by Joey Middleton | Jun 12, 2025 | SOF Congress
By Matthew Olay During a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee today, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald J. Trump’s proposed defense budget for fiscal year 2026 includes funding to meet the increased worldwide demand for the...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 9, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
By Jill Gentry “Where do we start?” I checked in as the intelligence officer for a US Navy special warfare unit in March 2020. My arrival coincided with the start of the command’s scheduled counter-ISIL deployment to Iraq under OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, the latest...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 6, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
By Terry Goodman The Department of Defense is taking significant steps to safeguard the brain health of its service members, recognizing its integral role in maintaining a medically ready force. All branches are actively developing and implementing prevention and...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 6, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition, Uncategorized
By Kyle Ramsay Introduction American power is in crisis, and with it, America’s role in the global system. More than thirty years after the end of the Cold War and nearly twenty-four after 9/11, is America still leader of the free world; the self-appointed...
