U.S.-led attack on Afghanistan begins
On October 7, 2001, a U.S.-led coalition begins attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan with an intense bombing campaign by American and British forces.
September 17, 2020
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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 and dismantling al-Qaeda in Iraq’s (AQI) network of secret cells, which served as the backbone of the insurgency.
September 17, 2020
‘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. remained.
September 11, 2020
Pic of the Day
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen and aviators from 4th Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment conducted a Maritime External Air Transportation System training evolution
September 10, 2020
The Untold Story of an A-10 Mission that Helped Special Forces
During OEF one of the unit pilots, Capt. Mike “Balz” Stock, performed a Close Air Support (CAS) mission that saved the lives of several Special Forces members, surrounded by Taliban snipers
September 3, 2020
USSOCOM 2020 Fact Book
USSOCOM 2020 Fact Book describes the command’s mission, capabilities and priorities.
August 18, 2020
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 combatants.
August 18, 2020
Pic of the Day
Yesterday, the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division hosted a memorial for Spc. Enrique Roman-Martinez at the All American Chapel on Fort Bragg, N.C. Losing a Paratrooper is heartbreaking, but the effects of that loss are exponentially greater when caused by an act of senseless violence.
August 16, 2020
Pic of the Day
U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets observe a CH-47 Chinook helicopter conduct hoisting operations during helocast training at Eglin Base Air Force Base.
August 14, 2020
Pic of the Day
7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) are lifted off the ground by a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Special Purpose Insertion Extraction (SPIE) training event at Eglin Base Air Force Base.
August 12, 2020