Special Operations Command parachute team was created in 1991.
Air Force Special Operations Command was created in 1990.
Special Operations Executive was created in 1940.
Special Purpose Command was created in 2002.
Special Operations Forces Group was created in 2005.
Joint Special Operations University was created in 2000.
Canadian Special Operations Regiment was created in 2006.
Lithuanian Special Operations Force was created in 2002.
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is a Unified Combatant Command (all major combat branches have forces within this command). They are in charge of overseeing all of the Special Operations Commands of each of the branches (ie. MARSOC, AFSOC, etc.). It was created after Operation Eagle Claw failed, which involved units that had never trained and operated together before. One of SOCOM's main roles is to coordinate joint efforts between special operations units of different branches. For example, if SEAL Team 3 and the 1st Ranger Battalion were going to perform an operation together, SOCOM would be in charge of overseeing the operation, not USASOC(Army) or NSWC(Navy), respectively.
Special Operations Service Ribbon was created in 1987.
Parachute Express was created in 1984.
Parachute Publishing was created in 1983.
The Parachute Years was created in 1997.