The following is the July 2, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Acquisition Reform in House- and Senate- Passed Versions of the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1735). Read More
Category Archives: Special Operations Forces
Document: Report to Congress on Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations
The following is the June 12, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Afloat Forward Staging Base Lewis B. Puller Delivers to Navy
The mobile landing platform Lewis B. Puller (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1) successfully completed launch and float-off at the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) shipyard on Nov. 6, 2014. US Navy Photo
The first General Dynamics NASSCO built Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB) delivered to the U.S. Navy on Friday, Naval Sea Systems Command said. Read More
Document: China’s Military Strategy
A naval honor guard at the in 2012 on board the Liaoning. Xinhua News Agency Photo
The following is the first public Chinese Military Strategy white paper outlining a new policy of “active defense,” released by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense on May 26, 2015. Read More
Document: Pentagon 2015 Report to Congress on China’s Military Power
The following is the Department of Defense’s annual report to Congress, Military and Security Developments
Involving the People’s Republic of China 2015. The report was released on May 8, 2015. Read More
Document: Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces
The following is the April 9, 2015 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Funding Issues Threaten U.S. Special Operations ISR in Africa, Asia
MQ-9 Reaper UAV. US Air Force Photo
“The shortage of ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) is not limited to Africa,” the senior Pentagon official for special operations and low-intensity conflict told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday. “The number of orbits is decreasing” in monitoring terrorist activities in all combatant commands. Read More
Navy Pitching Congress on Expanding Sailor Career Intermissions Ahead of Wider Personnel Reforms
Sailors stand in formation during a change of command ceremony held aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) in 2006. US Navy Photo
The Navy is asking Congress to expand a pilot service sabbatical program ahead of a broader slate of internal personnel reforms Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is expected to announce next month. Read More
Former NATO Chief Clark Predicts New Offensive in Ukraine
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark at The Atlantic Council on March 30, 2015. Atlantic Council Photo
The Russians and Russian-backed forces in Ukraine are poised to launch a new offensive, probably between Orthodox Easter and before V-E Day in early May the former supreme commander of NATO Forces said in a presentation at The Atlantic Council. Read More
New Chinese Nuclear Sub Design Includes Special Operations Mini-Sub
A computer generated image of a Type-93T or Shang-class nuclear attack submarine
China’s latest nuclear submarine design appear to include a shelter capable of holding a miniature submarine for special operations forces (SOF) not unlike vehicles used to deliver Navy SEALs to shore from U.S. nuclear attack boats, according to an image in wide circulation in Chinese online networks. Read More
