Submission Criteria

1. Use active voice whenever possible.
2. Secure permission before including names of personnel mentioned in your piece.
3. Be sure the document allows for editing with no restrictions.
4. Special Operations require sensitivity to natives of host counties, occupied regions, and so on. We believe that patroninzing terms generally are inappropriate for our pages. Realistic language of Operators may be tolerated in anecdotal and historical articles, especially when used as direct quotes. We will delete or change blatantly offensive use.
5. All articles written by USSOCOM members must be preapproved by your commander and PAO prior to submission to the JSOM. Authors must adhere to standard OPSEC practices and refrain from mentioning specific units, specific locations, troop strengths, names of actively serving USSOCOM personnel, TTPs, vulnerabilities, and any other information that could be of use to an adversary.

Please note - review process will take a minimum of 90 days. Please wait at least 90 days before making inquiries on the status of your submission

JSOM Article Types

Case Report
In Brief
Original Research
Review
Review with case presentations
Editorial
Letter to Editor
There I was
Picture This
World of Special Operations Medicine
Book Review

For complete requirements for article submission, please download and refer to our Author Requirements document