SOF

The Naval Special Warfare Command is reevaluating to establish a new combat force and is soliciting feedback.  The Naval Special Warfare Command returns to the drawing board to develop or revise tactics, methods, and procedures. It consists of ten "normal"...

Special Operations Forces need an Expeditionary Electronic Countermeasure Device of the next generation.  SOCOM seeks a multi-mission electronic countermeasure device for future generations. To prevent roadside bomb explosions and eliminate drone threats, the device must block radio frequencies. A significant...

Despite an instruction to cease such actions, Canadian Special Forces flew a surveillance aircraft above downtown Ottawa protesters. The directive required vehicles and troops of the Canadian Forces to avoid the Ottawa demonstration. However, Canadian Special Forces officials reasoned...

A colonel in Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force has been shot and killed in a daring assassination in Tehran. The attack took place in the center of Tehran in broad daylight.  Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodayari was assassinated...

While the Russian military has been largely ignoring the costly lessons learned on the ground in Ukraine as the continue to struggle in a bloody stalemate, the US military, especially the Special Operations Command (SOCOM), is paying close attention. And...

Mark Nutsch was a member of a squad of U.S. Army Special Forces, or Green Berets, deployed to Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 595 on a mission to assist a diverse group of Afghans in toppling the Taliban. They were...

Lockheed Martin and U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) collaborate to create autonomous systems and technologies. SOCOM purchased a large number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to satisfy the needs of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Officials want to scrutinize their...

In a reversal of then-President Donald Trump’s decision to remove troops from Somalia during his final days in office, President Joe Biden has signed off on sending American Special Operations Forces back to the African nation fight the terrorist...

At Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group performed two weeks of hands-on testing with Project Origin unmanned devices. The testing informed the Army's Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV) criteria and provided SOF members...

Much of the Special Operations Command's equipment has now tethered to radio frequencies. The change will allow systems function autonomously in hostile communications situations. The special reconnaissance unit focuses on increasing the autonomy of its technologies, particularly its aerial...