Special Forces Sniper Team cleans up at the International Sniper Competition

The Rangers I worked with in Sniper Section at 3rd Ranger Battalion used to do a good job of cleaning house out at the International Sniper competition held annually at Ft. Benning, Georgia. This year it was B/2/3 that dominated, the CIF company with 3rd Special Forces Group stationed at Ft. Bragg. While not as […]

The Future of USASOC: Projecting forward into the coming decades

I get asked a lot about the capabilities of various Special Operations units.  People want to understand who does what and how all of these various SOF elements interact with each other.  I’ve also had to explain that since 9/11 the entire SOF community has had to up their game, and the same also goes […]

Changes to the Special Forces Qualification Course

The Special Forces Qualification Course has changed quite a bit from when I graduated in 2007.  In my opinion, these changes have been for the better.  When I attended the course, the language training was split up into modules.  This is how it would work: You would have a two week block of instruction in […]