by Joey Middleton | May 6, 2025 | SOF Procurement
By Chad Williamson If there was a single word that defined the opening day of SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, it wasn’t one that the average American keeps in their vocabulary. It was SOF-Peculiar—a term that sounds like a Pentagon punchline but is actually a legal authority...
by Joey Middleton | Apr 9, 2025 | SOF Congress, SOF Procurement
By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News Worldwide threats put the U.S. at risk and sometimes demand attention from U.S. Special Operations Command. To best meet those challenges, U.S. military acquisition needs to change, said Army Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, Socom commander. “The...
by Joey Middleton | Mar 4, 2025 | SOF Procurement
By Chris Panella Special operations forces have a fast and flexible weapons acquisition process. It’s critical to keeping operators ahead of the curve on what capabilities are needed. There are lessons for the larger Joint Force and Pentagon, officials said. US...
by Joey Middleton | Feb 26, 2025 | SOF Procurement
By SVETLANA SHKOLNIKOVA WASHINGTON — The commanders of special operations forces told lawmakers Wednesday that they were worried about the speed of technological advancement among adversaries and feared the U.S. was not keeping up. The advantage that the U.S. had for...
by Joey Middleton | Jan 31, 2025 | SOF Procurement
by Lorenzo Williams Special operations forces are built on five recognized and published principles: humans are more important than hardware; quality is better than quantity: special operations forces cannot be mass produced; competent special operations forces cannot...
