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Operator Relief Fund Reaches 1,000 Participants— Providing Calm in the Chaos

October 28, 2025 Lindsey Schmidt 0

By Lindsey Schmidt. For many in the special operations and intelligence communities, “standing down” isn’t just difficult. It can feel impossible. Years of sustained hypervigilance, stress, and adrenaline leave some operators unable to switch off the fight-or-flight response long after […]

Village Stability Operations (VSO) in Afghanistan

August 21, 2016 John Friberg 0

Village Stability Operations (VSO) was an attempt by United States special operations forces to establish security, governance, and development in key critical districts in remote areas of Afghanistan. Typically, these districts were in regions of Afghanistan where the Coalition conventional […]