The remodeling of Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) support to Colombian Security Forces during the transition phase of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia needs to be revised at to retain stability in the country. The Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias Colombianas (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC) are going through a transition phase. The Colombian Military campaign strategy lacks the necessary measures to support transition efforts to prevent Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) and other belligerent non-state actors such as the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army or ELN), Ejército Popular de Liberación (EPL) and Bandas Criminales (BACRIM) from expansion, placing the security gains made over the last two decades at risk. This research attempts to identify opportunities for ARSOF to sustain foreign internal defense (FID) goals, as well as expand into operational and strategic levels to identify means of achieving improved security outcomes by improving and adjusting the current ARSOF support to Colombia.

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