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Special Operations News Update – Tuesday, July 7, 2020

July 7, 2020 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. SOF officer assignments, GB fights extradition, SOCOM’s overwatch plane, SOF mountaineering course, KSK, CTS, irregular warfare, podcasts, videos, webinars, Somalia update, COVID-19 and the military, […]

1st SFG Mountain Training

Special Operations News Update – Monday, June 8, 2020

June 8, 2020 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Sometimes we stray and cover things like coronavirus and protests (as it relates to SOF, the military, and national security). Monday mornings is about catching […]

ASD SO/LIC

ASD SO/LIC – Reform Needed Within DoD?

March 17, 2020 John Friberg 0

The Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) office within the Department of Defense provides civilian advocacy and oversight over the U.S. special operations community. However, there are some in the SOF community that feel the Assistant Secretary of Defense […]

Ukrainian SOF. Photo by SOCEUR July 2017.

Special Operations News Update 20190701

July 1, 2019 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20190701 – Current news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, national security, and conflicts from around the world. SOF News Marine Raider Works on Capitol Hill. A Marine who earned the Silver Star for his actions in […]

Combat Divers SOF

Special Operations News Update 20190614

June 14, 2019 SOF News 0

Current news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, national security, and conflicts from around the world. SOF News SHOT Show. The annual Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade event known as “SHOT Show” attracts a lot of members of the special […]

Navy SEALs May 2019

Special Operations News Update 20190604

June 4, 2019 SOF News 0

Recent news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, national security, and current conflicts. SOF News Article on Bill Dean – RIP. A retired Special Forces officer died during a recent climb on Mount Rainer. Read more in “Bill Dean, who […]

1st SFGA Soldier at Yuma Proving Grounds - An SF Soldier after a night HALO parachute jump at Yuma Proving Groupds Arizona. Photo by SGT Ian Ives, 1st SFGA, Jan 26, 2019.

Special Operations News Update 20190131

January 31, 2019 SOF News 0

Recent news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, national security, and current conflicts. SOF News Ukraine SOF Participate in CbR XI. Ukrainian special operations forces participated – along with SOF from four other nations – in exercise Combined Resolve XI […]

AC-130s on airstrip Hurlburt Field

Special Operations News Update 20181127

November 27, 2018 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20181127 – Report on Salafi-Jihadist groups, trouble in Chechnya, Boko Haram, countering hybrid threats, Russia and the Baltic States, SWCS campus to grow, China’s spies, events, a pivot in Syria, terrorist activity map, lessons of Yemen conflict, paper […]

NATO SOF Conference in Budapest – Oct 2018

October 29, 2018 SOF News 0

A NATO SOF conference was held in Budapest, Hungary over a 2-day period. The theme of the conference was interagency cooperation in counterterrorism. The conference was hosted by the Hungarian Special Operations Command. In attendance were leaders and staff of […]

US tactical vehicle provides security on roads near Manbij, Syria. Photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Koster, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, June 20, 2018.

Special Operations News Update 20180629

June 29, 2018 SOF News 0

SOF News Update 20180629 – AFSOF and directed-energy weapons, Estonia defenses, OSUT adds weeks, Autumn 2018 AAJ, French SF in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and UAE in Yemen, Syria update, drones for SOF speedboats, NATO Joint Air Power Strategy, a comprehensive […]