The Pentagon wants to use special operators in new ways to train Taiwan and others for a different kind of fight

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Three Green Berets inside a building with gray walls during a room-clearing exercise.
US Army Green Berets prepare to breach and enter a building as part of Close Quarter Battle training.

US Army/Staff Sgt. Thomas Mort

SOCOM is seeking a lightweight machine gun with heavy firepower and a longer range to bridge the gap between the M2 and M240

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A US Marine fires a Mk-19 40mm heavy machine gun during a live-fire exercise.
A US Marine fires a Mk-19 40mm heavy machine gun during a live-fire exercise.

US Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Henry Antenor

A Florida deputy who fatally shot a 23-year-old airman in his home may have been in the wrong apartment, witness says

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Chantimekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a US Air Force airman, holds a photo of her son as their attorney, Ben Crump, comforts her
Chantimekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a US Air Force airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference regarding his death as their attorney, Ben Crump, comforts her.

Gerald Herbert/AP

Shifting focus to threats from China and Russia starts with people, not tech, US special operations leaders say

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Members of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe (NSWTU-E) reload their Colt Mk 18 Carbines during shooting drills at a range in Cyprus, September 29, 2021.
Members of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe (NSWTU-E) reload their Colt Mk 18 Carbines during shooting drills at a range in Cyprus, September 29, 2021.

U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Patrik Orcutt

With eyes on China, US special operators are back to battling the jungle

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A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command traverses a river during a jungle mobility course, Aug. 4, 2023.
A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command traverses a river during a jungle mobility course, Aug. 4, 2023.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez

SOCOM is after new tech to help special operations forces spot, track, and take out urban threats without being seen

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A Special Forces soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group transitions from his rifle to his pistol during a live-fire range at Panzer Kaserne.
A Special Forces soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group transitions from his rifle to his pistol during a live-fire range at Panzer Kaserne.

US Navy photo by Lieutenant Robert Kunzig

With job cuts and drug tests, the Pentagon hopes to prepare its special-ops forces for a new era of warfare

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Navy Naval Special Warfare command
A West Coast-based member of Naval Special Warfare Command during a water-climb training event in 2014.

Naval Special Warfare Group One

In a US showdown with China, there are some missions with no special-operations 'easy button'

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US Army special operations sniper competition
A competitor in the US Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition at Fort Bragg in North Carolina in March 2022.

US Army/K. Kassens

A possible future mission for the US's secretive Phoenix Ghost and Switchblade drones? Hunting Russian nukes

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Marine launches Switchblade drone
A US Marine launches a Switchblade drone during an exercise at Camp Pendleton in California in September 2020.

US Marine Corps/Cpl. Jennessa Davey

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