendations -- Recommendations for the U.S. Department of Defense -- Empower USCYBERCOM as a Joint Home for the Cyber Community. -- Find Acquisition Solutions for Needed Cyber Tools -- Recommendations for the U.S. Army -- Support USCYBERCOM as a Capstone Coordinator of and Organizational Home for the Entire Cyber Force -- Make U.S. Army Cyber Command for the Army's Cyber Forces What USSOCOM Is for All SOF -- Recognize the Precarious Value of Cyber Forces and Support Them Accordingly -- Reform Army Cyber Acquisition -- Seek Nontraditional Personnel Authorities -- Model Cyber Acquisition After USSOCOM's Rapid Acquisition Approach -- References.