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The ISO is focused on DoD policies and programs affecting military and national intelligence. Chairman, House Armed Services (HASC) Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-13th District, Texas Responsibilities The Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee (ISO) is a story of evolving responsibilities and nomenclature. What began more than 20 years ago as the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities before morphing into the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee for the 112th Congress, and then transforming one year later into the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, is today, the ISO of the 119th Congress, a subcommittee capable of fielding the complexities of technologies amid an evolving geopolitical landscape. Chaired by Rep. Jackson, the ISO is focused on DoD policies and programs affecting military and national intelligence, with its core missions to counter weapons of mass destruction and counter-proliferation; counter terrorism; special operations forces; information operations policy; and military information support. Quote “The ISO, in conjunction with approximately 2.2 billion dollars in reconciliation funding, continues to focus on providing our Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, and the Security Cooperation Enterprise with the tools required to ensure their capabilities can support the department’s efforts in strategic competition and in countering malign Chinese actions,” Jackson said during opening remarks at the full committee markup of the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act. “This main effort to counter China must be accomplished in every Geographical Combatant Command (GCC), because China’s attempt to influence through malign activities is in every GCC. “The subcommittee provides the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) the ability to accelerate research, development, testing, and procurement at speed and scale to affect outcomes against adversaries through the Urgent Innovation Technologies and Capabilities Pilot Program. This authority will allow SOCOM to continue to be our strategic hedge in an increasingly contested and denied battlespace by peer adversary capabilities and malign influence.” Committees/Caucuses Chairman: Intelligence and Special Operations; and Oversight and Investigations. Member of the following committees: House Armed Services; Seapower and Projection Forces; House Foreign Affairs; House Agriculture; House Intelligence; Member of the following subcommittees: Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology; Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry; Middle East and North Africa; Africa; Oversight and Intelligence; and Central Intelligence Agency. Co-Chair of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus. Military Served in the Navy for 25 years, retiring as a rear admiral in 2019. Deployed to Iraq in 2005, leading the resuscitative medicine efforts on the battlefield for a combat surgical shock trauma platoon. Called back from Iraq in 2006 to serve in the White House Medical Unit (WHMU) during President George W. Bush’s Administration. Worked under three presidents, becoming director of the WHMU in 2010, holding the rank of captain. Made Physician to the President in 2013 during the Obama Administration and again in the first Trump Administration when he became Chief Medical Advisor and Assistant to the President in 2019. Held various operational postings during his military career including: diving safety officer at the Naval Safety Command in Norfolk, VA; and diving medical officer at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile, Unit 8, at the naval base in Sigonella, Sicily. Received more than a dozen medals and commendations including: Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal; Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal; and Joint Meritorious Unit Award. Political/Professional Career US Representative since 2021, serving Texas’ 13th Congressional District, which includes much of the Texas Panhandle, parts of Texoma and North Texas, and the cities of Amarillo, Gainesville, and Wichita Falls. The district includes: Bell’s Amarillo Assembly Center, with its MV-75 Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) assembly; and the Department of Energy’s Pantex plant, a WWll artillery shell and bomb producing facility that manages the US nuclear weapons stockpile. Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls is home to the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), where more than 70,000 airmen and personnel from other military branches are trained each year. Education Naval Medical Center Portsmouth – completed his residency in emergency medicine in 2004, then went on to become a clinical faculty physician. Undersea Medical Officer Program – graduated in 1996. University of Texas Medical Branch – MD, Doctor of Medicine in 1995. Texas A&M University at Galveston – BS in Marine Biology in 1991. South Plains College – Associate of Science degree in 1988. Personal Ronny Jackson was born on May 4, 1967, to Waymon and Norma Jackson. One of two siblings, he grew up in Levelland, TX. Married to his wife Jane, for more than 30 years. They are parents of three adult children. Topics:
