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...
by Joey Middleton | May 13, 2025 | SOF Innovation, SOF Operations
By: Brandon J. Weichert SEAL Team Six accidentally crashed a helicopter during the famed 2011 raid. Out of spite for its own humiliation, Pakistan forwarded the wreckage to China—with disastrous results. Fourteen years ago, one of the most daring raids in modern U.S....
by Joey Middleton | May 8, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Ben Wolfgang TAMPA, Fla. — The special operations forces of the 21st century must be tailored to help the U.S. “prevail in a high-end conflict” and designed to thrive in environments that could define an American clash with a powerful adversary such...
by Joey Middleton | May 8, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Matthew Olay, DOD News Colby Jenkins, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, outlined his priorities for the future of the special warfare community while delivering remarks today during...
by Joey Middleton | May 6, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Dean Hoffman and Joe Mariani The National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Special Operations Symposium is often a window into the future of Special Operations Forces, so it was perhaps unusual that the 35th symposium on Feb. 20 began with a bit of a history...
