With an allocated strength of approximately 22,000 soldiers, USASOC commands active-duty and Army Reserve special operations forces. The command also provides oversight of Army National Guard ...

Photo of a Special Forces unit patch. (Staff Sgt. Warren Wright/Army) The unit returned from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in October 2017. The awards approved include seven Purple Heart ...

The United States Army Special Operations Command is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC, it is the ...

Despite these trends, the U.S. Army is reducing the size of its few units whose purpose is to understand and influence the modern information environment. The proposed cuts to these units, part of ...

U.S. Army Special Forces Command (1990-2014) On November 27, 1990, as part of a major ARSOF realignment, 1st SOCOM was inactivated and replaced by the U.S. Army Special Forces Command (USASFC).

Special Operations Forces (SOF) play a significant role in U.S. military operations. In 1986, Congress, concerned about the status of SOF within overall U.S. defense planning, passed legislation ...

Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Weimer relinquished command of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command to Naumann, left, on Monday, May 1, 2023. In an Army interview last year, Naumann said she’s ...

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 ...

Command Sgt. Maj. JoAnn Naumann (right) became the first woman to serve as U.S. Army Special Operation Command's senior enlisted leader on May 1, 2023 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Weimer, the senior enlisted advisor for the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, will be the 17 th sergeant major of the Army, according to a Dec. 12 announcement from ...

Command Sgt. Maj. JoAnn Naumann assumes responsibility for her new role as senior enlisted leader of U.S. Army Special Operations Command during a ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C., on May 1, 2023.