Special Operations

“Seaborne operations offer nearly unlimited water landing zones, providing significant flexibility for the joint force,” AFSOC said.

The evacuation of Kabul had a special operations aspect that went widely unnoticed, but was critical to the mission.

Critics of the U.S. say that the behavior of the Green Berets represents a tacit American approval of the coup. However, that’s not the case.

The Green Hornets of AFSOC’s 20th Special Operations Squadron would come to symbolize America’s resolve in the face of adversity.

Although not shown in popular depictions of the battle, a small group of Navy SEALs from SEAL Team 6 fought in Mogadishu with honor.

The Air Force’s SOLL program has been supporting special operations for decades, yet very little is known about it.

USSOCOM wants to gear up its special operators with the technological edge that will allow them to control and dominate future battlefields.

5G promises to revolutionize how we work and communicate, but it could have dire consequences for the public at home and troops in the field.

“You were either going to die or get shot all to hell,” Billy Waugh said. “Everyone in the outfit was wounded once, twice, three times.”

In a war of secrecy, spies, and destruction, Britain’s Special Operations Executive (SOE) was on the leading edge.

Foreign language capability provides the special operator with a comparative advantage. But now Congress fears this capability is atrophying.

“If you saw what you heard today in a movie, you would shake your head and say, ‘That didn’t happen.’ But it does, every day.”