Special Operations
2018 Missile Defense Agency Budget Request Highlights
June 15 by IDGA EditorThe 2018 Presidential budget request includes more than $9 Billion for modernization and development of our nation’s missile defenses. The primary agency reflected in those requests is the Missile Def...
The Many Fronts of the Middle East: A look into the political-military landscape
October 11 by IDGA EditorAs the former Assistant Secretary of State of Political Military Affairs Shapiro knows all too well about situations in the Middle East. He sits down with us to discuss what needs to be done concernin...
The Rapid Resupply: Addressing Foreign Military Sales
October 11 by IDGA EditorIn this interview with LTC Tyler Faulk, Recent Branch Chief at the Security Assistance Office in Afghanistan and now stationed in the National Capital Region, US Army. He discusses some of the near te...
SOF Developing Human Capital in Foreign Countries
October 11 by IDGA EditorIn this interview, Dr. Mark Moyar, Director of the Center for Military and Diplomatic History, discusses the flaws with how the U.S. has approached providing foreign aid in the recent past, and how to...
The "Cost" of Cooperation: A Look Into Restoring Strength and Agility to America's Armed Forces
October 11 by IDGA EditorAn exclusive infographic providing the NDAAs FY17 budget for the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), what is planned to go into help counter terrorism, the rise in equipment & force, plans for...
Global Force Synchronization To Counter Threat Adaptation
June 29 by Kevin HunterGeneral Joseph L. Votel attended the United States Military Academy and was commissioned in 1980 as an Army Infantry Officer. His initial assignments were to the 3d Infantry Division in Germany wher...
Q & A with General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of SOCOM
June 29 by KMI MediaCouresty of KMI Media, download your copy of the Special Operations Technology's interview with General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of SOCOM on his strategic vision for the SOCOM enterprise, what he...
Working in the Field: Weapons, Transport, and Tech – Green Berets
February 07 by Hannah HagerSGM Stephen Durfee will speak on working in the field as a Green Beret with weapons, transportation, and tech at the upcoming Special Operations West Summit this March 17-19 in San Diego, CA. Woul...
USSOCOM Looking for Partners – Here and Abroad
November 13 by John M. DoyleFrom the 2009 rescue of an American sea captain held by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa to the recent capture of an al Qaeda leader linked to the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Af...
Countering Narco-Terrorism: Multilateral Maritime Interdiction Operations
August 22 by IDGA EditorThe Department of Defense is the lead federal agency involved in efforts to detect and monitor aerial and maritime illegal drug shipments entering the United States. This role is buttressed by the...
China Seeks to Boost its Psychological Warfare Capabilities
August 21 by Mike O'BrienChina’s recent unveiling of its new Gaoxin-7 aircraft demonstrates its belief in the power of psychological warfare, many analysts believe. The primary mission of the PSYOP (Psychological Op...
NASA and the Navy Team up to Test Recovery of Astronauts
August 16 by Mike O'BrienFor the first time in 40 years, the Navy and NASA joined forces this week to test how they will recover astronauts after they have splashed down in the ocean. The crew of the USS Arlington and a t...