Industry leaders who operate in contested environments discuss what it actually takes to move materials, build infrastructure, and manage risk in places where the rules are unclear and the stakes…
Non-state actors, shadow trade, and proxy dynamics are reshaping how critical minerals move around the world. This panel is from our conference with the Irregular Warfare Initiative, and it examines…
A former U.S. Ambassador to Guyana and a strategy firm CEO sit down to discuss what resource competition looks like from the diplomatic front line, and where the openings are…
When a single nation controls the processing of the materials your military depends on, investment stops being economics and becomes an instrument of state power. This panel is from our…
Mining, processing, logistics, and the chokepoints that determine whether the United States can build what it needs. This panel is from our conference with the Irregular Warfare Initiative, and it…
Throughout 2026, the SOAA team has been advocating for veterans’ access to unimpeded health care in opposition to harmful legislation that would reform the current Pharmacy Benefit Manager system, through…
For more than a decade, the Special Forces Trust has worked to support the unique needs of Green Berets and their families as they serve at the tip of the…
Our founder, Green Beret Daniel Elkins, started the Special Operations Association of America (SOAA) in 2021 to ensure that the voices of special operations forces (SOF) personnel, whose work is…
On Wednesday, SOAA and the Irregular Warfare Initiative (IWI) concluded our annual conference in Reston, Virginia. For two days, we hosted expert-filled panels on critical mineral resourcing and a table-top…
For decades, the formula for special operations veterans leaving service has followed a predictable and painful pattern: elite warriors who thrived in structure, mission, and brotherhood find themselves unmoored in…