U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) participate in a claymore range, door demolition, and medical lanes on Camp "Bull" Simone, Florida, Dec. 4-8, 2023.The Best Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) / Special Operations Team Alpha (SOT-A) competition which consisted of physical training events, stress shoot, land navigation, and a long-range movement with various challenging tasks in each event. The teams participating demonstrated that they are agile, lethal, and combat ready for future deployments/missions. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Hunter Garcia) (A blur effect was added over faces and team identifiers)
Multi-Purpose Canine Luca served with the 7th Special Forces Operations (Airborne). After retiring from the Army in 2020, Luca found new purpose with the Desoto County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit.
Luca was deployed during a traffic incident, when gunshots were fired from the suspect's vehicle, fatally wounding Luca.
The Special Forces community is utilizing software that employs, to some degree, artificial intelligence. Operators with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) completed multiple iterations of VirTra simulation training at the Human Performance Training Center (HPTC) on the 10th SFG (A) Complex, Feb. 2, 2024.
1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) personnel hold and participate in the inaugural Improvised Antenna Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 7, 2023. A U.S. Army sergeant first class with Group Support Battalion, 1st SFG (A), who organized and executed the competition, speaks on its purpose. Three participants also comment on some of their challenges and decisions during the competition.
Exercise Dragon Spear is a U.S. Special Operations Command Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) Research, Development, and Experiment (RDAX) exercise. Service members from across the joint force, interagency partners, and industry communities came together to ensure unity of effort, shared understanding, and assess new technologies in realistic, threat-informed, scenarios.