by Joey Middleton | Aug 21, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
By Kate Rocklein, PhD, DNP, RN, by COL (Ret.) Bernd Horn, PhD, by Frank Larkin, MSc, by Jayna Moceri-Brooks, PhD, RN Abstract Survivability Drift Theory (SDT) provides a practical framework to interrupt escalating attrition in special operations forces (SOF). Despite...
by Joey Middleton | Aug 18, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
By Michael Bottoms Hundreds of leaders participated in the latest 1st SOF Truth event, held July 30, 2025, where SOCOM’s senior leaders and experts from the medical research and practitioner communities discussed the dangers of blast overpressure (BOP) and what SOCOM...
by Joey Middleton | Aug 11, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness, SOF Innovation
By Carley Welch WASHINGTON — By the end of the year some American special operations forces (SOF) will begin fielding new wearable tech designed to keep a real-time eye on their vitals as well as integrate with systems designed to warn command posts should the...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 7, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
Special Operations Forces Moral Injury Fact Sheet SOF Moral Injury—The What Current SOF operators are not the first generation to face the invisible wounds of war. However, many SOF warriors are unfamiliar with the term or concept of moral injury (MI). “When I first...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 20, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
By Patty Nieberg A day of training with the Carl Gustaf rifle, according to one soldier with significant experience with it, can be like a full-contact football practice. “I would equate it to getting a concussion in football, where you have headaches, nausea,”...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 18, 2025 | Health, Wellness, and Readiness
The Mission No One Trained For When I became the physician for the West Coast SEAL Teams, I thought I’d be helping elite operators stay in the fight – patching up injuries, managing infections, maybe advising on nutrition or physical therapy. Instead, I was...
