March 28, 2025

Joint Special Operations Medical Training Center: Transformation and Modernization

FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA — The United States Army special operations forces (SOF) operate in a near continuous state of transformation and modernization. During the last two decades of conflicts in the Middle East and the wider world, these transformations happened at a rapid pace, often placing significant strain on force generators, such as the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) and the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). Now, the U.S. military is requiring its commands to dramatically change their tactics and training in anticipation of large-scale combat operations (LSCO) against peer and near-peer adversaries.

Nov. 15, 2024

The Three Pillars of Irregular Warfare Education

Irregular Warfare education is a holistic, iterative, and lifelong learning process that has a different set of key knowledges as base requirements at certain points in an Army special operations force (ARSOF) Soldier’s career. These key knowledges are represented by three pillars of Irregular Warfare education: institutional training and professional military education, personal self-study, and unit-level experiential learning. The process used to train and educate Soldiers about Irregular Warfare —in many regards—is not unlike other education development and learning models. What is different and unique is how this education is delivered and managed.