Dating back to 2006, Congress has created one permanent and two temporary Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs to afford legal permanent resident status to Afghan and Iraqi nationals who served…
An introduction to SOAA team member, Beth Bailey. Staff writer at SOAA, and principle storyteller: As the staff writer here at SOAA, my role is to remain behind the proverbial…
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…
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)…
From the first days of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, through the final weeks of our chaotic withdrawal, Afghan forces have enabled the success of U.S. special operations forces (SOF) and…
The Special Operations Association of America extends its heartfelt condolences and support to board advisor Sarah Verardo, whose loving husband, U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Verardo, was laid to rest with…
In recent months, Afghanistan has become a breeding ground for terrorist activities, posing an imminent threat not just to the region but to the entire world, including the United States.…
On July 8th, 2021, President Biden stood in the East Room of the White House to declare: “The United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan: to get…
We have supported Last Out: Elegy of a Green Beret since the beginning and we are so proud to see them perform their biggest show yet! You will not want…
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, with Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) at the helm, continues its investigation of our chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan by conducting closed-door, transcribed interviews with Washington officials…