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Wheels, wings, and waves: Cutting-edge vehicles that drive US Special Forces missions
Central to their operations are specialized vehicles designed to conquer any environment—whether traversing rugged landscapes ...
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SOCOM must improve high-risk training oversight, report says
The GAO report offered recommendations to improve special operations training safety. Among those, the report suggests: The ...
Watchdog finds high rate of serious accidents, lack of oversight, in special operations training
A new report found unclear standards and a lack of discipline contributed to hundreds of special operations non-combat ...
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Steelers to honor special operations as part of STS game
The Steelers are working with the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) as part of their Salute to Service efforts ...
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Risky training ops for elite troops need to be studied more to help avoid deaths, injuries, GAO finds
Special Operations Command should more closely study data on ... accidents while other training areas that SOCOM has not ...
Air Force's Special Operations Crop Duster Plane Will Be Flown for Training at Oklahoma Base
An Air National Guard base in Oklahoma will host the first formal training unit for the service's armed recon crop duster ...
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Special Operations Command North moving from startup hangar to $55 million headquarters
As conflict with Russia and China looms, special forces in the U.S. military are going through a renaissance, reflected in a ...
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SOCOM just picked up a new lightweight machine gun
U.S. Special Operations Command has officially taken delivery ... rounds with “sufficient accuracy to engage area targets and vehicles at 2,000 yards.” Sign up for Task & Purpose Today to ...
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Lightweight Tactical All Terrain Vehicle (LTATV)
The Lightweight Tactical All Terrain Vehicles is small, side-by-side vehicle used by U.S. Special Operations Forces, including those operating in Afghanistan. Like the four-wheeler vehicles also ...