FORT LIBERTY — A new commander is in charge of overseeing the training and development of Army special operation forces soldiers at Fort Liberty.
Brig. Gen. Guillaume ”Will” Beaurpere turned over command of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School to Brig. Gen. Jason Slider during a ceremony Friday.
Slider arrives from his most recent assignment as deputy commander of operations for the French army’s 3rd Division through an Army personnel exchange program.
Beaurpere, who has led the command since August 2022, will head to Tampa, Florida, as the next chief of staff for the U.S. Special Operations Command.
The Special Warfare Center oversees the Special Forces assessment and selection course, training for Special Forces and special operation forces and foreign language training, with more than 100 courses for civil affairs, psychological operations, Special Forces, allied and sister service students.
Under SWC are the school, the Special Forces Warrant Officer Institute, the Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the 1st Special Warfare Training Group, the 2nd Special Warfare Training Group and the Special Warfare Medical Group.