SEAL Diving 2023

Special Operations News – Monday, June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: An East-coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) prepares to descend below the surface during dive training with Polish special forces, June […]

Medal of Honor Day - Chapter 47, SFA

Special Operations News – Monday, June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: Members of Chapter 47 continue the tradition of remembering Medal of Honor Day. Members honored MOH recipients at the Vancouver Barracks National […]

Marines Diving in Aruba

Special Operations News – Monday, June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: Marines swim during the Caribbean Coastal Warrior exercise in Savaneta, Aruba, May 18, 2023. The bilateral event with Dutch Marines expands the […]

MH-47G Chinook

Special Operations News – Monday, May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: 308th Rescue Squadron pararescumen climb into the back of a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment MH-47G Chinook helicopter into Banana River, Florida, […]

NSW IBS in Thailand

More Topics From SOF Week 2025

May 13, 2025 SOF News 0

The editor of SOF News attended SOF Week 2025 held in Tampa, Florida from May 5-8, 2025. The event was co-sponsored by the Global SOF Foundation and United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Over the next several weeks SOF News […]

IW Exercise Ridge Runner 23-01

Mental Health Challenges for SOF Veterans

April 7, 2024 Guest 0

By Shannon Campbell. What makes special operations unique cannot be fully described by words. This is due to the difficulty of depicting the actions of special operators involved in secret operations while experiencing insurmountable risks unfathomable to the civilian population. […]

Pararescue Chute Landing

Special Operations News – March 25, 2024

March 25, 2024 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron drop near Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 13, 2024. The 57th RQS […]

U.S. House Committee on Armed Services

SOF Leaders Testify Before Congress (March 2024)

March 21, 2024 John Friberg 0

Leaders of the U.S. special operations community testified in Washington, D.C. before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in open and classified sessions. Chris Maier, (SOF News, 24 Apr 2021) the […]

CSM Frank Shorter

Special Ops Builds on Strengths as it Charts Future

March 18, 2024 DVIDS 0

Story by Jim Garamone, DOD News. The strengths of the U.S. special operations community have always been agility, adaptability and innovation its service members demonstrated as they approached a mission. Special ops leaders are working to continue this process as […]

MC-130J Commando II

Special Operations News – March 18, 2024

March 18, 2024 SOF News 0

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: Two U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II aircrafts, operated by the 67th Special Operations Squadron, fly in formation prior to conducting static […]

Navy Combatant Craft NSW

“Tip of the Spear” – February 2024

March 11, 2024 DVIDS 0

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has posted online its February 2024 issue of Tip of the Spear. This is a news rollup of the major SOF component commands and the Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs). Some interesting reading in the […]

CQB. Staff Sergeant Ridge Shan, U.S. Air Force

GAO Report – SOF and Civilian Oversight

March 5, 2024 SOF News 0

The Government Accountability Office has examined the extent to which the Secretariat for Special Operations has hired the staff needed to oversee USSOCOM, its implementation of reforms, and the challenges it faces in obtaining administrative support services. It published its […]