Colonel (Ret.) Ralph Puckett Jr. was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions while serving as the commander of the 8th Ranger Company during the Korean War. Puckett was a career Army soldier who served in both the […]
By Paul D. LeFavor. Operation Restore Hope was a US initiative conducted under the umbrella of the United Nations-sanctioned multinational force which operated in Somalia between December 1992 and March 1995. The operation was tasked with carrying out United Nations […]
The Regimental Military Intelligence Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment is now an enduring part of the regiment. It was officially activated on June 16, 2020. It had been provisionally activated in May 2017 at Fort Benning, Georgia. The RMIB […]
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 […]
SGT Cameron Meddock, an Army Ranger assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment died of wounds on Friday, January 17, 2019 in at a U.S. medical hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. He had sustained wounds from small arms fire during combat operations […]
Sergeant Leandro Jasso died on Saturday, November 24, 2018 in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was killed as a result of wounds sustained from small arms fire while engaging enemy forces. Editorial Note: A subsequent Resolute Support news release dated November […]
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, […]
ARSOF Value to the Nation. The October 11, 2017 panel presentation and discussion entitled Army Special Operations Value to the Nation held during the AUSA annual exposition was extremely informative. [1] The Association of the United States Army once again provided […]
SOF News Update 20170703 – Ranger Hall of Fame Inductees, McChrystal on national service, Air Force Cross awarded to Special Tactics Airman, MC-130J’s of 17th Special Operations Squadron, 1st SFGA’s ‘Dragon Week’, and more. Read Up on MC-130Js of 17th […]
Tip of the Spear January 2017 – this issue contains a number of articles about U.S. SOF. Air Commandos reflect on the Afghan invasion 15 years later, review of USSOCOM imagery, Air Commandos take part in a Korean SOF exercise, […]
On this day – December 20, 1989 – Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama began. The operation arrested Maneul Noriega – the ruling dictator – and restored the government of Guillermo Endara. Special Operations Command South (SOCSouth) was stationed in the […]
SOF News Update 20161002 – Counter-Terrorism, Australian SAS to train NATO troops, India’s communist rebels, museum for Navy SEALs, airstrikes in Somalia, article about UW in Gray Zones, Son Tay Raiders reunion, Soldier’s Medal for Green Beret, Turkey Special Forces […]
SOF News Update for 20160904 – Australian Special Forces, Special Forces knife, JSOA, a Green Berets’ mistress, CIA’s venture capital firm, fake SEAL goes to jail, Russian SF on Ukraine border, Blackbeard’s Ride, Afghan SOF rescue aid worker, a case […]
Leader of ISIS in Afghanistan Killed by U.S. An airstrike in July by the United States killed Hafiz Sayed Khan, the head of the Islamic State’s branch in Afghanistan. Read more in a news report by USA Today, August 12, 2016. […]
Top Ten Special Forces Groups in World. The SpecOps website has rated the “Top 10 Most Dangerous Special Forces Around the World”. In the mix are the Irish Army Ranger Wing, SAS, Delta, MJK, and six others. View the list […]
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