![]() ![]() The Air Force Special Operations community today includes more SOF wings than USAF bomber wings and more aircraft and Airmen than many nations, while the Navy Special Warfare Community now boasts around 4,000 SEALS, ten times as many as at the height of the Cold War. 1 A fourth battalion was added to each Special Forces group, and a Special Troops Battalion and Military Intelligence battalion was added to the 75 th Ranger Regiment, which also added a fourth rifle company and a support company to each battalion. In the unique circumstances of the post-9/11 era, they saw dramatic growth, more than doubling in size. Undeniably, SOF have a key role to play in national security. Most commentary about SOF is admiring, if not adulatory. The iconic muddy trooper of yesteryear has been replaced by a bearded, heavily tattooed commando, wearing a baseball cap backward and festooned with exotic kit. Well-resourced and able to draw on the best of the military’s talent pool, SOF are today the face of the U.S. ![]() Originally quite small and highly selective, they have exploded in size, taking center stage in the war on terror. special operations forces (SOF) have come into their own as the most high-profile community in the Armed Forces. Since the failure of the Iran hostage rescue mission in 1980, U.S. Navy SEALs conduct High Altitude Low Opening airborne operation in support of exercise Arctic Edge 2022, in Deadhorse, Alaska, Ma(U.S. ![]()
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