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MacDill Air Force Base orders evacuations as Hurricane Idalia nears
The National Hurricane Center expects Idalia to become a hurricane later on Monday.
SOCOM boss tests positive for COVID-19
Army Gen. Richard Clarke is working from home, with mild symptoms, after testing positive Sunday.
Playing on the edges of empire: Special Operations Forces face uncertain future
Special Operations Forces units are made up of service members from every service.
By Kevin Maurer
Special ops task force in Middle East restructured for ‘broad, regional’ ISIS fight
The new task force, called Special Operations Joint Task Force-Levant, was stood up quietly on July 1.
By Howard Altman
Four-star: 98 percent of US Special Operations Command has received COVID vaccine
SOCOM’s commander, Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, shared the statistic during the annual Military Reporters and Editors Conference.
Keep ‘em frying: 3,000 channel catfish released at MacDill Air Force Base
MacDill Air Force Base stocks ponds with 3,000 channel catfish.
By Howard Altman
New project seeks dream solutions to fix special operators’ sleep woes
The two-year project looks to create tailored sleep solutions.
By Todd South
Overmatch by other means: integrating Irregular Warfare into Joint Force Wargaming
Wargaming is an essential component of professional military education, but is it obsolete for the irregular challenges of competition today?
By Steve Ferenzi, Christopher J. Hickey, and Christopher Hossfeld
SOCOM’s controversial head of diversity and inclusion is back in his job
Richard Torres-Estrada has been reinstated following an investigation launched in March.
Even generals must learn new skills in tech-dominated special operations future
Both a new way of recruiting while updating current operator skills are needed.
By Todd South
SOCOM data official: Build interoperability into new systems for joint war fighting
Special Operations Command's top data official laid out key data requirements to enable JADC2.
By Andrew Eversden