by Joey Middleton | May 29, 2025 | SOF Congress
CRS Product Type: In Focus Referenced Legislation: P.L.114-328; P.L.99-661 Topics: Defense & Intelligence Publication Date: 10/10/2024 Authors: Feickert, Andrew; Torreon, Barbara Salazar Overview Special Operations Forces (SOF) are those active duty and reserve...
by Joey Middleton | May 28, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Doug Livermore A rebuttal to J.R. Seeger’s “A New Office of Strategic Services?” published by FPRI in May 2025. A recent piece in the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) penned by a retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer argues against proposals to...
by Joey Middleton | May 19, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Patrick Tucker “SOF is floated as a one-size-fits-all solution for a lot of problems,” said one former official. Today’s special operators are rapidly becoming the model for the rest of the U.S. military, disrupting how the Defense Department does everything from...
by Joey Middleton | May 16, 2025 | SOF Units and Personnel
By Jordan Smith 1 JSOC History During the second world war, the United States first began to field unconventional forces tasked with special operations. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor to the CIA, recruited men and women from the Army to act as...
by Joey Middleton | May 13, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness, SOF Innovation
by Todd South TAMPA, Fla. — All U.S. special operators will soon wear concussion sensors as the services aim to better track brain health. Special Operations Command will begin fielding a blast exposure monitoring system next year. Officials who develop and procure...
