The Joint Communications Unit (JCU) is a technical unit of the SOCOM charged to standardize and ensure interoperability of communication procedures and equipment of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and its subordinate units. The JCU was activated at Ft. Bragg, NC in 1980, after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw

Operation Eagle Claw

Operation Eagle Claw was an American military operation ordered by President Jimmy Carter to attempt to put an end to the Iran hostage crisis by rescuing 52 Americans held captive at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran on 24 April 1980...

. The JCU has earned the reputation of "DoD

United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

's Finest Communicators."

External links

• JCU's Recruiting Site (also available as a Word Document is the JCU Application) ;
• JSOC's Joint Communication Unit (JCU) on SpecWarNet