In Focus with Curtis Fox: Reorienting Army Special Forces for the Modern Threat Environment
Special Forces must evolve or risk irrelevance—cut the fat, focus the mission, and embrace the shadows of modern gray-zone warfare.
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In Focus with Curtis Fox: Why Language and Longevity Matter in the Regiment
Why rotate top Green Berets off teams early or skimp on language skills? SF needs pros who stay sharp, speak local, and teach right.
Green Beret Bryan C. Black Posthumously Awarded Silver Star For Heroism During 2017 Tongo Tongo Ambush
Staff Sgt. Bryan C. Black held the line during that dark day in Niger—he gave everything he had so his teammates could live, and that’s the kind of man who defines what it means to wear the Green Beret.
In Focus with Curtis Fox: Rebuilding Special Forces Leadership and Recruitment
Why are Special Forces losing their best NCOs too soon—and are 18X recruits helping or hurting the Regiment’s future?
In Focus with Curtis Fox: Rethinking Training and Career Progression
Is the Army’s career system holding Special Forces back? A bold plan reimagines how Green Berets are trained, led, and retained.
In Focus with Curtis Fox: Rethinking the SFOD-A
Rethinking the SF company—can smaller teams, more support staff, and less admin free Green Berets to focus on what matters: training?
In Focus with Curtis Fox: Rethinking Coordination with Conventional Forces
Can SFOD-As and SFABs team up for smarter missions? A fresh look at Special Forces, conventional troops, and strategic ops.
US Special Forces in Colombia – Storming a Dunkin’ Donuts in Bogota
The people behind the counter looked like we they were about to empty their bladders. Even donuts can be dangerous!
Remembering James Hupp, A Green Beret Gone Too Soon
James Hupp was the kind of soldier who made you feel safer just by standing next to him, a man who could break down doors with sheer will and still find time to hand out candy to kids between firefights.
SOF Video of the Day: Special Forces Train in Alaska
Amid the rugged Alaskan terrain, U.S. Soldiers from the 3rd Special Forces Group and the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment honed their pilot recovery skills during RED FLAG-Alaska 17-3, embodying the relentless readiness demanded by their Central Asia missions.
Haze Gray and Underway: A Green Beret Dives With Navy SEALs From a Submarine
I took a last breath and slipped under the bubble line and through the escape hatch. The view of the submarine was breathtaking. It was huge!
Geo Hand Reports: Green Beret Combat Divers Imitate Russian Spetsnaz
With no real limits to the mission other than to mimic a Spetsnaz unit and cause chaos, we embraced our role, wreaking havoc on the island, and ensuring the U.S. Navy security forces at NAS Adak had their hands full around the clock.
