by Joey Middleton | Jan 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Book Review: To Dare & To Conquer Full title: To Dare & To Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations, From Achilles to Al QaedaAuthor: Derek LeebaertPublisher: Little, Brown and CompanyOriginally published: March 23, 2006 (later editions and...
by Joey Middleton | Jan 12, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition, Uncategorized
By Dino Garner Introduction In the situation rooms of Washington and the chancelleries of Europe, the future of warfare is often visualized as a contest of high-velocity hardware: the silent glide of a hypersonic vehicle, the swarm logic of autonomous drones, or the...
by Joey Middleton | Jan 5, 2026 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Operations, Uncategorized
By Josh Luberisse Introduction At 0201 local time this morning, helicopters from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment—the Night Stalkers—crossed into Venezuelan airspace carrying Delta Force operators toward a target in Caracas. Less than three hours later,...
by Joey Middleton | Dec 17, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition, Uncategorized
By Mark Grdovic “The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and the commander have to make is to establish…the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to make it into something that is alien...
by Joey Middleton | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Capt. Avery Smith TAMPA, Fla. — Modern competition rarely begins with open conflict. Instead, it unfolds in the gray zone, the space between peace and war, where influence, access and perception shape outcomes long before force is employed. That reality framed...
by Joey Middleton | Dec 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
by William Bryant Introduction “Information technology is expected to make a thousandfold advance over the next 20 years. In fact, the pace of development is so great that it renders our current materiel management and acquisition system inadequate. Developments in...
