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The knife is a part of the legacy of the Regiment and quite fitting as it is named for LTG Yarborough, an SF legend.

Camp Mackall is the heart of Special Forces training, but most people don’t know its interesting history, let alone that it exists.

In January, the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum closed in order to conduct a complete inventory. The Museum announced that once it reopened it would fall under the U.S. Army Special Operations Command and expand to include all of the ARSOF Regiments. Therefore it would also include Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations. Let the […]

Jessica Carroll, House Committee on Armed Services Profession Staff Member, fires at a simulated target while using the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Squad Advanced Marksmanship Trainer during her visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Nov. 25, 2019. The SAMT uses different training scenarios to train Soldiers in squad movements […]

What a crazy week it as been with the book release!  Yesterday I did a interview with CBS, then was on the Brain Kilmeade show, then did my regular podcast with Ian Scotto interviewing former CIA case officer Bob Baer, met with my agent, and then drove over to Northvale, New Jersey for a book […]

A Special Forces instructor throws down the gauntlet, laying out the case against cronyism and careerism at the Qualification Course.

It’s important to remember that – you’re still a cog in the wheel. It’s easy to become lost in your sense of entitlement because someone has deemed you worthy of selection, before others. But, to get through you have to go all the way, which is further than most.

In the life cycle of an SF soldier’s career, it is typical to serve a tour of duty at SWCS. When you’re an instructor at SWCS, you take the ITC as your qualifying course to instruct the students, or ‘studs.’ This particular SERE is a part of the SWCS, ITC was a pre-requisite, meaning you must have taught in a similar environment before.