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...
by Joey Middleton | May 6, 2025 | SOF Congress
WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Co-Chair of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Caucus and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee, introduced a joint resolution expressing support for...
by Joey Middleton | May 6, 2025 | SOF Procurement
By Chad Williamson If there was a single word that defined the opening day of SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, it wasn’t one that the average American keeps in their vocabulary. It was SOF-Peculiar—a term that sounds like a Pentagon punchline but is actually a legal authority...
by Joey Middleton | May 6, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Matthew Olay, DOD News The role of special operations forces in global conflicts has steadily increased amid what the U.S. Special Operations Command’s top leader called the most complex security environment the United States has faced in decades. ...
by Joey Middleton | May 5, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Gen. Bryan P. Fenton Commander, USSOCOM In a not-so-distant future, the United States may face a combination of National Defense Strategy competitors in a shooting war while still holding terrorist groups at bay and responding to yet more crises across the globe....