U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to pick up 75 light attack aircraft to conduct “armed overwatch” missions in conjunction with ground forces, according to new solicitation. SOCOM plans on holding several industry days with defense contractors in March for the new Armed Overwatch program which is intended to provide U.S. special operations forces with […]
The head of Naval Special Warfare Command, who challenged President Donald Trump over stripping retired SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher of his SEAL status last year, will step down from his post in September, according to a report from The Intercept on Saturday.
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for a former U.S. special forces soldier and two other men on suspicion of smuggling former Nissan Motor Co boss Carlos Ghosn out of Japan. Warrants were issued for former U.S. Green Beret Michael Taylor and two other men, George-Antoine Zayek and Peter Taylor, prosecutors […]
The Navy SEAL accused of strangling Army Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was promoted to chief petty officer two months after Melgar’s death, according to a new report from The Daily Beast. Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. DeDolph is charged with murder for allegedly choking Melgar to death during a June 4, 2017 […]
Special Operations Command's ethics review twists itself in knots to argue there is no "systemic ethics problem" in the special operations community while acknowledging a range of underlying problems stemming from a high operations tempo and insufficient leadership.
Newly-minted astronaut and decorated Navy SEAL Lt. Jonny Kim shared with Task & Purpose that his motivation for living life the way he has stems not so much from starry-eyed ambition, but from the pain and loss he suffered both on the battlefields of Iraq and from childhood instability.
U.S. Special Operations Command has officially taken delivery of Sig Sauer’s MG 338 machine gun, the companyannounced on Wednesday. According to Sig Sauer, SOCOM has completed its official safety certification for the MG 338 and taken delivery of “multiple systems” comprised of the machine gun, .338 Norma Magnum ammunition, and suppressors, a first for the […]
Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman died on Tuesday during a military free fall training exercise. He was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group, and had been deployed four times.
Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. Dedolph, who is accused of strangling Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges
The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal … but some guys seem to really push the envelope on that notion. Jonny Kim is not only one of NASA's newest astronauts, but is also a graduate of Harvard Medical School and an active-duty Navy Lieutenant with a distinguished combat record after serving with SEAL Team Three.
Troops from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) received three Silver Stars, seven Bronze Star Medals with Valor device and 17 Army Commendation Medals with Valor device for their 'valorous actions' during a 2018 deployment to Afghanistan.
It is now up to the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to determine whether retired Army Maj. Matthew Golsteyn's Special Forces tab and his Distinguished Service Cross should be reinstated.
The White House’s top national security official defended President Donald Trump’s decision to intervene in the case of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher on Sunday following the publication of video interviews from Gallagher’s fellow sailors decrying him as “evil.” In an episode of ‘The Weekly,’ the New York Times aired intense interviews from several SEAL […]
Rather than focusing on physical advantages like body armor or load-bearing exoskeletons, the so-called 'hyper enabled operator' of the future will be cognitively enhanced, able to "think better and think faster"
Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Draher, Gunnery Sgt. Joshua Negron, and Chief Petty Officer Eric Gilmet have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, negligent homicide, and other defenses in connection with the death of Lockheed Martin contractor and former Green Beret Rick Anthony Rodriguez
Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. Dedolph and Marine Gunnery Sgt. Mario A. Madero-Rodriguez are charged with murder and other offenses in connection with Army Special Forces Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar's death.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday he fired Richard Spencer after learning the Navy secretary had secretly tried to broker a deal with the White House allowing Navy Chief Eddie Gallagher to retire and keep his SEAL Trident so long as President Trump did not intervene. In a briefing with reporters at the Pentagon, […]
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and ordered that Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher keep his trident
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer and Rear Adm. Collin Green, the head of Naval Special Warfare Command, have both reportedly vowed that they will either resign or be be fired rather than following President Donald Trump's instructions to stop all efforts to revoke Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher's trident.
Proceedings that could result in Eddie Gallagher and other SEALs losing their tridents are on hold.
Eddie Gallagher and three other SEALs will appear before a board, which will recommend to the head of Naval Special Warfare Command whether their tridents should be revoked.
Earlier this week, I reported that U.S. Special Operations Command was working on an articulated, gyrostabilized “third arm” to help enhance operator’s accuracy downrange. Naturally, Task & Purpose readers responded with a barrage of dick jokes. This isn’t the first time this has happened: after all, anything called a “third arm” is going to evoke […]
U.S. military officials may have abandoned their dreams of a powered armor straight out of Starship Troopers, but the futuristic components of America's first prototype combat exoskeleton could eventually end up on the arsenals of both U.S. special operations forces and conventional troops
U.S. special operations forces could eventually deploy with an articulated mechanical 'third arm' that could potentially detect, track, and classify incoming unmanned aerial systems
The armor, called the Lightweight Polyethylene (PE) Armor for Extremity Protection, is one of a handful of subsystems to come out of U.S. Special Operations Command's Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit (TALOS) effort that media outlets dubbed the "Iron Man suit:"
