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Banner illustration for An Institutional Home for ARSOF Robotics: Establishing a SORD-Training Company for Standards, Training, and Doctrine (Illustration by Special Warfare Journal staff.)An Institutional Home for ARSOF Robotics:
Establishing a SORD-Training Company for Standards, Training, and Doctrine

ARSOF requires a dedicated institutional organization to develop, standardize, and sustain robotics training, doctrine, experimentation, and Special Operations Robotics Detachment (SORD) support. Currently, these functions are scattered across schools, MOS pipelines, ad hoc initiatives, and unit-level efforts. Each group builds SORD capabilities independently with its own standard and its own assumptions, which means the force has many versions of "trained" and no agreed definition of it. Standardization of institutional training is an explicit role at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS). A SORD Training and Integration Company (SORD-T) within SWCS would provide the missing connective tissue between MOS pipelines, advanced robotics courses, operational detachments, and emerging technology. This article is not focused on any singular course it presents a force-design proposal, focusing on a sustainable, neutral, institutional home for robotics capability generation.
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April 24, 2026

Institutionalizing Artificial Intelligence Integration in Special Forces: The Case for a Group-Level AI Cell

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and large language models are no longer emerging technologies; they now reshape global military, commercial, and informational areas. For Special Forces Groups (SFG), the question is not adoption but method: Will it be synchronized and institutional, or fragmented? Special Forces excel at decentralized execution. Special Forces operational detachments - alpha (SFOD-As) innovate in contact, adjust to local conditions, and solve problems with limited direction. This culture is a strength. Yet with complex technologies like AI, decentralized experimentation alone falls short. Without institutional focus, modernization is uneven. Some battalions advance while others lag. Tools multiply without standards, and security measures differ. Lessons learned remain isolated. A small, dedicated two-person AI Integration Cell at the SFG level institutionalizes innovation, enables decentralized execution, synchronizes AI initiatives, and ensures competitiveness as adversaries rapidly integrate AI.

Feb. 5, 2026

Artificial Intelligence: The New Force Multiplier in Training Exercises

The U.S. Army is beating the drum of modernization and transformation. From combatant commands to the squad and team, every unit and Soldier feels the pace of change. Yet many training exercises remain tied to legacy formats developed during the Global War on Terror, producing scenarios and control processes that are increasingly misaligned with the demands of large-scale combat operations (LSCO), contested information environments, and accelerated decision cycles.

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