Course Iterations

Sub Number Date/Location Registration
SOF-SO-31908-E-2025-26
08 Jun - 19 Jun, 2026 METT: METT ITA
SOF-SO-31908-A-2026-27
14 Sep - 25 Sep, 2026 RL: NATO SOF Campus
SOF-SO-31908-B-2026-27
23 Nov - 04 Dec, 2026 METT: METT DNK
SOF-SO-31908-C-2026-27
25 Jan - 05 Feb, 2027 RL: NATO SOF Campus
SOF-SO-31908-D-2026-27
19 Apr - 30 Apr, 2027 METT: METT TUR
SOF-SO-31908-E-2026-27
31 May - 11 Jun, 2027 RL: NATO SOF Campus

Course Information

Description: The NATO SOCC Planning Course is designed to educate students on SOCC-level operations planning to enable them to perform as members of the plans branch of a SOCC HQ or of a special operations planning and liaison element deployed to an operational- level HQ. As such, the course is focused at the operational level and conducted in large-group, split plenary sessions. It incorporates practical exercises PEs  in syndicates and culminates with a 40-hour syndicate practicum replicating component-level planning.

Duration: Residential: 10 days

Course Aim

To educate students on conducting theatre SOF operational-/ component-level planning and operational art and design as members of a NATO SOCC planning team.

Objectives

At the end of the course, the student will be able to conduct operational planning at the component level and produce, as a member of a planning team, a SOCC component-level plan using the appropriate operational planning processes and references.

Target Audience
  • NATO SOF and Allied non-NATO  SOF personnel
  • NATO conventional forces personnel (when working with NATO SOF)
Requirements

  • NATO SECRET security clearance is MANDATORY
  • The following two courses have to be completed on Blackboard:
  •  ADL 101- Introduction to NATO Special Operations  
  •  ADL 102- fundamentals of NATO SOCC Operations
  • Recommended Language Profile: 3332 rating in English language skills