About Human Performance and Wellness
20thSFG (A) Mission
Establish routine checks and balances providing our formation access to subject matter experts, technology, and tools to PROACTIVELY mitigate performance-degrading factors across the physical, psychological, and emotional domains in order to optimize readiness and tactical performance, maximize career longevity, and preserve the Soldier and family.
Vision (End State)
Gain the trust and confidence of our SOF members by addressing and resolving readiness-degrading issues in a timely and confidential manner in order to increase operator longevity, lethality, readiness and family preservation.
Our Approach
Method (Key Tasks)
• Optimize human performance through integrated evaluation coaching, education, training, and services for our 20th SFG(A) personnel.
• Sustain holistic wellness of our current and veteran 20thSFG(A) personnel and their families with appropriate resources and integrated approaches to mitigate the effects of acute and chronic stress during and after a career in Army Special Operations.
Our Vision - Why We Exist
• 20th SFG (A) possesses unique populations and needs that require a strategy to ensure the force and its families are operationally sound and stable as they evolve over time.
• We serve a population that does not readily self-identify for Illness/Injury/Personal Struggle. We needed to implement systems / process that mitigate lack of self-reporting.
• In 2013, the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF) first received congressional authorization to fund SOF-specific family support pilot programs beyond family programs offered by the military departments. In 2017, Congress made the authority permanent in the FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA; P.L. 115-91; codified under 10 U.S.C. §1788a). This directive from USSOCOM initiated the creation of the HPW Program (Army SOF Specific) by 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne).
“Most importantly, we are staying true to our first SOF Truth – “Humans are more important than hardware” – by investing in our people, ensuring a trusted, capable, diverse, and committed force that is ready to meet any challenge.”
-GEN Richard Clarke (Commander, USSOCOM) service.