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USNI News Report to Congress on U.S. Special Operations Forces February 23, 2021 9:08 AM The following is the Feb. 22, 2021 Congressional Research Service report, U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress. From the report Special Operations Forces (SOF) play a significant role in U.S. military operations and, in recent years, have been given greater responsibility for planning and conducting worldwide counterterrorism operations. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has about 70,000 Active Duty, National Guard, and reserve personnel from all four services a...

Share This: Mr. Davis holds a photo of himself taken during his Army days. The Pentagon is conducting an expedited review of his nomination for the Medal of Honor. Credit...Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times His brothers repeatedly told the Army that Capt. Paris Davis deserved the Medal of Honor. The Army kept losing his paperwork… over and over again What was overlooked in 1965 may come to fruition in 2021. Here’s what happened: In Vietnam, in the middle of a raid on an enemy camp, Paris Davis was blown up by a grenade that blasted out several of his teeth and tore off part of his t...

Comrades repeatedly told the Army that Capt. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers in the Special Forces, deserved the Medal of Honor. The Army kept losing the paperwork.

As Biden pleads for unity, Senate Republicans overwhelmingly back Trump in impeachment trial On Monday evening, Democratic House managers officially presented an article of impeachment to the Senate, formally initiating the trial of Donald Trump on charges of inciting the fascist mob that overran the US Capitol on January 6. The next day, Senate Republicans made clear their contempt for constitutional norms and democratic rights by voting overwhelmingly to back Trump in a procedural motion put forward by far-right Kentucky Republican Rand Paul. Trump talks to members of the press [Official Wh...

Capitol Riots: Pentagon Smacked Down National Guard KEY POINTS A D.C. National Guard general said officials at the Pentagon curtailed his agency ahead of the capital riots After receiving criticism for its forceful response to racial justice protests, the Department of Defence was worried about its image The Capitol Police failed to request assistance ahead of time A commander of Washington, D.C.’s national guard contingent says the Pentagon crippled his ability to respond to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In an interview with The Washington Post, Maj. Gen. William Walker said the Department of...