Afghan War Blog

ASSF Seize 1,000 lbs of Explosives.  According to a NATO Special Operations Component Command - Afghanistan (NSOCC-A) Afghan Special Se...

Photo by USSOCOM, 2016 Podcast - SOF in Afghanistan in Fall 2001 . Listen to a one-hour long podcast about the first Special Forces tea...

Afghanistan's Commandos.  There are about 11,000 Afghan soldiers assigned to the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (A...

SOF and Social Media.  USSOCOM says it must be able to integrate the use of social media into all of its operations. Read more in  "A...

MARSOC - Ten Years.  MARSOC is celebrating its ten year anniversary. Read an article about the Marine Special Operations Command in  ...

USSOCOM and Drones.  A news report provides information about how the U.S. Special Operations Command utilizes drones to do ISR and target...

SOF Shopping for Weapons.  Last month the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) sent out a shopping list to arms dealers that included A...

JSOC and "Relentless Strike". Sean Taylor, the author of Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Comman...

Special Forces More Active in Afg?  A recent news report says the U.S. Special Forces could be playing a larger role in Afghanistan. The ...

JSOC Officers Moving Up. It appears that the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) crowd is doing well in the U.S. Army. General Votel,...

Photo by Micaiah Anthony USAF Selective Service for Women? With the new policy of opening up all combat arms jobs (to include special o...

Matthew McClintock U.S. Army Photo A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier was killed during fighting in Marja district of Helmand province ...

Map WikipediA - Creative Commons The Taliban have passed on their usual winter break in Helmand province. Usually the TB fighters head t...

Joe Votel to CENTCOM.  News reports indicate that General Votel, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), is being no...

ANASF Trains ALP Recruit SOF and Helmand Province. The fight for Helmand province is still ongoing despite the end of the fighting seas...

Gen Votel to CENTCOM?.  The Internet continues to spread the word that the current USSOCOM commander is on the short list to succeed Gener...

Member of a Coalition Support Team (CST)  interacts with Afghan child Women in Service Studies.  The U.S. Department of Defense wants y...

VSO, Gant, Water, Crops, and COIN. One writer, Doyle Quiggle, manages to combine a variety of topics (although related) into an essay on ...