After War Zone Scandals, Special Operators Are Curbing Deployments and Investing in Ethics Training
A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier qualifies at a stress shoot range at Ft. Carson, Colorado, Mar. 10, 2016. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Connor Mendez)
12 Apr 2021
In the world of special operations, the moral choices troops must make are definitely not black and white, Robert Mitchell, associate dean for Joint Special Operations University, acknowledged.
But in recent years, some special operations forces have pushed the envelope on gray area behavior, acting in ways that are clearly unethical or illegal, and in cases, even committing war crimes. These high-profile scandals prompted U.S. Special Operations Command to launch a major review to get at the root of the problems plaguing the SOF community.
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Qwake Technologies Awarded Air Force Contract to Adapt AR Solution for Smokejumpers and Special Operations
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The US Air Force has tapped Qwake Technologies to adapt its augmented reality technology, C-THRU
TM, to enhance
C-THRU VISUAL COMMUNICATION ADAPTED FOR AIR FORCE MISSIONS
Qwake Technologies has partnered with the Washington, DC-based start up company Rhea Space Activity (RSA) to adapt Qwake s innovative firefighting
C-THRU Visual Communications Platform to provide enhanced situational awareness and communications capabilities to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the Air National Guard, U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Smokejumpers, and Air Force Civil Engineer Center Readiness Directorate (CXF) Structural Firefighters through the ingestion of commercial geospatial information.