War on Terror

It can be difficult to imagine a world without 9/11 and its aftermath on society. But this article should give you an alternate look.

The War on Terror made a global impact in more ways than one. Here are just some of the consequences of this momentous event in history.

Team Alpha were a group of CIA agents who entered Afghanistan on October 17, 2001.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that a US-led coalition has taken out a senior member of the al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group, Hurras al-Din.

Turkish officials have claimed that government authorities have successfully captured the Islamic State’s new leader, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, in a raid in Istanbul.

While that toll during the GWOT has been heavy, U.S. special operations forces are now better prepared to face near-peer adversaries.

Censorship has been an aspect of war for centuries and even the Pentagon has engaged extensively in it.

Whether foreign mothers portray them as monsters to scare their children or as saviors who dispatch the monsters, the Air Commandos’ myth is created in the shadows.

Air Force Special Operations has been key in the War on Terror the past 20 years, but it will have to pivot as the we enter a new paradigm.

General Don Bolduc served ten tours in Afghanistan from 2001-2013. In this SOFREP exclusive, he exposes nine missteps that cost us the war.

Pope Airfield in Fort Bragg, NC has been a pivotal piece of America’s effort to wage war since WWII. The airfield serves as an extremely vital tactical jump-off point for the 82nd Airborne and units of the Army Special Operations Command and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC): Delta Force uses it in case of a […]

Only in recent years has the European SOF community began standing up their own separate commands, such as Norway in 2014 and Denmark, which is in the process of this today.