by Joey Middleton | Aug 9, 2026 | SOF Policy
By Woody Hurd On my first deployment to the Middle East with 5th Special Forces Group, I was tasked with setting up a notoriously complex tactical SATCOM node on a rooftop. I was the team’s 18D (Medical Sergeant), and most of the team, including our 18E...
by Joey Middleton | Aug 4, 2026 | SOF Policy
By Dr. David Dorsey, by David S. Maxwell, by Michael Ingerick, by Mick Crnkovich The Adaptive Performance Core Central to our arguments throughout this four-part series, we propose “adaptive performance” as a central organizing SOF performance construct, encompassing...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 27, 2026 | SOF Policy
By Dr. David Dorsey, by David S. Maxwell, by Michael Ingerick, by Mick Crnkovich Technological Transformation The technological shifts introduced in Part 2 (The Two Trinities and the Human-Domain Advantage) should be read against the criterion space established by the...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 22, 2026 | SOF Policy
By Dr. David Dorsey Anchoring the Criterion Space in the Two SOF Trinities: An Example Part 1 (The Operator Is the Platform) established that the SOF operator is the platform and that the validity of any SOF assessment, selection, and qualification (ASQ) system...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 10, 2026 | SOF Policy
“Our concern should not be SF guys questioning who they are. Our concern should be whether anyone at Bragg and MacDill is listening.” Lumpy Lumbaca A question resurfaces in Special Forces circles whenever the Department of Defense/War pivots to a new...
by Joey Middleton | Jun 3, 2026 | SOF Policy
By Maurice “Duc” DuClos Editor’s note: This essay is the second part of the author’s response to Colonel (Ret.) Ned Marsh’s two-part series, “The Last A-Team” and “A New Vision for Special Forces Restructuring.” The author’s first...
