NSW IBS in Thailand

Special Operations News Update – July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Navy Special Warfare operators conduct maritime interdiction operations during FLASH TORCH 2023-1. (Petty Officer 1st Class Alex […]

Mini-Vacation

July 22, 2023 SOF News 0

The editor of SOF News will be on a short vacation. SOF News will resume publication on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Airborne Operation Latvia

Special Operations News Update – July 17, 2023

July 17, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: U.S. Army Paratroopers descend on a drop zone during airborne training at an airfield in Daugavpils, Latvia, June 29. (U.S. Army photo […]

USAF Parachute Operation CJTF-HOA

Special Operations News Update – July 10, 2023

July 10, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: U.S. Air Force personnel jump out the back of an HC-130J Combat King II assigned to the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS) […]

Marines in Combat Rubber Raid Craft

Special Operations News Update – July 5, 2023

July 5, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: Marines in a Combat Rubber Raid Craft during a boat raid exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham, September […]

Airborne Sniper

Special Operations News Update – June 26, 2023

June 26, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: A U.S. special operations forces soldier practices sniper rifle marksmanship aboard an airborne Hellenic UH-H1 Iroquois “Huey” helicopter during Hellenic SOFEX ORION […]

Marines Diving in Aruba

Special Operations News Update – June 19, 2023

June 19, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: Marines swim during the Caribbean Coastal Warrior exercise in Savaneta, Aruba, May 18, 2023. The bilateral event with Dutch Marines expands the […]

Dover AFB conducts Ukraine security assistance mission

Ukraine Conflict Update – June 6, 2023

June 6, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, tactical situation on the ground, in the air, and on the seas. Additional topics include NATO, aid to Ukraine, refugees, internally displaced personnel, humanitarian efforts, cyber, and information operations. […]

Marines Kabul NEO August 2021

IG Quarterly Report for OES – Afghanistan

May 19, 2023 SOF News 0

The Lead Inspector General report to the U.S. Congress on Operation Enduring Sentinel (OES) Afghanistan has been published (May 2023). The report provides an update on significant events in Afghanistan covering the period from January 1st to March 31st 2023. […]

SOF Week 2023

News From SOF Week 2023

May 16, 2023 SOF News 0

The Editor of SOF News attended the week-long SOF Week 2023 in Tampa, Florida from May 8-11, 2023. There were hundreds of exhibits, seminars, panel discussions, and presentations. It was impossible to see all of them as many of them […]

Osprey Aerial Refueling

Special Operations News Update – May 15, 2023

May 15, 2023 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: An Airman assigned to the 1st Special Operations Squadron oversees the aerial refueling of a CV-22 Osprey from an MC-130J Commando II […]

SOF Week 2023

SOF Week 2023 – Day 1

May 9, 2023 SOF News 0

The Editor of SOF News is spending this week covering the SOF Week event in Tampa, Florida. Hosted by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This event is packed with everything one would want to see at a SOF […]