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...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 25, 2025 | SOF Policy
by David Vergun In terms of warfighting, there needs to be an equilibrium between readiness, modernization and operations, said Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Shorter, senior enlisted leader of Special Operations Command, during a panel discussion at the National...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 18, 2025 | SOF Policy
Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces U.S. Naval Institute Staff February 19, 2025 9:15 AM The following is the Feb. 18, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Considerations for Congress. From...
