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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 Dr. Erica Chenoweth argue that resistance movements in the 21st century have increased in frequency and are more likely to be nonviolent, but paradoxically are also less successful than ever.
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.
60 Minutes - Newsmakers
Father's hunt for answers after son's suicide leads military to modify training and weapons
60-minutes
By Scott Pelley
March 23, 2025 / 7:51 PM EDT / CBS News
Frank Larkin's service to America is extraordinary—a former Navy SEAL whose government career included the Secret Service, the Pentagon and the U.S. Senate. But Larkin's greatest contribution is happening now, in retirement, after his son, Ryan, a decorated Navy SEAL himself, took his own life. Ryan's death was put down to mental illness—case closed.
A military lab found distinctive damage from repeated blast exposure in every brain it tested, but Navy SEAL leaders were kept in the dark about the pattern.
The fragile, imperfect ceasefire in Lebanon has held. But it could become more tenuous after a recent change to a critical element in its success: high-level, on-the-ground U.S. military coordination and leadership.
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 combat,” yet a closer reading suggests that even state-based competition is likely to be “irregular.”
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