by Joey Middleton | Sep 12, 2025 | SOF Innovation
Introduction It is my distinct privilege to present the Special Operations Research Topics 2026 (SORT) booklet . This year’s SORT team, under the leadership of Doug Jordan, Associate Professor of Practice in the Joint Special Operations University’s (JSOU) Department...
by Joey Middleton | Aug 27, 2025 | SOF Innovation
By Tyler Fleming Abstract The practice of irregular warfare has a checkered history when it comes to long-term outcomes. It is extremely difficult to forecast how fighting over the will and support of a population will lead to unintended consequences in the years and...
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 | Aug 4, 2025 | SOF Innovation
By Jon Harper U.S. Special Operations Command amended a broad agency announcement this week, adding additional AI and advanced autonomy capabilities to its technology wish list. The move comes amid a broader modernization push by special ops forces and the Defense...
by Joey Middleton | Aug 1, 2025 | SOF Innovation
By Duc Duclos “The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed.” —William Gibson The Economist, December 4, 2003 “The real question is not whether machines think… but whether men do.” —B.F. Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity, 1971 Introduction: The...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 22, 2025 | SOF Innovation, SOF Operations
By David Maxwell The U.S. Army is grappling with the emergence of agentic warfare—the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and algorithmically driven operations that promises to transform the conduct of war. But as the strategic community...
