Story by Michael Bottoms | U.S. Special Operations Command | 09.05.2025
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida — U.S. Special Operations Command held a change of responsibility ceremony, Sept. 5, 2025, at the Davis Conference Center....
Story by Michael Bottoms | U.S. Special Operations Command | 08.18.2025
Hundreds of leaders participated in the latest 1st SOF Truth event, held July 30, 2025, where SOCOM’s senior leaders and experts from the medical research and practitioner communities discussed the dangers of blast overpressure (BOP) and what SOCOM is doing to mitigate such risks to its force....
Story by Capt. Brandon DeBlanc | Air Force Special Operations Command | 08.04.2025
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 iteration of Emerald Warrior, part of the Department of the Air Force’s Department-Level Exercise series, challenged Air Commandos to deliver synchronized......
Story by 1st Lt. Cullen Drenkhahn | 353rd Special Operations Wing | 08.01.2025
Within six hours of notification, Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Wing shifted from training operations in northern Japan to deployment for crisis response operations in the Philippines....
Story by 1st Sgt. Mireille Merilice | U.S. Special Operations Command Europe | 06.06.2025
NORMANDY, France – Under stormy clouds and amid the sharp scent of wet earth from the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France, Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, commanding general of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, spoke where U.S. Army Rangers once scaled 100-foot cliffs under fire June 6, 2025, to mark the 81st anniversary of Operation Overlord, widely known as D-Day. In his......
Story by Michael Bottoms | U.S. Special Operations Command | 05.13.2025
Life has its struggles. Its ups and downs. For U.S. Navy Lt. Cdr. Brandon Hill, his struggle was weight. Coming off an 18-month deployment from Bahrain, Hill gained a significant amount of weight. Checking into U.S. Special Operations Command he went through a physical assessment and the doctor told him he needed to make some lifestyle changes, and he join the Preservation of the Force and......
Story by Michael Bottoms | U.S. Special Operations Command | 05.12.2025
U.S. Special Operations Command kicked off Special Operations Forces Week 2025 with an International Commander’s Forum. The forum was attended by 311 participants from 61 countries with 78 Special Operations Forces units represented....
Story by Sgt. Cutler Brice | U.S. Special Operations Command | 05.08.2025
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Members of the elite special forces, often referred to as ‘the tip of the spear, faced off last month during U.S. Special Operations Command’s annual Service Member of the Year competition. Thirteen elite warriors, representing the best of the best from across the special operations community, went head-to-head in a grueling four-day test of skill,......
