Special Operations Command Comments on Expeditionary Sea Bases

Special Operations Command Comments on Expeditionary Sea Bases

Expeditionary Sea Base vessels, with their unique adaptability from civilian oil tankers, stand as pivotal assets for the U.S. Navy, enabling Special Operations Forces to execute a wide range of missions with unparalleled versatility and cost-effectiveness.

What SOCOM Has Learned From the War in Ukraine

What SOCOM Has Learned From the War in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine is of a highly fluid nature and is a hybrid sort of conflict mixing conventional and special operations forces on the same battlefield. There are some lessons there for SOCOM which they are surely paying attention to.

Gary Beikirch, Green Beret, Medal of Honor, Dies of Cancer at 74 

Gary Beikirch, Green Beret, Medal of Honor, Dies of Cancer at 74 

Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient Gary Beikirch passed away the day after Christmas after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 72. His heroic actions as a Special Forces Medic in an isolated village of Montagnards in Vietnam are the stuff of legends. Badly wounded himself and unable to stand or walk, he had himself carried to various casualties in order to treat their wounds.