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Tuesday. now a spokesman telling cnn they are working through these requests for vaccine exemptions including religious or medical requests. so far over 96% of its force has complied with the mandate and counseling is being offered to those who are still hesitant. joining me to discuss all of this is retired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton. good to see you, sir. its interesting to me because you have the navy and marine corps with a different deadline to get vaccinated from the air force ...

To ensure US special operators can operate against a more capable enemy, SOCOM wants to give its biggest planes new weapons and capabilities.

The story of 8-year-old Asma, injured by a U.S. tear-gas canister, echoes the heartbreak and heroism of the 20-year American misadventure in Afghanistan.

The story of 8-year-old Asma, injured by a U.S. tear-gas canister, echoes the heartbreak and heroism of the 20-year American misadventure in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan and Iraq, US special operators "were at the tip of the spear, and we fought relentlessly," a retired Delta Force operator told Insider.

Capabilities in the region? lets ask seth jones, senior vice president and director of the international security program at the center for strategic and international studies and former senior advisor to the u.s. special operations command in afghanistan. hes also author of the book "in the graveyard of empires, americas war in afghanistan". so seth, nice to see you. thank you for coming in. so i guess basic question, are we safer now against the jihadist threat than we were 20 years ago? >> we...

>> is not it question about the terrorist challenge in afghan, it is about whether the terrorist challenge in 2021 is fundamentally different from the terrorist challenge in 2001 we believe it is fundamentally different when he to be postured effectively to deal with the terrorist and challenges we find today is a positive 20 years ago. paul: national security advisor jake sullivan this week saying the biden administration is clear right about the tear challenge coming from afghan rated so as th...

Pentagon and intelligence officials say the US's information-operation capabilities have atrophied in comparison to its main rivals: Russia and China.

For US special-operations units, the cyber domain offers more opportunities to understand an adversary, find its weaknesses, and use them against it.

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...