by Roro Fernandez | Sep 17, 2020 | SOF Innovation
BIG DATA AT WAR: SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, PROJECT MAVEN, AND TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WARFARE During the Iraq war America’s special operations forces (SOF) demonstrated a remarkable capacity to innovate to accomplish a mission for which they were not prepared—finding...
by Roro Fernandez | Sep 11, 2020 | SOF Operations
‘The Battle of Khasham’ saw US troops rout Russian mercenaries in Syria The United States sent its forces into Syria in 2014 to hasten the demise of ISIS. After the fall of the “caliphate” capital in the Syrian city of Raqqa three years later, the U.S....
by Roro Fernandez | Sep 3, 2020 | SOF History
The Untold Story of an A-10 Mission that Helped Special Forces During Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Capt. Mike “Balz” Stock, performed a Close Air Support (CAS) mission that saved the lives of several Special Forces members, surrounded by Taliban snipers. The now...
by Roro Fernandez | Aug 18, 2020 | SOF Units and Personnel
USSOCOM 2020 Fact Book USSOCOM 2020 Fact Book describes the command’s mission, capabilities and priorities. 2020 Fact Book
by Roro Fernandez | Aug 18, 2020 | SOF and Strategic Competition
The American Way of Irregular War: An Analytical Memoir American irregular warfare is the United States’ unique and, in recent times, troubled approach to conflict in which armed civilian or paramilitary forces, and not regular armies, are the primary...