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Pentagon weighs keeping Trump-era change to ‘psychological operations’ The policy change highlights tension between military leaders and diplomats about how the U.S. handles gray-area operations that fall short of all-out war. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on May 6, 2021. | AP Photo/Susan Walsh Link Copied In the final months of the Trump administration, then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper quietly moved to let the military run influence ...

SOFWERX Exploring New Arctic Tech for Commandos SPECIAL OPERATIONS 5/17/2021 Air Force photo SOFWERX, a Tampa, Florida-based innovation hub, recently hosted a “Tech Tuesday” session in concert with U.S. Special Operations Command, which focused on current transformational technologies that could facilitate ops in Arctic climates. Selected organizations had the opportunity to virtually pitch their cutting-edge technology to interested government partners. ...

40 (BUDAPEST) U.S. Army Green Berets and U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators participated in an exercise, Black Swan 21, May 3-May 14, 2021. Black Swan 21 is an annual Hungarian-led multinational special operations forces exercise, which demonstrates peer-to-peer deterrence and resiliency of alliances and partnerships in Europe. SOF from Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the United States participated this year. “I think this is the manifestation of everythin...

University president resigns after plagiarising part of speech CNN  15 May 2021 The University of South Carolina in the United States accepted the resignation on 12 May of President Bob Caslen, who admitted he plagiarised part of a speech by the former head of US Special Operations Command during a weekend commencement speech, writes Amanda Jackson for CNN. In a letter on Monday, Caslen said he was “truly sorry” for having shared a well-known quote by Admiral William McRaven, who oversa...

MQ-9 Reaper: The only option for SOCOM’s ‘armed overwatch’ role Dr. Michael Vickers 2 hours ago An MQ- Reaper remotely piloted aircraft performs aerial maneuvers over Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 25, 2015. (Senior Airman Cory D. Payne/Air Force) Much has been asked of our special operations forces over the past two decades, with constant deployments and multiple combat tours the norm. One thing that shouldn’t be asked of them is that they go into combat without the most ef...

A university president resigned after a recent plagiarized speech. Its not the first commencement address lifted CNN 4 hrs ago By Travis Caldwell and Amanda Jackson, CNN © Jeffrey Collins/AP New University of South Carolina President Bob Caslen answers questions from reporters on Monday, July 22, 2019, in Columbia, S.C.. Caslen, a retired Army general chosen to be the University of South Carolinas president, says he has learned he needs to listen more and communicate his id...

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News From Antiwar.com The U.S.-NATO-EU triumvirate, after subduing the European continent in a manner Charlemagne, Napoleon and Hitler could only dream of, can’t refrain from taunting Russia in every country bordering it except Belarus (for the moment), China and North Korea. Norway, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are now NATO and EU members; Finland, Georgia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan on the road to both, the first three being half of NATO’s Enhanced Opportunities Partners; Kazakhstan ...

By NATALIE WEBER | Tampa Bay Times | Published: May 14, 2021 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — After launching satellites on a SpaceX flight designed and built by engineers at the University of South Florida, the college’s Institute of Applied Engineering has a slew of new projects in their orbit. Last year, the institute entered an $85 million contract with the U.S. Special Operations Command, after several years of collaboration between the university and SOCOM, under USF De...

University president resigns after plagiarizing part of a speech by the former head of US Special Operations Command The University of South Carolina accepted the resignation Wednesday of President Bob Caslen, who admitted he plagiarized part of a speech by the former head of US Special Operations Command during a weekend commencement speech. In a letter on Monday, Caslen said he was “truly sorry” for having shared a well-known quote by Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw the successful ra...