Like all soldiers, Special Forces candidates begin their career with nine weeks of basic combat training (BCT). Upon completion of basic training, you will attend advanced individual training. For ...

Special operations forces (SOF) is a generic term for all units under the SOCOM umbrella, while Special Forces is a specific SOF unit in the U.S. Army. The latest on Task & Purpose ...

The U.S. Army Special Operations Command is the largest of the service components that make up U.S. Special Operations Command and provides about 70% of the special operations personnel in Central ...

Candidates assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School carry a telephone pole down a firebreak during Special Forces Assessment and Selection at Camp Mackall, North ...

Members of multiple special operations units with allies and partners from 18 nations in the Ridge Runner Irregular Warfare Exercise 23-01, held throughout West Virginia, from May 27 to June 17, 2023.

In 1993, he transferred to U.S. Army Special Forces, serving in numerous command and staff positions within the 5th Special Forces Group.

Above all else, the commander of 1st Special Forces Command says he wants to see creativity out of the Army’s special operators — he thinks it’s what will provide them with an edge in the ...

Davis’ perseverance throughout the fight embodies everything Special Forces soldiers train for, said Army Maj. Gen. Patrick Roberson, the deputy commander of US Army Special Operations Command.

Still, gender biases, and at times outright misogyny, pervade all levels of the Special Operations forces, according to a recent report by the Army Special Operations Command, which aimed to ...

• Maj. Charles Q. Williams was a lieutenant who received the Medal of Honor in June 1966 for defending a Special Forces camp against hostile Viet Cong forces June 9-10, 1965 while serving with ...