by Roro Fernandez | Nov 21, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND THE SHADOWY PROMISE OF IRREGULAR CAMPAIGNS BRIAN PETIT NOVEMBER 21, 2023 American special operations forces, 70,000 strong and drawn from four services (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps), are engaged on a dizzying number of...
by Roro Fernandez | Nov 8, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition
SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? STAY-BEHIND FORCE DECISION-MAKING BRIAN PETIT, COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 8, 2023 The grinding Ukrainian military offensive during the summer of 2023 has been a frightful sight for undersized nations fashioning their own defensive...
by Roro Fernandez | Nov 5, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Ten Surprising Lessons For Special Operations Forces From The First 20 Months Of Putin’s Full-Scale Invasion Of Ukraine ByThomas R. Searle, Christopher Marsh, and Brian Petit ABSTRACTThis article provides ten surprising lessons for Special Operations Forces...
by Roro Fernandez | Nov 2, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition
Report: Special operations forces need to rethink language training 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...
by Joey Middleton | Oct 15, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition
ABSTRACTThis article provides ten surprising lessons for Special Operations Forces (SOF) from the first year-and-a-half of Russia’s criminal and ill-advised full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These lessons range from the tactical to the grand strategic, and collectively...
by Roro Fernandez | Aug 30, 2023 | SOF and Strategic Competition
The Nevernight Connection This FBI and National Counterintelligence and Security Center film—inspired by the case of former CIA officer Kevin Mallory—details the fictional account of a former U.S. Intelligence Community official who was targeted by China...
