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…
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…
For decades, our Afghan allies stood beside us on the battlefield. They fought with us. They bled with us. And in some instances, they died protecting us. Along with veterans…
Zero Units were trained by and fought beside US Special Operations and Intelligence Communities for 20 years. Now they’re stuck in the red-tape of an overwhelmed immigration system as they…
We left countless Afghan Allies behind during our chaotic withdrawal 18 months ago. Those who remain continue to be targeted by the Taliban and terrorist groups like ISIS-K and al-Qaida,…
Not only did we leave countless Afghan Allies, who fought by our sides and saved our lives, in Afghanistan to be hunted by the Taliban, but those we did safely…
Our founder, Daniel Elkins, went on Charlotte’s WBT with Tony Marino. You can listen to the full interview here: Afghan National Army Special Operations Command Veteran Lieutenant Wasi served…
The Special Operations Association of America is joined by a coalition of Veterans Service Organizations in calling on the White House to intercede on behalf of ANASOC Veteran Lieutenant Abdul…
When Kabul fell in August 2021, tens of thousands of our Afghan allies were left with an impossible choice—to remain in Afghanistan, living in hiding under fear of Taliban reprisal,…
Last April, when the Biden Administration announced U.S. forces would depart Afghanistan by September 2021, SOAA went into action. From advocating for speeding up the SIV process, to the evacuation…