By Laura Heckmann, National Defense Magazine: “With the United States focused squarely on great power competition, Special Operations Forces are navigating a transition from a counterterrorism-focused force to one that can fight both peer adversaries and Pentagon bureaucracy.”
By Joshua Skovlund, Task & Purpose: “All your burning questions about BUD/S, answered.”
By Michael Hanson, Proceedings: “The force must evolve with warfare, but infantry’s task and purpose—to close with and destroy the enemy—must remain clear.”