DoD Instruction 3000.07 Irregular Warfare (Sep 2025)

DoD Instruction 3000.07 Irregular Warfare (Sep 2025)

November 7, 2025 SOF News 0

The Department of Defense has published its updated DoD Instruction 3000.7 Irregular Warfare dated September 29, 2025. This document recommends priorities for Irregular Warfare (IW) policy, plans, analysis, capabilities and strategies to the Secretary of Defense (SecDef). In addition, the […]

SOF Irregular Warfare Symposium 2025

SOF and Irregular Warfare Symposium

October 15, 2025 John Friberg 0

The 14th Annual Special Operations Forces and Irregular Warfare Symposium will be held December 10-11, 2025 in Tampa, Florida. The focus of this year’s event is on the strategic and operational challenges shaping the SOF enterprise in 2025 and beyond. […]

Book Review - German Irregular Warfare

Book Review – “German Irregular Warfare”

June 11, 2025 Guest 0

By How Miller. Johann Hindert’s book German Irregular Warfare tells you right up front what the conclusion of the book is: “German irregular warfare can offer strategic answers to contemporary security challenges.” The reasons come from both the past and the present. […]

CIWAG Maritime IW Symposium 2025

CIWAG Maritime / IW Symposium

June 10, 2025 SOF News 0

The Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups (CIWAG) of the Naval War College is presenting its annual CIWAG Maritime Symposium on June 23-25, 2025 in Rhode Island. This two-day event, entitled “Shadows & Sabotage”, provides presentations, workshops, and panel […]

IW Exercise Ridge Runner 23-01

Ridge Runner IW Exercise 23-01

June 22, 2023 DVIDS 0

By Edwin Wriston. The West Virginia National Guard’s Ridge Runner Irregular Warfare Exercise 23-01, co-hosted by the Irregular Warfare Center, wrapped up June 16, 2023, at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia. The nearly two-week long exercise that spanned throughout West […]

Irregular Warfare Center (IWC)

Irregular Warfare Center

December 7, 2022 SOF News 0

In October 2022 the Irregular Warfare Center (IWC) reached initial operating capacity. The IWC serves as a central mechanism for developing DoD Irregular Warfare (IW) knowledge, concepts, and doctrine. The center will be featuring research, analysis, education, and international engagement […]

Saber Junction 18 - KASP and 20th SFGA personnel conduct mission planning. Photo by 1st Lt Benjamin Haulenbeek; SOCEUR, Sep 19, 2018.

Irregular Warfare (IW) – Commentary (January 2021)

January 20, 2021 John Friberg 1

The last several years the term Irregular Warfare (IW) has gained increased prominence within the national defense community. It has become a buzzword meaning different things to a variety of people and organizations. Irregular warfare consists of unconventional warfare (UW), […]