Whereas April 16, 2017, is the 30th anniversary of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida; Whereas, on April 16, 1987, Congress required the establishment of a Special Operations Command, which was to be an elite fighting force drawn from all of the branches of the Armed Forces; Whereas as a headquarters organization, USSOCOM comprises four service-component commands, consisting of the United States Army Special Operations Command, United States Naval Special Warfare Command, United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, and United States Air Force Special Operations Command, and includes various sub-unified commands; Whereas each service-component command has sub-component commands consisting of— (1) Army Special Forces (Green Berets), Rangers, Special Operations Aviation, Civil Affairs, Military Information Support Operations; (2) Navy SEALS and Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen; (3) Air Force Commandos and Special Tactics Airmen; (4) Marine Raiders; and (5) other Joint Special Operations Forces; Whereas USSOCOM protects and defends the United States in a variety of ways, including direct action, special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, civil affairs operations, counterterrorism, military information support operations, counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, security force assistance, counterinsurgency, hostage rescue and recovery, foreign humanitarian assistance, and other missions as assigned; Whereas USSOCOM has an unequaled ability to analyze and respond to terrorist threats and USSOCOM has led many successful missions globally