3-19. The core of a joint special operations task force headquarters, sourced from the Army’s special operations command, is provided by the Ranger Regiment commander and his staff or by a Special Forces Group commander and his staff. The Ranger Regiment is the most appropriate headquarters when the mission of the task force primarily requires direct action; short duration strikes and other small-scale actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically sensitive environments and which employ specialized military capabilities to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets (JP 3-05). For all other missions the Special Forces Group is the appropriate headquarters.