by Joey Middleton | Jan 8, 2025 | SOF Innovation
By Adam T. Biggs and Lanny F. Littlejohn IntroductionSpecial operations forces (SOF) demand special attention due to the unique challenges and requirements faced by the community. As such, many efforts focus on developing capabilities to support these operations,...
by Roro Fernandez | May 15, 2024 | SOF Innovation
Marine special operators are using fiction to envision the future Short stories by Marine Raiders are driving discussions about the evolution of MARSOC through 2040, its commander writes. BY MAJ. GEN. MATTHEW TROLLINGER COMMANDER, MARINE FORCES SPECIAL OPERATIONS...
by Roro Fernandez | Jul 1, 2023 | SOF Innovation
DoD Cloud Exchange 2023: USSOCOM’s Mark Taylor on creating a valid cloud-first hybrid strategy Tom Temin March 24, 2023 11:43 am The U.S. Special Operations Command maintains headquarters in bustling Tampa, Florida. SOCOM’s kinetic activities occur in much more...
by Wayne Gregory | Aug 8, 2022 | SOF Innovation
REASSESSING THE ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL OPERATORS: NEW SYSTEM OVERHAULS ELITE SCHOOL’S RECORDS Read full article on ausa.org In 1941, the U.S. was drawn into World War II, the most catastrophic conflict the world has ever known. The country realized the need for...
by Wayne Gregory | Dec 9, 2021 | SOF Innovation
LEFT OF BEEP: THE UNITED STATES NEEDS AN ALGORITHMIC WARFARE GROUP Read full article on War On The Rocks “We look like assholes with that roach up on there,” the Army sergeant said, revealing his bloodshot eyes as he tilted his augmented-reality rig back on his...
by Roro Fernandez | Sep 17, 2020 | SOF Innovation
BIG DATA AT WAR: SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES, PROJECT MAVEN, AND TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WARFARE During the Iraq war America’s special operations forces (SOF) demonstrated a remarkable capacity to innovate to accomplish a mission for which they were not prepared—finding...