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...
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 | Feb 13, 2026 | SOF Operations, SOF Policy
By Justin Clipson Introduction This essay argues that strategic sabotage must be a SOF core activity to win future conflicts. The Global War on Terror (GWOT) created a SOF community that is used to being the supported entity. SOF dismantled terrorist networks with...
by Joey Middleton | Jan 5, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Operations, Uncategorized
By Josh Luberisse Introduction At 0201 local time this morning, helicopters from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment—the Night Stalkers—crossed into Venezuelan airspace carrying Delta Force operators toward a target in Caracas. Less than three hours later,...
