What’s wrong with SOCOM? Small Wars Journal has posted an article on its website that is sure to generate lots of discussion. The author, going by the name “Sadcom via Happycom” – whatever that is supposed to mean – is […]
A snowy Christmas Eve on December 24, 2002 at Camp Vance (CJSOTF-A), Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. It has been a decade and a half since the initial entry of U.S. Special Forces teams into Afghanistan. U.S. Special Forces and other […]
The newly-established Target Fusion Cell (TFC) works within the Combined Force Air Component Command (CFACC) in the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR). The Target Fusion Cell is “. . . an integrated cell of intelligence analysts, targeting experts and intelligence, surveillance […]
The idea or concept of using remotely piloted aircraft or RPA for reconnaissance purposes has been around for a long time. In the early 1980s the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) outfitted drones with modern-day technology. The early remotely […]
On this day – December 20, 1989 – Operation JUST CAUSE in Panama began. The operation arrested Maneul Noriega – the ruling dictator – and restored the government of Guillermo Endara. Special Operations Command South (SOCSouth) was stationed in the […]
The Air Force has been trying to get rid of the A-10 Warthog close support aircraft for a long time. However Congress and the needs of close air support aircraft in the Middle East and Afghanistan delaying any retirement of […]
The Marines and Air Force have V-22 Ospreys in their inventory. The MV-22 is the Marine Corps tiltrotar aircraft while the CV-22 is the Air Force Special Operations Forces (AFSOC) tiltrotar aircraft. Despite some early safety issues during the development […]
An independent Kurdistan will have significant implications for the future of the Middle East. The biggest stakeholders are the countries of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq. All three nations have a significant Kurdish population that is settled in large portions of […]
A prototype TALOS Iron Man Suit may soon be available for testing by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at MacDill Air Base, Florida. The Tactical Light Operator Suit or TALOS is aimed at providing special operators (Green Berets, […]
Building relationships and rapport is an extremely important step towards working with a a component of a resistance movement – whether it is a guerrilla force, part of the underground, or a the support network. It is also extremely important […]
The long-awaited offensive in the fight for Mosul by the Iraqi government forces (and its current allies – the Shia militias and Peshmerga) has been underway for a number of weeks. The city was taken by the Islamic State in […]
On the night of 20-21 November 1970 U.S. Special Forces Soldiers and aviation crews conducted the Son Tay Raid into North Vietnam to rescue American prisoners of war held in the Son Tay prison camp. The unit that conducted the […]
Every year a group of U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers conduct a Green Beret wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to honor the late President John F. Kennedy. Senior level defense officials and a representative of the […]
The Iraqi Christians have suffered over the past two years since the Islamic State emerged to control a significant part of Iraq. In the summer of 2014 the world was riveted on the rapid advances that the Islamic State made […]
In World War II the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) placed intelligence and operating agents in enemy-controlled Albania. The OSS in Albania provided a wealth of intelligence via radio transmissions. The operational and intelligence teams of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) […]
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