After President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 18 that will expedite medical research into the effectiveness of psychedelic treatments for use in mental health care, many across…
Jaclyn ‘Jax’ Scott served with the Cultural Support Teams (CSTs), groups of women who received elite special operations training to take part in village stability operations or augment special operations…
Sitting alone in her vehicle in the parking lot outside work, Heidi Rippy felt as though she were watching herself from outside her body. Her thumb hovered over the number…
On May 20, the Special Operations Association of America (SOAA) hosted a well-attended two-panel discussion at the Library of Congress that focused on overcoming difficulties affiliated with securing critical minerals…
Spread throughout the suburban sprawl and rural farmland of Roseville, California, a constellation of passionate practitioners of medicine and innovation have combined forces to change special operations forces (SOF) veterans’…
We are excited to announce our upcoming annual conference with the Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI). This year, we're focusing on the vital role strategic resources play in our national security.…
The twelve months following a service member’s separation from the military are known as the “deadly gap,” when veterans face increased risk of suicide as they adjust to life outside…
In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, a small number of conventional and special operations forces (SOF) assets had the vital task of ridding Afghanistan of Taliban forces, both from the…
Bring Irregular Warfare to the Conventional Forces In response to our peer and near-peer adversaries deploying irregular tactics against the U.S., many policymakers have sought to increase conventional forces’ training…
A destabilizing mix of crises is proliferating across Africa, largely as a result of humanitarian disasters fueled by internal conflict, and the rising presence of terror groups that thrive amidst…