SOF

Naval Special Warfare Group 8 (NSWG 8) was born out of the combining of NSWG 3 and NSWG 10. Its creation is another sign Naval Special Warfare is shifting its focus to potential great-power conflicts with near-peer states. Naval...

The planning for a response began immediately after the events of 9/11. Special operations teams were to insert themselves into Afghanistan from the north and south working with local anti-Taliban forces to locate members of Al Qaeda. More daringly,...

During the New America Future Security Forum, the director of strategy, plans, and policy for US Special Operations Command Central said that special operations forces need a new branding focus. Army Lt. Col Katie Crombe said past marketing campaigns...

An Afghan sniper, known as Noor, who trained alongside UK special operations was executed in front of his family on Monday by members of the Taliban. He had been traced to his sister’s home on the outskirts of the...

The Department of Defense has suspended military aid to the country of Guinea in response to the coup led by Guinean special operations that took place earlier this month. Members of the Guinean force who organized the rebellion were...

U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW), Indian Navy Marine Commandos, and Japan Maritime Self Defense Force recently completed the SOF phase of MALABAR 21 in Santa Rita, Guam. MALABAR is a multilateral maritime training exercise that Australia, India, and Japan...

After Guinean special operations members overthrew the country’s president Alpha Condé last Sunday, U.S. Green Berets required an escort from local security on their way to the US Embassy in Conarky. The Green Berets were part of a special...

The Marine Corp Special Operations Forces 2030 strategic vision described a new set of cyber and information capabilities they aim to equip troops with in future special operations environments. A newly formed annual event, the Cognitive Raider Symposium, will...

A moment of silence was held at 8:46 a.m. at the Special Operations Memorial on MacDill Air Force Base on Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11. SOCOM Commander and Army General Richard Clark and Army Brig. General...

On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a US Secret Service senior supervisor/special agent assigned to our New York Field Office located in Building #7 of the New York City World Trade Center (WTC) complex. On that day, I was following...