A Soldier’s Place in History: JFK Special Warfare Museum
The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, North Carolina documents the history and legacy of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF).
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Return of Special Warfare Magazine
For many decades members of the special operations community awaited the periodic publication throughout the year of the Special Warfare magazine produced in print and online by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJKFSWCS). The […]
Video – History of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces
This video provides a history of Army SOF – Special Forces, Civil Affairs, Psychological Operations, ARSOF aviation, and the Rangers. It covers the period of World War I to the present. The video was produced by the U.S. Army Special […]
USAJFKSWCS Has New Website
SWCS has a new website and it is chock full of some great information about training for Special Forces, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations. The U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) or SWCS for short […]
Special Warfare Museum on FBNC to Reopen
The Special Warfare Museum, currently located in a building on Ardennes Street on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is slated to reopen on April 1, 2021 after having closed its doors for more than a year. This is good news for […]
404th CA Bn (USAR) Maintains Airborne Skills
By Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Williams. JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – Clip, clip, snap … an Army Reserve paratrooper breathes heavily through his facemask while donning the harness of an MC-6 parachute. As the paratrooper adjusts his parachute, noises could […]
JSOU Report: CT, SOF, Informal Governance in Burkina Faso
A recent report published by the Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) provides insights into the ways that special operations forces can assist indigenous governance structures to halt or reverse the growth of violent extremist organizations (VEOs). The authors of the […]
USASOC Closes Special Warfare Museum on FBNC
The United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) has decided to close the Special Warfare Museum located on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This action is a very controversial move – especially within the Special Forces community. Sign the Petition! An […]
Army Special Operations Forces Museum
Old time Special Forces Soldiers may be forgiven if they feel a little bit of history is slipping away. The John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum located on Ardennes Street on Fort Bragg, North Carolina is no more. It has […]
Video – USAJFKSWCS Command Brief 2018
This five-minute long video – entitled USAJFKSWCS Command Brief 2018 – provides an overview of how the U.S. Army trains its SOF soldiers. The United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School is located at Fort Bragg, […]
The Stabilization Assistance Review and Burden Sharing
Members of NATO-ISAF DCOS-STAB, US Army Corps of Engineers, and Donors Conduct a Coordination Meeting with the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water to Coordinate Projects (2011) The Stabilization Assistance Review and Burden Sharing “A Construct for Leveraging Stabilization Actors and […]
Stabilization Environments and the Range of Military Operations
Stabilization Environments and the Range of Military Operations “Implementing the Stabilization Assistance Review” This article is the second in a series of SOF News articles addressing the Stabilization Assistance Review. It discusses multiple stabilization environments in the context of implementing […]
Implementing the Stabilization Assistance Review (SAR)
Implementing the Stabilization Assistance Review “Sacrificing Responsiveness for Cost Savings?” In June 2018 representatives from the Department of State (DOS), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department of Defense (DoD), academia, and other organizations met in Washington, DC and […]
ARSOF Video – Army Special Operations Forces (Nov 2017)
A new ARSOF video published by the U.S. Army depicts exciting scenes of Army special operations personnel training in their specialties. Special Forces, 160th SOAR, Rangers, Civil Affairs, and PYSOP are all depicted in this ARSOF video. (one minute long, […]
SWCS Academic Handbook FY 2017 – SF, CA, PSYOP & More
The SWCS Academic Handbook for Fiscal Year 2017 is now posted online. This 48-page publication has a wealth of information about the many different courses of instruction offered at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School […]