SFC Orlando Serna

SFC Orlando Serna serves as a key contracting professional within U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), supporting mission-critical acquisitions that enhance the readiness and operational effectiveness of elite special operations forces. He manages a portfolio focused on professional and management development training, educational support services, and specialized instructional programs designed to advance tactical proficiency, leadership, and doctrinal alignment. His work directly enables the command’s mission to sustain high-performance units through tailored learning solutions and adaptive training systems, ensuring alignment with SOF-specific operational requirements and force modernization priorities. SFC Serna maintains consistent working relationships with a select group of contractors including AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, SOF LANDING LLC, TERRESTRIS, LLC, and STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS UNLIMITED, INC. These partnerships are characterized by deep subject-matter expertise in special operations training, curriculum design, and mission support services. His procurement approach emphasizes trusted vendor collaboration, often leveraging long-standing engagements with firms that demonstrate proven capability in delivering agile, classified, and expeditionary learning environments tailored to SOF operational tempo. SFC Serna exhibits a strict commitment to small business participation, with 100% of his acquisitions structured as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This reflects a deliberate strategy to cultivate capacity within the small business ecosystem, ensuring that niche capabilities in special operations support are developed and sustained through equitable access to federal contracting opportunities. His pattern of awarding exclusively to small businesses underscores a mission-driven alignment with socioeconomic contracting goals. Despite the unusual NAICS codes listed, SFC Serna’s actual procurement focus centers on specialized training and readiness services. The apparent misclassification of NAICS 112420 and 811310 likely reflects administrative anomalies; his true domain expertise lies in instructional design, leadership development, and operational support services critical to U.S. Special Operations Forces.