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…
Following ongoing U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Iranian military and leadership apparatus, federal and local authorities are alerting Americans to a wide range of possible targets for Iranian reprisal.…
We've been monitoring the situation in Iran and today we're dissecting Operation Epic Fury through a realist lens. Not only have precision military strikes decapitated the Islamic Republic of Iran's…
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…
Sometimes, the best solution to a problem is already in the palm of your hand. In Ukraine, a handful of engineers found a way to protect their troops from Russian…
No longer content to “hide its strength and bide its time,” China is embarking on an ambitious and destabilizing bid to usurp American leadership and control the international order. Under…
The complex wars playing out from Eastern Europe to the Arabian Peninsula have cast a spotlight on how partnerships between major military powers and local groups can be a powerful…
In an era of rapid technological change and evolving threats, SOAA’s mission of keeping America safe extends far beyond the battlefield, as exemplified in a recent SOAA rescue operation in…
In today’s fast-evolving battlefield, working in silos is no longer an option. Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, recently emphasized that joint planning among combatant commands…
I spent a lot of time deployed at the Operational level as an advisor and planner, where, in that position, information and intelligence were fed from operations on the ground.…