by Joey Middleton | May 8, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Ben Wolfgang TAMPA, Fla. — The special operations forces of the 21st century must be tailored to help the U.S. “prevail in a high-end conflict” and designed to thrive in environments that could define an American clash with a powerful adversary such...
by Joey Middleton | May 8, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Matthew Olay, DOD News Colby Jenkins, performing the duties of the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, outlined his priorities for the future of the special warfare community while delivering remarks today during...
by Joey Middleton | May 5, 2025 | SOF Policy
By Gen. Bryan P. Fenton Commander, USSOCOM In a not-so-distant future, the United States may face a combination of National Defense Strategy competitors in a shooting war while still holding terrorist groups at bay and responding to yet more crises across the globe....
by Joey Middleton | May 1, 2025 | SOF Policy
by J.R. Seeger Introduction In the past six months, two different opinion pieces, here and here, have raised the possibility of reviving the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). These recommendations are by no means new. Over the past 80 years, there have been multiple...
by Joey Middleton | May 1, 2025 | SOF Policy
by Mark Thomas Abstract: This paper argues that U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) should modernize its unconventional warfare (UW) training and education to improve its ability to support nonviolent resistance. Resistance scholars such as David Ucko and...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 25, 2025 | SOF Policy
Executive Summary The 2018 U.S. National Defense Strategy made headlines by officially downgrading terrorism as a national security priority in favor of “inter-state strategic competition.” Many interpreted the statement as signifying a return to “conventional...
