Temporary Break in Posting Articles & Publishing eNewsletter
Unfortunately there will be a temporary break in publishing the SOF Update eNewsletter and posting on the SOF.news website. The extremely small writing staff is headed out in a couple […]
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Special Operations News 20170110
SOF News Update 20170110 – video of Australian SAS in action, Green Beret explains the 100 year war, video of “Air Commando Pride”, Green Beret families, SOF raid on Islamic […]
Terrorism Update – News, Papers, Pubs, Analysis, & Commentary
Terrorism Update 20170110 – U.S. Department of Statement CT Bureau notes for 2016, Perspectives on Terrorism (December 2016), CTC Sentinel, book review of Blood Year: The Unraveling of Western Counterterrorism, and more. DoS […]
SOCAF Weather Team Helps Keep Djibouti Skies Safe
Watch a video of a Special Operations Weather Team (Air Force) conduct a weather balloon test of upper air movement at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The AFSOC weathermen are members of […]
Task Force South West – Marines Return to Helmand Province
Task Force South West – The U.S. Marines, after a two-year absence, are returning to Helmand province, Afghanistan. Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force will arrive in Afghanistan in the […]
Isiah Booker 5th Special Forces – Died in Jordan Jan 7, 2017
Specialist Isiah Booker, age 23, a member of 2nd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in Jordan on January 7, 2017 in a non-combat related […]
Special Operations News 20170109
SOF News Update 20170109 – SGM Robles (7th SFGA) dies of illness, video NATO SOF, Josuah Wheeler memorial, advising the YPG in Syria, tiff between Indonesian and Australian SOF, ex-SEAL […]
Expeditionary Advisory Package (EAP) Concept for Afghanistan
Expeditionary Advisory Package. For the past few years the U.S. military has been utilizing an Expeditionary Advisory Package (EAP) model to advise Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) elements […]
Intel Update 20170109 – CIA flights, spy gadgets, and more
Intel Update 20170109 – gadgets that spies use, questions to be posed during CIA confirmation hearings, Trump to revamp Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a CIA contract […]
Ocean Shield – NATO’s Anti-Piracy Mission is ‘Mission Accomplished’
Ocean Shield is now shut down. For a number of years the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) stepped up its maritime capability by running a naval task force some distance […]
Central Army’s “Desert Voice” – Winter 2017 Issue
USARCENT’s periodical is titled Desert Voice. The Winter 2017 issue has been posted online. Some of the articles are listed below: “Lucky 6: On Point”. The Central Army commander gives his assessment […]
Social Media and Conflict and Influence
Social Media and Conflict – selected articles, papers, analysis, and commentary on the role of social media in conflict and war. The Importance of Counter Influence Operations. History has shown […]
Afghanistan News Update for Jan 8, 2017
Afghan Update 20170108 – Russia and the Taliban – things that make you go “Hmmmm”, development aid and COIN in Afghanistan, Afghan militias – the good and the bad, why the […]
Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA)
The Afghan National Army Officer Academy (ANAOA) is located in Qargha district – just outside of Kabul – the capital city of Afghanistan. The ANAOA is one of three main […]
“Tip of the Spear” – January 2017 Issue
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 […]