By Kayla Hocker. Green Berets from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord are assisting medical personnel at Madigan Army Medical Center, amid the COVID-19 pandemic April 14, 2020. For two weeks, Special Forces Medical Sergeants (18D) have […]
A U.S. effort to rescue American hostages in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran ended in failure on April 24, 1980. The Army Special Forces unit tasked with the mission was to rescue 53 hostages being detained by Iran. The […]
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. SOF News New Submersible for USSOCOM. A Dry Combat Submersible (DCS) featuring a new battery system as an energy source will be picked up by […]
By Sergeant Gregory Summers. While aspects of daily operations have changed for 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) due to the COVID-19 threat, the level of readiness is one that cannot be affected. With creativity and technology, Cyber Operations Soldiers within […]
A book published in 2017 makes for some interesting reading about the history of British special operations in World War II. In Churchill’s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler’s Defeat the author Giles Milton provides an account […]
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. SOF News ARSOF Officer Assignments. BG Allan Pepin has been selected as deputy to the commanding general for USASOC. He is replacing BG Thomas Drew. […]
by Angela Walter. A Special Forces mountain team assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducted their annual mountain requalification training in the wilderness of Colorado and Montana from October to December. U.S. Army Special Forces train extensively […]
Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) Bennie Adkins died on Friday, April 17, 2020 after being hospitalized with coronavirus. He was a career Special Forces NCO who served in the Vietnam conflict. He was also a Medal of Honor recipient. Adkins passed […]
The parachute riggers from across the Special Forces community are busy manufacturing face masks for the counter coronavirus effort. Part of a parachute riggers job is the maintenance and repair of parachutes using sewing machines. So the skills of the […]
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. SOF News ARSOF and Russian New Generation Warfare. Steve Ferenzi and Bryan Groves authored an informative article on Russian New Generation Warfare and the role […]
A publication has been released by the Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) about how special operations forces command and control evolved with the Village Stability Operations (VSO) program. The VSO program in Afghanistan provides a timely and relevant example of […]
Green Beret and Paratrooper medics from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducted training in April to prepare to support Evans Army Community Hospital and 4th Infantry Division during the Coronavirus pandemic, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Fort Carson declared a public […]
The Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) has published a new publication by Will Irwin that augments previous reports about ‘resistance’. This new monograph explores “. . . the variety of considerations facing decision makers, the approaches used in strategic- and […]
Curated news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, national defense, and conflicts from around the world. SOF News Women in SOF. Emma Moore, a Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) wrote a paper entitled “Women […]
Curated news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. SOF News SF Training Continues Despite COVID-19. The roughly 2,500 students in the Army’s special operations pipelines is not stopping for coronavirus. The SF, CA, […]
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