SOAA fully supports the bipartisan letter from Representatives Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ) and Don Bacon (R-NE), and 19 supporting congressional offices to request information about the status of our Afghan allies…
On Nov. 1, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and local Dallas fire rescue personnel were dispatched to Dallas Love Field (DAL) after a small public charter flight operated by JSX landed…
TEAM SAPO’s natural medicine and neurophysiological reconfiguration protocol is designed to help Tier One and special operations forces (SOF) personnel heal from treatment-resistant depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Operator Syndrome,…
An estimated 752 veterans have put themselves forward as candidates during the contentious 2026 midterm election cycle. This represents a 47% increase in veteran candidates compared with 2024, and includes…
In the leadup to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in 2003, an elite group of special operations forces (SOF) and aviators known as Task Force 20 were training on joint close…
We are excited to welcome former CIA Chief Operating Officer Maura Burns to the SOAA Board of Advisors. She shared insights on key lessons from her 37-year career at the…
Irregular warfare (IW) now has a renewed counter-threat finance (CTF) mandate. In September 2025, Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 3000.07 on Irregular Warfare explicitly placed support to CTF efforts under…
U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) engineer and intelligence sergeant Rob Kinard has “a tendency to kind of go overboard with stuff,” he admitted, while detailing how he juggles multiple business…
When Master Gunnery Sgt. Chris May left the service after six years in the Marine Corps infantry and 18 years as a Reconnaissance Marine, he never gave much thought to…
When he left the Australian Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), Andrew ‘Horse’ Hudson struggled with isolation and mood changes likely linked to traumatic brain injury. After turning to drug use,…