by Joey Middleton | Jun 21, 2026 | SOF History, SOF Operations
By Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Mueller Special Warfare Journal Over the last 20 years, the U.S. military has been highly focused on counterinsurgency operations as we engaged in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). This focus, along with expertise in irregular warfare...
by Joey Middleton | May 18, 2026 | SOF Operations
By Chief Warrant Officer 2 Michael Wood Special Warfare Journal Special Operations Forces (SOF) thrive in ambiguous, chaotic environments because the principles of chaos theory directly enable and accelerate innovation in modern warfare. To understand this connection,...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 22, 2026 | SOF Operations
By Emina Umarov Introduction US Special Operations Forces are increasingly fine-tuned for readiness frameworks designed for conventional war, distorting employment incentives and eroding the human capital that makes SOF strategically decisive in irregular...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 13, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Operations
By Dr. Joseph Long “Every intervention begins as a story of liberation. Without adaptation, it ends as a story of occupation.” Why do militarily superior forces consistently win the fight—but lose the peace? This is not a new question. It is the defining paradox of...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 13, 2026 | SOF Operations, SOF Policy
By By Chief Warrant Officer 2 Greg Settle Introduction In recent years, some theater special operations commands (TSOCs) have tended to focus more on scrutinizing the actions of tactical units than on synchronizing resources and activities to support broader campaign...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 20, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Operations
By Dr. Anne I. Harrington, by Brig Gen (ret) Brenda Cartier Introduction The US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in January 2026 was a spectacular demonstration of a surgical kill/capture operation, a capability Joint Special...
