Special Operations News - August 11, 2025 | SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: A competitor from Guatemala zeroes his weapon before the start of Fuerzas Comando 2025at Ilopango, El Salvador, Aug. 18, 2025. Fuerzas Comando [...]| SOF News
By Col. Michael Haas, USAF, Ret. He was the nightmare come true to the notoriously paranoid and vicious Narodny Kommissaria Vnutrenny Diel (NKVD), the Soviet security service dreaded no less by Soviet citizens than by its German foe. Speaking fluent [...]| SOF News
The news on how drones are changing the battlefield continues to appear in the media each week – with new developments and commentary providing informative and interesting reading. This week we have updates on the advent of “swarm drones”, lessons [...]| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world. Photo / Image: U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators transit underwater using a diver propulsion device during joint maritime training with Marine Raiders assigned to [...]| SOF News
On August 17-18, 1942, members of the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion made an attack on a small island in the Pacific Ocean held by Japanese forces during World War II. The raid had several objectives – destroy Japanese installations, gather [...]| SOF News
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 will compete in Fuerzas Comando 2025. This will be the [...]| SOF News
By Lindsey Schmidt. SOF Week, held in Tampa, Florida, attracts a staggering number of exhibitors every year. This year’s event, held in May 2025, brought in over 800. While the usual exhibitors were there, weapons systems, software applications, products, and [...]| SOF News
The news on how drones are changing the battlefield continues to appear in the media each week – with new developments and commentary providing informative and interesting reading. This week we have an update on a new U.S. drone called [...]| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
Story by Capt. Brandon DeBlanc. The Air Commandos of Air Force Special Operations Command are preparing to operate in contested environments during Emerald Warrior 25.2, held in multiple locations across Arizona and California, July 21 – Aug. 11, 2025. This [...]| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
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The UK Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 was published in June 2025; it contains several references to UK special operations forces.| SOF News
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Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.| SOF News
Medal of Honor Day was observed by the Maine Special Forces Annex - paying tribute to two Green Berets from Maine.| SOF News
