CW4 (Ret) Christian McCoy was killed in Afghanistan on Monday, June 24, 2019. He died while working as a contractor for the Wexford Group / CACI attached to the 10th Special Forces Group in Afghanistan. Funeral. A funeral was held […]
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has published a new report on Afghanistan – with a focus on security sector assistance efforts. This 210-page report, published on June 14, 2019, is entitled Divided Responsibility: Lessons From U.S. Security […]
The 2nd SFAB or Security Force Assistance Brigade is scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in early 2019. The unit was formed up in early 2018 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It has been moving into its new compound, receiving personnel […]
The 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade or 1st SFAB has completed its Afghanistan tour. It was in Afghanistan for much of 2018 with the mission to train, advise, and assist (TAA) the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF). The […]
President Trump announced on Saturday, December 8, 2018 that General Mark Milley will be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Milley will replace General Joe Dunford at some point in the fall of 2019. General Milley […]
NLD SOCOM – Netherlands Special Operations Command was inaugurated on December 5, 2018 at Gilze Rijen AFB. The NLD SOCOM will enable the Netherlands to effectively plan and execute special operations whenever they are called upon. NLD SOCOM reports directly […]
The October 2018 SIGAR quarterly report to Congress has been published and is online. It is a look at a variety of topics (security, counternarcotics, development, governance, etc.) about Afghanistan, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), and the […]
The movie The Green Berets, starring John Wayne in the lead role, was released in on July 4, 1968. It depicted the role of U.S. Army Special Forces missions during the Vietnam War. It was viewed as a patriotic film […]
The new Resolute Support Mission commander has taken charge of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan. General John Nicholson has relinquished command to General Scotty Miller. A change of command ceremony for the changeover of the Resolute Support Mission commander position took […]
The Special Forces Association 2018 Convention was held in El Paso, Texas from June 12-16, 2018. Every year Special Forces veterans belonging to the Special Forces Association gather in a different part of the country to reunite with old SF […]
A recent exercise in Eastern Europe – Trojan Footprint – provided the opportunity for U.S. and NATO special operations forces to simulate an operation to ‘clear the way’ for a counteroffensive by NATO’s conventional military forces to liberate the Baltic […]
The SIGAR stabilization lessons learned report on Afghanistan was published on Thursday, May 24, 2018. The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction examines the 17 year-long effort to help the Afghan government stabilize rural communities and to win […]
LTG Scott Miller will be the next Resolute Support commander in Afghanistan. According to a news report by The Wall Street Journal he will soon head to Afghanistan. He is currently, as a Lieutenant General, commanding the Joint Special Operations Command […]
Combined Action Program – The United States Marine Corps embedded squads of Marines with local village militias as part of the Combined Action Program (CAP) implemented in I Corps during the Vietnam War. The combining of the Marine squad with […]
ISTC SOF Medic Course – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has a number of special operations related courses that are conducted at a school in Pfullendorf, Germany. One of these courses conducted at the NATO International Special Training Center […]
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