U.S. SOF participated in Aurora 2017 – a multi-nation exercise held in Sweden with conventional and special operations forces. The exercise took place in September 2017 with a focus on the defense of Gotland – an island in the Baltic […]
SOF News Update 20171010 – Military – media interaction, NATO in the Black Sea, podcast on drones and JSOC, U.S. military in Lake Chad Basin area, Erik Prince entering politics, CANSOF in Iraq, Russia and the disinformation war in the Baltic […]
SOF News Update 20171009 – AFSOC’s MQ-9, expansion of Afghan SOF, Gulf War games halted, CBS’s SEAL Team drama, Iraq after glow, hacking phones in Eastern Europe, FM 3-0 update, senior mil ldrs as advisors, Kurdish independence vote, Hawija liberated, […]
SGT La David T. Johnson of the 3rd Special Forces Group was killed on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Niger as a result of hostile fire. He was participating in a joint patrol of U.S. Army Special Forces and host nation […]
SSG Jeremiah Johnson of the 3rd Special Forces Group was killed on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Niger as a result of hostile fire. He was participating in a joint patrol of U.S. Army Special Forces and host nation military […]
SSG Bryan Black of the 3rd Special Forces Group was killed on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Niger as a result of hostile fire. He was a member of a U.S. Army Special Forces detachment conducting a reconnaissance patrol along […]
SSG Dustin Wright of the 3rd Special Forces Group was killed on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 in Niger as a result of hostile fire. He was a member of a U.S. Army Special Forces detachment conducting a reconnaissance patrol along […]
SOF News Update 20171006 – Navy SEAL dies in skydiving accident, McChrystal interview, battle of Mogadishu, “R4 &S”, SOF needs cyber warriors, GB to be Pres of U Montana, Philippine ISIS fight, Navy SEAL is technical adviser on movie set, […]
Four members of U.S. Army Special Forces were killed in Niger on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. They were part of a joint Nigerien-U.S. patrol conducting operations in the southwest part of the country. Initial reports indicate that three U.S. Soldiers […]
SOF News Update 20171003 – SFABs not quite SF, KIA in Iraq, females in AFSOC, new head of DIA, two Navy pilots die in crash, U.S. drone shot down in Yemen, Egyptian weapons intrigue, Kurds and Iran, Marine Raider SGM […]
SOF News Update 20171002 – 10th SFGA trains up GSB, Canada’s reserve forces under strength, Air Force SOFWERX, new sniper rifle, SEAL hides vaping habit, questions on Jan 2017 SEAL mission in Yemen, India’s SOF, AFSOC assists in hurricane, Dunford […]
Afghan War Update – September 28, 2017. CSTC-A fails in ammo usage oversight mission, US requests closure of Taliban office in Qatar, Iranian support of the Taliban, district control, ‘Green Belt’ security plan for Kabul, new DoD SES appointed for […]
SOF News Update 20170927 – Winner of Marine fitness competition, 15th SOS provides relief, Russia’s proxy forces in Ukraine, video on career opportunities with DIA, MG (Ret) Sidney Shachnow, Iraqi Kurds vote, Black Hawks for AAF, new strategic concept for […]
The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force -Crisis Response Africa or SPMAGTF-CR-AF is based in Spain but is responsible for missions and operations in Africa. The force, composed of Marines and Sailors, is provided by Marine units from across the […]
SOF News Update for 20170925 – Overuse of SOF (NYTs), CNN’s ‘Legion of Brothers’, Marine’s SPMAGTF-CRA works with Spanish SOF, Marine’s first female infantry officer, Sep issue of CTC Sentinel, NSW officer assignment, suicides in the SOF force, training contract […]
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