a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command and is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, to develop joint special operations tactics, and to execute special operations missions worldwide.

The Joint Special Operations Command Task Force which fought in the Iraq War was a joint U.S. and British special operations temporary grouping assembled from different units.

one of the two unified commands of the Canadian Armed Forces, the other one being the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command.