by Joey Middleton | May 14, 2026 | SOF Innovation
By Jocelyn Garcia and Dr. James Giordano Strategic Insights Applications of AI in IW The convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and non-kinetic irregular warfare (IW) represents both a qualitative shift in the nature of strategic threat and a quantitative...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 22, 2026 | SOF Innovation
By Catherine M. Woods “For covert operations, the misconception that crypto is inherently ‘anonymous’ is hazardous… Instead, crypto provides the potential for non-attribution or deliberate exposure, depending on the type of operation.” In the current landscape of...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 6, 2026 | SOF Innovation
By Dean Hoffman Today’s conflicts are evolving. The threat environment is complex, dynamic, asymmetric, technological and intense — all adjectives that play to the strengths of special operations. So, it is perhaps no surprise that at the National Defense Industrial...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 13, 2026 | SOF Innovation, SOF Operations
By Christopher Moede This article examines ubiquitous technical surveillance (UTS) as the operationalized manifestation of unrestricted warfare in contemporary strategic competition, arguing that it collapses normative assumptions of access, attribution, and...
by Joey Middleton | Jan 23, 2026 | SOF Innovation
By Jared Martin Introduction After two decades of operating in politically denied environments and training partner forces during the Global War on Terror, U.S. Special Operations are transitioning away from Counterinsurgency (COIN) warfare. With the 2021 withdrawal...
by Joey Middleton | Jan 15, 2026 | SOF Innovation
By Stavros Atlamazoglou Special Operations Command hopes that AI can help during night raids—when it can quickly process information extracted from target sites, allowing for faster subsequent raids. US special operators are trying to use artificial intelligence to...
