Paratroopers Descending in Bulgaria. The 173rd Airborne Brigade trained with allies and partners during Operation Swift Response. (Photo by 173rd Airborne Brigade, July 18, 2017).

Special Operations News Update 20170725

July 25, 2017 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20170725 – Recon Marines train w/ SF, NSW’s first transgender, Sacolick with K2, Aussie police & hi-tech gear, Air Commandos learn about Operation Anaconda, Ranger School or BUDs – which is tougher, fixing Afghan security forces, Afghan […]

Soldier with 5th SFGA demonstrates Australian Rappel at Boy Scout National Jamboree in West Virginia. (Photo by SSG Matt Britton, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs, US Army, July 21, 2017).

Special Operations News Update – 20170721

July 21, 2017 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20170721 – AFSOC airmen train with MARSOC, female SEALs, foreign born recruits, NYPD CT unit, SOCOM RFI for body sensors, laser-armed C-130s, “Naked Warrior” – Navy SEAL monument, Jordanian murder trial, book review, UK SOF and the […]

Map depicting location of Raqqa, Syria. (Based on CIA admin map 2007).

Syria Update 20170721

July 21, 2017 SOF News 0

Syria Update 20170721 – CIA to halt support to Syrian rebels, armored vehicles continue to move into Syria, Turkey unhappy, Russian air campaign, offensive to take Raqqa, and more. Raqqa. The Islamic State continues to hold on to the city […]

Personnel from Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) perform a high altitude low opening (HALO) parachute jump from a U.S. Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at 12,000 feet in Stuttgart, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Jason Johnston, 18 Aug 2016).

Special Operations News Update – 20170720

July 20, 2017 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20170720 – Iraq’s CTS, Taliban have SOF FN SCAR, Australian SAS and war crimes, Wahlberg and Luttrell team up in video, CIA program in Syria halted, SWOWF Golf Tournament, Turkey reveals SF locations in Syria, Australia’s SAS […]

A Jumpmaster signals "1 minute" warning during a paratroop drop over Australia during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017. (Photo by Tech Sgt Gregory Brook, USAF, July 12, 2017)

Special Operations News Update – 20170717

July 17, 2017 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20170717 – Exercise Talisman Saber, new SEAL TV program, Navy ship for SOF forces, expanding the role of military contractors in Afghanistan, VATC’s Common Database Builder for SOF planning, SF medics, US SOF in Somalia strike again, […]

Bulgarian SOF take part in Exercise Black Swan 17 (DVIDS, July 2017)

Video Bulgarian SOF in Exercise Black Swan 17

July 16, 2017 SOF News 0

Video Bulgarian SOF – Bulgarian special operations forces are currently engaged in Exercise Black Swan 17. The exercise is a special operations event taking place from June 26 to July 22, 2017 in numerous locations in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. […]