Here we do a deep dive in US Army Special Forces (SF) and why a complete overhaul is needed to resurrect the original charter to save SF from itself. Over two decades of fighting neo-colonial conflicts throughout the Middle East and Africa has decimated the original construct and mission of what made SF so special. References: Douglas Porch Counterinsurgency: Exposing the Myths of the New Way of War Ann Scott Tyson American Spartan: The Promise, the Mission, and the Betrayal of Special Forces Major Jim Grant H. John Poole The Last Hundred Yards: The NCO’s Contribution to Warfare Mark Bowden Blackhawk Down: A Story of Modern War Bob Scales Scales on War: The Future of America’s Military at Risk Aaron B. O’Connell Our Latest Longest War: Losing Hearts and Minds Hy S. Rothstein Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare Robert Asprey War In The Shadows: The Guerrilla In History Special Forces Detachment Mission Planning Guide HQDA January 2020 My Substack: https://t.co/7a8jn2Mmnx Email at
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