The first Gulf War was a textbook conventional war, but it featured an array special-operations missions that helped secure ...

Whether or not you've served in the United States military, there's little doubt you've heard the terms "Special Forces" and "Special Operations." These have become interchangeable in the media such ...

American soldiers are conducting operations near the Colombian border, while U.S. warships are being deployed, Ecuadorian ...

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Powered gliders could give US special operators a low-signature way to get food, medical gear, and other supplies to isolated ...

The Pentagon is failing special operations forces personnel by not tracking problems they encounter accessing and completing a program for service members transitioning to civilian life, according to ...

Special operations forces are built on five recognized and published principles: humans are more important than hardware; quality is better than quantity: special operations forces cannot be mass ...

While War on the Rocks has a high standard for allowing pseudonyms, this is an unusual case: U.S. Army Special Operations ...

Discussions and debates about how U.S. and allied SOF must become more capable and ready for an era of growing strategic tensions and conflicts are central to this year’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, ...

On May 1, 1952, the U.S. Army opened the special operations training center and school that still trains most of its special operations forces today. The school was then known as the Psychological ...

Members of multiple special operations units with allies and partners from 18 nations in the Ridge Runner Irregular Warfare Exercise 23-01, held throughout West Virginia, from May 27 to June 17, 2023.

Women fighting in the U.S. Army’s special operations forces face misogyny, gender-based barriers to promotion, and ill-fitting equipment, according to a 2021 report released today by U.S. Army Special ...