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02 Nov Report: Special operations forces need to rethink language training

Posted at 06:23h in Current Events

Special operators speak 80 languages across the military but often don't sustain that skills, a new report says. BY PATTY NIEBERG | PUBLISHED NOV 1, 2023 US. Green Berets and elite Marine special operators are learning languages that aren’t always useful on deployments and missions abroad, a Government Accountability Office report found. And...

23 Oct How War in Grenada Built U.S. SOCOM

Posted at 21:54h in Current Events

In the aftermath of Iran-Grenada, several congressional leaders took the initiative to reorganize the Pentagon’s special operations forces, culminating in the creation of U.S. Special Operations Command in 1987. by Forrest L. Marion In mid-October 1983, a “sordid little Leninist dictatorship” on the Caribbean Island of Grenada crumbled,...

23 Oct SOCOM Wants New Targeting Tools for Urban Battles

Posted at 21:47h in Current Events

U.S. Special Operations Command is on the hunt for new non-line-of-sight targeting systems. Special tactics operators conduct close-quarters battle training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, Jan. 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carly Kavish) Special Operations Command is on the hunt for new non-line-of-sight targeting...

14 Oct Del Mar Country Club Golf Tournament and Dinner-Gala raises more than $1.4 million for SOF Support

Posted at 16:36h in Current Events

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 14, 2023 - Last weekend's Del Mar Country Club Golf Tournament and Dinner-Gala raised more than $1.4 million for the SOF (Special Operations Forces) Support Foundation. It was a star-studded affair that featured honored guests Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy SEAL Collin Green, Chief Warrant Officer Two (CW2) Nick Lavery and world champion boxer Canelo...

27 Sep U.S. military captures ISIS official in helicopter raid in Syria

Posted at 19:51h in Current Events

Bill Roggio Senior Fellow and Editor of FDD's Long War Journal The U.S. military captured an Islamic State “Operational and Facilitation official” during an operation in northern Syria last weekend. The raid marked the latest against the Islamic State’s network in Iraq and Syria, which has been...

24 Sep Del Mar Country Club to host benefit for special operations forces

Posted at 22:17h in Current Events

Golf event and gala is 12th annual fundraiser BY MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS In 2012, the Del Mar Country Club launched a benefit for Navy Seals returning from dangerous duties around the world. When the club hosts its 12th annual Golf Outing and Dinner Gala on Oct. 7, the beneficiaries...

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