Most Americans consider themselves part of the âmiddle class,â but no one can agree on what term that means. The problem? If sizing up the middle class is difficult enough, itâs even harder to say that circumstances within this group have changed. But they certainly have. As youâll discover in this Fortune special report, life has gotten more difficult for ... Read More »
The U.S. Army has chosen to move forward with the Iron Fist Light active protection system for its Bradley Fighting Vehicle, after evaluating the APSâ ability to be installed on the vehicle. The Army will now install the system onto a number of Bradley vehicles for a second phase of more extensive testing and evaluation, according to a release from ... Read More »
Itâs a classic story about a young enlisted man rising through the ranks, earning his bars as a commissioned officer and then getting charged with murder. Well, the latter usually isnât part of that tale. But for Marine Corps 1st Lt. Curtis Lee Krueger, a communications officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 7 out of Twentynine Palms, California, thatâs exactly what ... Read More »
A Green Beret charged with murdering a suspected Taliban bomb-maker but hailed a ‘hero’ by Donald Trump killed him at the end of four battle-scarred days and after vowing revenge for two fallen comrades, military documents reveal. Matthew L. Golsteyn said he killed a Taliban bomb-maker in cold blood in a shallow grave, dug it up under cover of darkness ... Read More »
Two Louisiana teenagers are charged as adults in the shooting death of an airman who was stationed at Barksdale Air Force Base. News outlets report 18-year-old Jareona Crosby and 15-year-old Alonzo Wilson, both of Bossier City, were indicted Dec. 10 for second-degree murder in the slaying of 30-year-old Air Force Technical Sgt. Joshua Kidd. Kidd, of Moneta, Virginia, was killed ... Read More »
The army is being sent in to Gatwick airport after it was completely shut down for the best part of 24 hours by drones being “deliberately” flown near its airspace. Some 110,000 people had been due to travel through the hub on what is one of the busiest days of the year as people jet off to reunite with loved ... Read More »
The remains of a New York airman killed when his helicopter was shot down during a daring rescue mission in the Vietnam War have been identified. Read More »
The second half of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Groupâs historic deployment came to a close shortly before noon on Sunday, when the flattop and its guided-missile escorts returned here. Read More »
At a recent counterterrorism conference held by the International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism in Brussels, Belgium, a seven-year-oldâs words touched the issues currently pressing upon the heart of Europe more deeply than any of those made by the many high-level international experts speaking there. Read More »
A recent book on Russian, Iranian, Chinese and other special forces will be particularly useful to scholars in Washington. Read More »
Today’s Army Special Forces groups trace their official lineage from the First Special Service Force (FSSF), an elite American-Canadian commando unit during World War II. More. Read More »
The small town of Abassan in the Gaza Strip is a tough place to infiltrate â everyone knows everyone else and outsiders passing through quickly attract attention. So when strangers drove through town, suspicious Hamas security men stopped the van and questioned those inside. Read More »
Teammates, Our Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity conflict and I are sending out the attached cosigned guidance on ethics for everyone in the command. It is focused on our Special Operations community and builds on ethics guidance provided by the Secretary of Defense. Trust 7 among teammates and especially with our Nation eis our currency ... Read More »
The Pentagonâs decision to draw down 10 percent of its counterterrorism operations in Africa comes as Russia and China are aggressively ramping up efforts to expand their influence on the continent. The decision has left the sizable contingent of American troops, a majority consisting of U.S. special operations forces, stationed in Africa with the unenviable task of balancing the ... Read More »
An El Niño event is very likely under way, amping up extreme weather already made worse by climate change and increasing the odds that 2019 will be the hottest year in recorded human history, scientists warn. Read More »
SOFX The Crossroads of Special Operations