Green Beret Snowmobile Training

Green Berets Conduct Cold Weather Training

March 9, 2023 SOF News 0

Story by Spc. Kimberly Gonzalez, 10th SFG(A). 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets and enablers conducted cold weather training (CWT) from Feb. 5th to the 10th, in Montana. “This training exercise is split up into two phases, the first […]

Special Operations Winter Mountain Operator Course

SOF and Arctic Security and Strategy

October 7, 2022 John Friberg 0

The September-October 2022 issue of the Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs has published a series of articles (15) on Arctic strategy and security. Three of these articles are focused on special operations forces activities in the high north. “Special Operations Command […]

10th Special Forces member on a snow machine during a four week long winter warfare training exercise in Sweden. (photo by SSG Matthew Britton, SOCEUR, February 28, 20180.

Podcast – SOF in the High North

April 7, 2021 SOF News 0

The new National Defense Strategy has special operations forces spending less time on GWOT and more time on great power competition (GPC). SOF has to be prepared to meet the GPC challenge in many parts of the world. With climate […]

U.S. Army Arctic Strategy – 2021

March 19, 2021 SOF News 0

The U.S. Army has announced the new Army Arctic strategy. On March 16, 2021 it released a document entitled Regaining Arctic Dominance. The strategy outlines how the Army will generate, train, organize, and equip its forces to secure U.S. national […]

Video Cold Weather Packing List - Have a look at what a Marine puts in his backpack for cold weather training. (NATO, March 26, 2018).

Cold Weather Packing List Video

March 26, 2018 SOF News 0

Cold Weather Packing List Video – Have a look at what a U.S. Marine puts in his backpack to survive in the cold weather. 21 items weighing a total of 79 pounds will keep him warm. He can then survive […]