The United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) confirmed it has reinstated its chief of diversity and inclusion, Richard Torres-Estrada, following an investigation into politically charged social media posts he made, including one that compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler.
SOCOM’s first “chief of diversity and inclusion” posted anti-Trump memes, including one that compared the former president to Adolf Hitler.
General Raymond Thomas, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, said at a conference in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday that “adversaries” are jamming U.S. Air Force electronics in Syria, creating what he described as “the most aggressive EW environment on the planet.”
Special operations forces will see no slowdown in its war-fighting tempo, defense leaders testified at a hearing on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON – The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command said Wednesday that special operations forces are “an approach” short of a heavier military commitment.
President Barack Obama has expanded the power of the elite Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to track, plan, and potentially kill terrorists across the globe in places beyond the traditional war zones of Iraq, Syria, and Libya, The Washington Post (WaPo) has learned.
President Barack Obama’s Department of Defense (DOD) is expected to intensify its already heavy reliance on U.S. special operations forces as part of an effort to overhaul the modus operandi of America’s war against Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) jihadists and other terrorists, reports The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), a Marine with three combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan on his resume, says Navy SEALs have been telling him they are running short on combat rifles.
It’s clear that special operations troops have deep misgivings about the introduction of women into their extremely demanding units.
