Special Warfare articles from January 2008

Special Warfare archives from January 2008

From the commandant.
January 1, 2008... One of the primary missions of Special Forces Soldiers has always been the training of foreign military forces. These missions have long taken advantage of SF soldiers' military skills, language proficiency and ability to understand and...

Ranger named soldier of the year.(UPDATE)(Heyz Seeker)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A Soldier from the 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, has been named the Army's Soldier of the Year. Specialist Heyz Seeker, an automatic rifleman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning,...

Sorb soldier named USAREC NCO of the Year.(UPDATE)(special operations recruiting battalion, Mark Hawver, United States Army Recruiting Command non-commissioned officer)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A Soldier from the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion was selected as the U.S. Army Recruiting Command NCO of the Year at the recruiting command's annual leaders training conference, held in Denver Oct. 16. Staff Sergeant Mark Hawver...

3rd Special Forces Group soldiers honored.(UPDATE)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Thirty-nine members of the 3rd Special Forces Group, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., received awards, during a ceremony held on Meadows Field Oct. 4, for their valorous actions over the course of their last deployment to...

Reunion brings SF soldiers face-to-face with their heroes.(UPDATE)
January 1, 2008... Baseball players have their heroes--Cobb, Ruth, Mantle and Mays. Special Forces Soldiers also have their heroes--Donovan, Bank, Peers and Eifler--all leaders within the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. More than 60 years...

7th Special Forces Group soldiers honored.(UPDATE)
January 1, 2008... Three Soldiers from the 7th Special Forces Group were awarded the Silver Star, and three others were awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device, in a valor ceremony held at the United States Army Special Operations Command headquarters Nov....

New program helps SF enlisted soldiers earn college degrees.(UPDATE)
January 1, 2008... A new education program offers enlisted Soldiers in five Special Forces military occupational specialties the chance to apply their military training and experience toward credit for college degrees. The University of Maryland University...

Software Matrix developed to support military language requirements.(UPDATE)
January 1, 2008... The Army Special Operations Forces Language Office, or ARSOFLO, in conjunction with the SOF Language Office of the United States Special Operations Command, has made an extensive suite of language-learning software applications and content...

Integrating intelligence with operations.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Intelligence drives operations"--perhaps no phrase is heard more often on today's battlefields in Afghanistan and Iraq. Understanding the enemy--who he is, what motivates him, where he is located and how he...

ARSOF, general purpose forces and FID: who does what, where and when?(army special operations forces, foreign internal defense)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When is it appropriate for Army special-operations forces to conduct foreign internal defense, or FID? When should general-purpose forces, or GPF, conduct FID? How is ARSOF FID different from GPF FID? The doctrine...

The advisory challenge.(Viewpoint essay)
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "I was sent to these Arabs as a stranger, unable to think their thoughts or subscribe their beliefs, but charged by duty to lead them forward and to develop to the highest any movement of theirs profitable to...

149 SF NCOs selected for E8.(Enlisted)
January 1, 2008... The 2007 master sergeant promotion-selection board selected 149 SF sergeants first class for promotion, yielding a selection rate of 13 percent. Below is a summary of feedback from the selection panel regarding the SF candidates' records: ...

SF ANCOC includes DL module.(Enlisted)
January 1, 2008... The SF Advanced NCO Course is now composed of a distance-learning module followed by a three-week resident phase at Fort Bragg. The resident phase will be conducted 16 times yearly to give SF NCOs more flexibility in completing their...

PO NCOs should prepare for promotion boards.(Enlisted)(psychological operations, non-commissioned officer)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... In order to prepare for next year's master sergeant promotion-selection board, Psychological Operations NCOs need to be aware of the fiscal year 2008 board's comments regarding the records of PO candidates. The majority of CMF 37 packets...

Board identifies CA promotion enhancers.(Enlisted)
January 1, 2008... The FY 2008 master sergeant promotion-selection board identified three areas in which CA NCOs can improve their chances for promotion to master sergeant: Training and education. CMF 38 Soldiers and their commands need to place more...

SF WO applications now require last five NCOERs.(Warrant Officer)(special forces, non-commissioned officers evaluation reports)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... In November, the U.S. Army Recruiting Command established a requirement that all application packets from Soldiers seeking accession as active-duty SF warrant officers include the Soldier's last five NCO evaluation reports. That...

Warrant officers get peer assistance through WONET.(Warrant Officer)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The Warrant Officer Net, or WONET, is a professional forum designed to help develop the Army's warrant-officer corps. Through WONET, warrant officers can share thoughts, ideas, experiences, knowledge and lessons learned, and they can seek...

Updated DA Pam 600-3 to be republished.(Officer)(Department of the Army pamphlet)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The updated DA Pare 600-3, Commissioned Officer Professional Development and Career Management, published in November 2007 is being republished to remove incorrect developmental-model information. The update contains changes that affect...

FY 2008 major promotion-selection board to convene.(Officer)(fiscal year)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The 2008 major promotion-selection board will convene April 8, 2008, to consider eligible active-duty captains for promotion to the rank of major. Candidates should screen their military personnel files for the following: up-to-date DA...

Senior Service College Board to meet in April.(Officer)
January 1, 2008... The 2008 Senior Service College Selection Board will meet April 1-25. Eligible lieutenant colonels should prepare their files for the SSC board and monitor MILPER messages for changes and updates.

Special Operations and Strategy: From World War II to the War on Terrorism.(Book review)
January 1, 2008... In theoretical terms, special operations and their strategic impact as the fourth dimension of warfare have not been well-understood. Dr. James Kiras, assistant professor at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base,...