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USSOCOM has a J5 Director position open at Tampa headquarters for Plans, Policy, Strategy, Concepts and Doctrine, overseeing the global planning efforts for special operations in support of all the combatant commands and associated Department of Defense agencies. For more information and to apply, visit https://lnkd.in/g4VSRjfv.

Retired, injured US Navy SEAL recovering through adaptive sports in the DoD Warrior Games “I love the Warrior Games. I get to be with fellow warriors and experience the camaraderie and it is like being on a team again,” Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Scott Terry said. The Department of Defense Warrior Games this year took place June 21-30, in Orlando, Florida featuring more than 200 wounded, ill, and injured active-duty and veteran service members competing in adaptive sports. The Naval Academy graduate would be in a coma for two and half months and had extensive injuries with long-term traumatic brain injury from a 2019 injury. He began his road to recovery, and he had to relearn how to walk and talk. His mother and caregiver Evelyn helped him to regain his confidence and his ability to move again. The DoD Warrior Games and the SOCOM Warrior Care Program- Care Coalition serve to enhance the recovery and rehabilitation of wounded warriors by providing them exposure to adaptive sports. Participation in the #WarriorGames represents the culmination of a service member’s involvement in an adaptive sports program and demonstrates the incredible potential of wounded warriors through competitive sports. Read more about Terry's story: https://lnkd.in/eGy9KJmu #People Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams

The 2024 NATO Summit kicks off this week, marking 75 years of an alliance that has stood united in collective defense since the years following #WWII. #NATO heads of state, government officials and key partners will convene in Washington, D.C., as the world faces its most dangerous security environment since the Cold War. Learn the history behind this crucial alliance and why it continues to be important today. #WeAreNATO #1NATO75Years

Special Operations Forces for the Decisive Decade – an Op/Ed by Christopher Maier and Bryan Fenton on the inflection point our nation faces as principal adversaries and competitors continue to contest the rules-based international order through direct and indirect confrontation, disruption, and malign influence. Since the Second World War, our specially selected and trained forces have worked shoulder-to-shoulder alongside allies and partners to understand strategic challenges, develop stronger partnerships, maintain stability, counter disinformation and other malign influence, and deter aggression. On a given day, U.S. SOF are deployed to more than 85 countries, conducting operations, training, and joint exercises, and when combined with our partners, U.S. SOF’s reach extends to nearly every corner of the globe. Our Nation’s SOF provide extraordinary value in strengthening international partnerships, responding to crises, deterring conflict, and setting conditions for the United States to prevail. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eczFN6uQ

Defense officials from the United States Department of Defense 🇺🇸, #Norway 🇳🇴, and the UK Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 recently concluded a conference with Naval Special Warfare in Virginia Beach, June 24-27, 2024. The constructive discussions focused on establishing common standards for Arctic-capable forces, optimizing intelligence-sharing practices, and facilitating persistent training and engagements. The three countries noted the need to enhance readiness and effectiveness in addressing evolving operational challenges in the #Arctic and High North. Commander of Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams, Rear Adm. Keith Davids, said “These important partnerships enhance the security cooperation between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway and are crucial for addressing common security threats. These strategic partnerships strengthen our collective defense, enhance stability, and encourage competitors to adhere to international norms." #SOF #People #Partners #Teammates

A Brief History of #NATO is a United States Department of Defense spotlight on the transatlantic alliance of 32 like-minded North American and European countries securing peace since 1949. Dig deeper into #1NATO75Years at https://lnkd.in/etyFZg-e. #WeAreNATO #People

#AirCommandos on and around Hurlburt Field will see a new aircraft in the sky starting this week! Two AT-802U trainer aircraft will be used to train test pilots and initial cadre in a representative tail wheel aircraft in preparation for the missionized Armed Overwatch (OA-1K) variant. The OA-1K is a low-cost, reliable, multirole, small-to-medium size aircraft system to support geographically isolated special operations personnel. The Air Force Special Operations Command aircraft will perform close air support, precision strike, armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in austere and permissive environments.

U.S. Special Operations Forces take part in joint multilateral exercise in United Kingdom “It validated that as a collective U.S. joint force element we can train, fight and execute together effectively as a cohesive fighting force within U.S. Special Operations Command Europe,” said United States Air Force Col. Mark McGill, commander of the 352nd Special Operations Wing, RAF Mildenhall. “Whether it be air, maritime or land components used to counter Russian aggression, respond to crises, or evacuate citizens, this exercise has refined our ability to do so.” During the course of the two week exercise, SOF tested and trained one another on a myriad of skills necessary to respond in a crisis, such as close quarters-combat techniques, the use of extraction tools to respond and remove injured personnel trapped inside vehicles, and RAPIDS, a SOF tactic for quickly inserting and removing personnel into and out of an area. Read more about the joint #partner training: https://lnkd.in/eGHihmR8

The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) recently graduated its Semester 24-2 Strategic Leaders International Course (SLIC) at the Bay-Waveland Yacht Club in Waveland, Miss. The current iteration featured senior military and government officials from Colombia, Central African Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Hungary, Iraq, Jamaica, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Thailand, and Uruguay. The ceremony featured remarks from Harry Thomas, a current senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and former U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe, the Philippines, and Bangladesh; and NAVSCIATTS' Cmdr. Robert LeClerc, who has spent the majority of his military career as a U.S. Navy SEAL. In remarks to the graduating officers and guests in attendance, LeClerc recognized the strategic leaders for the dedication and for the diverse experiences they brought to the month-long course. "Each of you bring unique perspectives and expertise to the table, enabling us to learn from one another and expand our collective knowledge base," he expressed. "By continuing to work together, we enhance the effectiveness of our global network of allies and partners, proving that we are stronger together." SLIC is an in-resident course designed to build partner capacity by offering senior military leaders and government officials of partner nations new perspectives, methodologies, and opportunities for thinking strategically and for designing strategies that successfully address complex challenges. Strategic leaders are introduced to methods and processes for design and systems thinking, and public interest communications, and receive instructions from professionals who currently use these methodologies and processes in the public and private sectors. During the course, the students apply the aforementioned methodologies in hands-on exercises in various case studies and in a capstone exercise designed against a current strategic challenge relevant to student countries. NAVSCIATTS is a security cooperation schoolhouse operating under U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command in support of foreign security assistance and geographic combatant commanders' theater security cooperation priorities. To date, almost 14,000 partner nation security force professionals from 127 allies and partners have trained with this historic command. #StrongerTogether #MaritimeSecurity #AlliesandPartners Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams United States Southern Command U.S. Northern Command U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) U.S. European Command U.S. Central Command U.S. Indo-Pacific Command