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...
by Joey Middleton | May 28, 2026 | SOF History, SOF Policy
By David S. Maxwell In two recent articles at the Irregular Warfare Initiative—The Last A-Team: Special Forces Aren’t Special Anymore and A New Vision for Special Forces—Ned Marsh has performed a valuable service for the Special Forces Regiment and the broader...
by Joey Middleton | May 28, 2026 | SOF Policy
By Dino Garner Before I joined the 1st Ranger Battalion in 1994, I was a biophysicist. I had spent the better part of a decade in electrophysiology labs — Duke Medical Center, USC, Scripps, Mote. NSF and NIH graduate fellowships. I built my own preamplifiers and...
by Joey Middleton | May 18, 2026 | SOF Policy
Bringing Special Operations Research Into the Open Special Operations Research: Out of the Shadows marked an important moment in the development of special operations scholarship. Published in the inaugural issue of Special Operations Journal (SOJ), which later...
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 | 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...
