Comando Conjunto de Operações Especiais: uma Proposta

Abstract

This work presents a proposal for the creation of a Joint Special Operations Command. Thus, considerations were made about the historical evolution of Special Operations troops, also highlighting their interrelationship with the advance of Joint Operations. Within this context, the various segments of Special Operations existing in the Armed Forces of Brazil were presented, emphasizing their respective natures and main missions. The current scenario is characterized by environments that are increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous and, therefore, fertile for the use of Special Operations units in the wide spectrum of conflicts. Given this situation, the Brazilian government has been constantly updating its National Defense Policy, which highlights as one of its defense objectives to maintain modern Armed Forces, specially trained, equipped, technologically advanced and operating jointly throughout the national territory. For this, it highlights the importance that deterrence gives the country in the face of possible threats to national sovereignty. The History of Special Operations in Brazil reveals that, in addition to being relatively recent, it is inspiring, complex, full of challenges, whose natural evolution would be that of integration into a large joint command. In this sense, it should be noted that the Joint Special Operations Command is a reality of the Armed Forces of other countries, particularly those that occupy the geopolitical center of the planet, which is why Brazil, which seeks to establish itself in the concert of nations, does not can fail to consider such aspects of doctrinal evolution.