On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, members of CIA Team Alpha, the original eight-man team to arrive in Afghanistan following the world-changing terror attacks, and several Green Berets who arrived…
When Americans abroad find themselves kidnapped or detained by a foreign government, navigating the long path to safety requires a highly specialized toolkit of knowledge and expertise. The four-person team…
From the Battlefield to the Pentagon: Chris Miller on the Future of Special Operations We recently sat down with former Acting Secretary of Defense and our Chairman of the Board…
The chief strength of the SOAA transition initiative, Project Valkyrie, is the passionate team of experts at its helm. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Phoenix Program, which…
As the five-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan approaches, a number of organizations around the country are still working to support our Afghan allies, whether they are stranded…
When a team of physicians discovered that former U.S. Army Capt. Flora Edelbrock had a rare cancer atypical for her age group, the special operations forces (SOF) enabler began to…
Between October 2001 and November 2005, more than 15,000 U.S. service members passed through Uzbekistan’s Karshi Khanabad Airbase (K2), typically on their way to support Operation Enduring Freedom in the…
Founder and President of Heroic Hearts Project Jesse Gould was a member of the U.S. Army’s elite 75th Ranger Regiment. He told SOAA about his travels to Peru to find…
Mexican drug trafficking organizations have infiltrated criminal networks worldwide to spread their destabilizing influence far beyond their continental borders. The Trump administration has hit back against cartels that ship deadly…
Last month, we welcomed our new president at SOAA, Jack Barry, a veteran of the U.S. Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR). A longtime member of the SOAA ecosystem,…