MH-6 Little Bird USASOAC Twitter tweet 20200128

Special Operations News Update – Monday, February 3, 2020

February 3, 2020 SOF News 0

Curated news about special operations, national security, military topics, and conflicts from around the world. Upcoming SOF Events for February February 12, 2020. Washington, D.C.Imperatives Initiative and ForumGlobal SOF Foundation February 20-21, 2020. Tampa, FloridaUSSOCOM / CENTCOM VA Benefits and […]

Afghanistan Conflict Update – January 2020

January 27, 2020 SOF News 0

A sampling of curated news, commentary, and analysis about America’s longest war – or the Afghanistan quagmire . Topics include security, governance, Resolute Support, ANDSF, elections, peace negotiations, and more from the past month. The usual frequency of the Afghanistan […]

GAO Report on AFSOC’s Use of Guard / Reserve Units

January 22, 2020 SOF News 0

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has been busy the last two decades meeting the demands of operational requirements and mission overseas. The long-running conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere – as well as training missions and support […]

An AC-130 Gunship shoots off flares. Photo by AFSOC, January 1, 2020.

Special Operations News Update – January 17, 2020

January 17, 2020 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20200117 – Curated news about special operations, national security, military defense, and conflicts from around the world. SOF News Green Beret Dies in Parachuting Accident. A SOF service member died in a military freefall parachuting accident during […]

MSG Nathan Goodman - 3rd Special Forces Group - RIP

MSG Nathan Goodman – RIP, 3rd SFG(A)

January 15, 2020 SOF News 0

Master Sergeant Nathan Goodman, age 36, died in a military freefall training event on January 14, 2020. The incident took place during a MFF training exercise near Eloy, Arizona. Eloy is the site where advanced parachute training takes place for […]

Exercise Eager Lion 19

Exercise Eager Lion 19 Held in Jordan

September 19, 2019 SOF News 0

More than 8,000 multinational troops participated in Exercise Eager Lion 19. This is the ninth year of the exercise – an event that provides for multinational interoperability for some 30 nations. The United States contributed about 3,700 troops to the […]

Crisis Response Unit 222 Afghanistan

Afghan Conflict Update – September 2019

September 18, 2019 SOF News 0

Photo: Afghan Ministry of Interior’s Crisis Response Unit 222. Photo by Resolute Support Twitter 12 Feb 2018. According to some the peace talks will yield an agreement between the Taliban and the United States that will lead to a peaceful […]

Jeremy Griffin, KIA in Afghanistan in 2019.

SFC Jeremy Griffin – 1st SFGA – RIP

September 17, 2019 SOF News 0

A Special Forces soldier, SFC Jeremy Griffin, was killed on Monday, September 16, 2019 in Afghanistan. He died of wounds from small arms fire while engaged in combat operations in Wardak province, Afghanistan. He was a member of the 3rd […]

Paratroopers of Italian Folgore Brigade

Special Operations News Update – Sep 16, 2019

September 16, 2019 SOF News 0

Photo: Paratroopers from the Italian Folgore Brigade conduct a HALO jump during Exercise Saber Guardian. Photo courtesy of Special Operations Command Europe, September 2019. SOF News Update – Curated news, commentary, and analysis about special operations, national security, and conflicts […]