Curated news, analysis, and commentary on special operations, intelligence, irregular warfare, national defense, and global ...

On 22 September 1987 SEALs and elements of Task Force 160 SOAG executed Operation PRIME CHANCE, an assault on the Iran Ajr.

This week’s SOF Weekly Brief examines developments in special operations, irregular warfare, and national security, with particular attention to emerging technologies and strategic competition.

This week’s SOF News Brief examines changes in U.S. special operations force structure, including a new Air National Guard Special Tactics Squadron. Additional coverage addresses emerging clandestine ...

This week’s SOF News Update covers the activation of SPACEFOR-SOC, evolving Army special operations missions, U.S. counternarcotics operations in Latin America, the Russia-Ukraine war, Iranian ...

This week’s SOF News Update examines new USASOC leadership, expanded American special operations activity in the Philippines and Alaska, Iran-war MQ-9 losses, shifting security relationships with Oman ...

In May 2026 the White House released the “United States Counterterrorism Strategy 2026”. This 16-page PDF describes how the U.S. Government will use diplomatic, intelligence, military, economic, law ...

A Special Operations Skills Competition and Leadership Seminar will take place in El Salvador on August 18-29, 2025. Sixteen special operations teams from Central and South America and the Caribbean ...

In recent polling, 25% of Americans report that either themselves or a family member have been addicted to opioids. [i] Unfortunately, within the current US political landscape, there is less ...

This weekly briefing summarizes developments in special operations forces (SOF), global conflicts, intelligence, and national security from the past week. Several articles below focus on SOF Week 2026 ...

Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: Special Unit 333, photo courtesy of Resolute Support, 11 August 2017.