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

Updates on drones including latest technology and use in conflicts around the world. An executive summary, key events, and ...

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

Special Operations Forces, NATO, and Industry to Converge in Rome for 2026 Global SOF Symposium Europe. By Alexander Price. The 10th annual Global Special Operations Forces (GSOF) ...

Washington spent most of two decades building a CT force in northern Somalia. The force came apart in just two days.

The Union South Atlantic Blockading Squadron ringed the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Its primary purpose was to prevent blockade runners that were bringing supplies into besieged Confederate forces ...

This essay provides an account of H.L. Hunley’s daring attack on the Union’s USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864. H.L. Hunley was a civilian submersible on loan to the Confederate Navy. The Union had a ...

This week’s SOF Weekly Brief highlights significant developments affecting U.S. special operations forces and the broader national security environment. Ukraine conducted one of its largest drone ...

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