by Joey Middleton | Feb 28, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Lt. Gen. Michael Conley, Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command and Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, AFSOC command chief, released the 2025 AFSOC Strategic Guidance on February 27, 2025. The guidance lays out the command’s updated lines of efforts of...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 26, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
by Brandon Schingh Sound bites and clickbait surrounding the 2024 US presidential election often emphasized the national security threat posed by Mexican drug cartels to the United States. These narratives frequently advocated for aggressive countermeasures, including...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 23, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
The selection of John Daniel Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may signal a new emphasis on irregular warfare, covert and clandestine operations, enabling swifter action with fewer legal constraints and less congressional scrutiny, say former military and...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 21, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
by Mark Pomerleau As officials and experts are calling for more integration of irregular warfare capabilities to defeat adversaries, a new modern “triad” concept for the U.S. military is being touted as a jumping-off point for deterrence. The so-called cyber-special...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 12, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
To advise, assist and accompany the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine, the U.S. Special Operations Forces, specifically the 10th Special Forces Group, have had to change their warfighting mindset, approach to technology integration, talent management and...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 7, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition
by Jennifer Stewart China announced in December stringent and targeted export restrictions on critical minerals, including banning shipments of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States. Gallium and germanium are two of the most essential minerals required...
