and deployed 12 times in support of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wheeler's military education includes the Basic Airborne Course, Ranger School, Warrior Leader Course, Static Line ...

John Collins, those five "SOF Truths" have guided US Special Operations ... The demands of a two-front war in Afghanistan and Iraq and the need to have a global presence in more than 70 countries ...

Iraq's Republican Guard was an elite force ... The 160th is constantly training with Army SOF units — Rangers and Delta. They are our primary customers, and the 160th supports them with assault ...

Rather, the goal will be to surgically remove Iraq's leadership ... Panama invasion and the gulf war. The SOF--Delta, SEALs, Green Beret A Teams, Rangers, Night Stalker helo crews, Air Force ...

Jacoby Jr., now the J-5 for the Joint Staff and recently the corps commander in Iraq ... He was a Ranger in the 1970s, and said young Soldiers back then looked at SOF differently.

The key to this, he says, is drawing down to a small, nimble residual force: The continuing U.S. presence in Iraq will depend on Special Operations forces — both the "black" SOF that will hunt ...

Rangers, SEALs, Green Berets ... When the HK416 started showing up on SOF compounds throughout Iraq, hanging off the shoulder of operators grabbing a quick bite to eat in the chow hall ...

The key is the direct involvement of SOF veterans stepping up ... the Army’s elite 1st Battalion/75th Ranger Regiment and deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Special operations forces in Afghanistan, like the Army Rangers and the Navy SEALs ... "A lot of the places I deployed to – Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Europe—there needs to be more than ...

But exactly how big is a SEAL team? Are Army Rangers the largest unit in SOCOM? How does MARSOC, a relative newcomer to the SOF world, compare in size? Cold, hard numbers aren’t easy to come by ...

ShaTyra Reed/Army) In over three decades of being privileged to serve in U.S. special operations forces (SOF), I witnessed ... train with the Philippine Scout Rangers, the Philippine Marines ...

“Special Operations have never been more important in our country,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the annual Global SOF Foundation ... Marine veteran of the Iraq War.