Afghan Conflict Update – Launch of new pub about Afghanistan, ‘Women’s Police Town’, video on facilities for ANA female soldiers, a pound cake in the Korengal Valley, armory named after CST member KIA in Afghanistan, ISKP, TAAC-South Soldiers immerse in […]
SOF News Update 20180409 – Philippine’s AFP Socom is back, new cdr for 193rd SOSFS, pilots killed in Ft Campbell chopper crash, SOCOM’s WMD mission, how the assassins got their name, Marine Raider receives Silver Star, French SOF, GMV 1.1 […]
SOF News Update 20180406 – An explanation of Iraq’s PMF, 2018 SOF imperatives, in or out in Syria, Germany ends Somalia training mission, U.S. SOF trains with Serbian SAJ, 10th SFGA hosts JROTC cadets, HALO jumps, building African infrastructure, SOF […]
RAND Corporation has published a 355-page paper entitled Modern Political Warfare : Current Practices and Possible Responses (April 2018). Those readers in the special operations community will recognized the names of many of the co-authors of this paper: Linda Robinson, Todd C. […]
Special Operations Combatives Program (SOCP) – U.S. Army Special Forces has adopted a training program that bridges the gap between the foundation training provided by the Modern Army Combatives Program (MACP) and the unique combative skills required by today’s Special […]
SOF News Update 20180404 – Newsletter changes, 1st SFG wins sniper competition, Manjib reinforced, USSOCOM’s extra gear, more CV-22s heading to Japan base, Votel speaks at USIP, airstrike in Somalia, 7 Days in Entebbe (the movie), trusting drones, defense acquisition […]
Afghan Conflict Update 20180403 – Taliban and NVGs, book review of Directorate S, ISKP remains a problem, Marines of Task Force South West, video TAAC-N EAP, DoD SEL on Afghanistan, Taliban strategy and RS soundbites, more ScanEagles for Afghanistan, CIVCAS, […]
The staff at SOF News will be doing some experimentation with its WordPress and MailChimp applications over the next few weeks. You will see some small changes in how the newsletter is published. We will likely move from a once a […]
SOF News Update 20180402 – Deserting the Kurds, history of the 10th SFG badge, amazing SF fighters, enduring change with partner military forces, DuffelBlog on progress in Afghanistan, ODA 595 member speaks on Afghanistan, podcast on Australian “Zed Force”, new […]
ATP 1-23.4 Techniques for Effective PowerPoint – The U.S. Army has published an update to its publication on techniques for effective PowerPoint presentations. Originally published on April 1, 2016 the new update (released on April 1, 2018) has techniques that […]
Video Afghan UH-60 Black Hawks – A short (one minute long) video has been produced by the media folks at Resolute Support Headquarters in Afghanistan promoting the progress of the fielding program of the helicopters that are replacing the Mi-17 […]
MSG Dunbar – US Casualty in Syria – On March 30, 2018, MSG Jonathan J. Dunbar died from wounds received during combat operations near Manbij, Syria. A United Kingdom member of the Parachute Regiment also died. Five others were wounded […]
Coalition Casualties Syria – On March 30, 2018 Central Command announced that two coalition personnel were killed and five were wounded by an improvised explosive device in Syria at approximately 9 p.m. GMT March 29th. The wounded personnel received immediate […]
Afghanistan CRS Report March 2018. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published an update to its periodic report to Congress about Afghanistan. The contents of the 20 page report is outlined below: Overview Political Situation Reconciliation Efforts and Obstacles Military […]
SOF News Update 20180330 – video on top five SOF units, At War blog returns, dangers of ‘proxy wars’, UK’s ‘no comment’ policy on SOF, 3/3rd SFG cdr on Africa, TV documentary on ‘Operation Hot Pursuit’, Vietnam SF Vet recounts 3 tours, […]
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