Secret Dogfight Takes Center Stage as Korean War Veteran Received Medal of Honor
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosts Medal of Honor Recipient U.S. Navy Capt. Royce William’s Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Madelyn Keech)

Secret Dogfight Takes Center Stage as Korean War Veteran Received Medal of Honor

During his Feb. 24 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump bestowed the Congressional Medal of Honor on 100-year-old retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams, Jr., whose heroic…

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America’s Critical Minerals Should Stay Home: Recycling for Security

Could recycling dated office equipment hold the key to alleviating important national security challenges? Mender co-founder and CEO Kent Taggart certainly thinks so. Mender works with enterprise and institutional clients…

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Final Verdict on Afghanistan: Lessons Learned at $144 Billion
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Final Verdict on Afghanistan: Lessons Learned at $144 Billion

Since its work began in 2009, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR) has blown the whistle on 1,327 instances of abuse, fraud, and waste and identified $26 billion in…

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America’s Forgotten Women in Combat: The Jax Act
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America’s Forgotten Women in Combat: The Jax Act

On Nov. 18, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) reintroduced the Jax Act, legislation that would finally acknowledge an elite group of women who worked in conjunction with special operations forces (SOF)…

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AI Helps U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Face Iraq

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Richard Gilbert has come a long way since an injury in Iraq led him to Balboa Naval Hospital. The first hurdle in his path was memory…

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When the War Comes Home: A Soldier’s Take on Healing
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When the War Comes Home: A Soldier’s Take on Healing

PTSD does not recognize borders, uniforms, or politics. A truth of special operations is that people matter more than hardware, and that we can learn something from anyone who has…

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How SOF Experience Informs Leadership in the Trump Administration

On Jan. 7, Army National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Derrick Anderson was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. Anderson is the latest Trump administration…

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Building a More Realist NATO
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Building a More Realist NATO

As top threats to American security and prosperity shift decisively to Asia, America’s attention is dangerously divided.  For more than a decade, Washington has attempted to shift focus toward the…

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The Rise of America’s LUCAS Drone: When Imitation Becomes Advantage
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The Rise of America’s LUCAS Drone: When Imitation Becomes Advantage

The Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drone underwent a successful initial launch in the Arabian Gulf on Dec. 16. U.S. Special Operations Command personnel affiliated with Task Force 59…

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Veterans Have Earned Their Choice: SOAA Calls for Reform of the 90/10 Rule

The Special Operations Association of America joins the Veterans Education Project in calling on Congress to retire an outdated rule that limits higher educational opportunities for student Veterans. As it…

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