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Echoes in the Void: Finding Universal Patterns in the Utility of SOF Across Epochs
Authored by:
Lt. Col. Paul de Jager
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Small and Unthreatening: The Case for Increased Cyber Operations
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Tom Johansmeyer, PhD
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The Economic Reconstitution Architect: Redefining Military Governance in the Agrarian Gray Zone
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Maj. Ali Ayoub, PhD
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Improving SOF Ethics Education
Authored by:
Clark, Mike; Labuz, John; Long, Joseph E., Thyne, Kari
Navigating the Transition: The Role of Purpose, Tribe, and Excitement for U.S. Special Operations Forces Veterans
Authored by:
Joseph Rossi
Special Forces Does Not Have an Identity Crisis, SOF Has a Special Forces Identity Problem: A Response to Colonel Croot
Authored by:
David Shell
Mission or Meaning? Rethinking the Identity Crisis in U.S. Army Special Forces
Authored by:
Siamak T. Naficy, PhD, and W5 Maurice "Duc" DuClos
Security Cooperation and Special Operations Forces: Training and Education Are Needed Now More than Ever
Authored by:
Colonel (Retired) John Chere, Jr.
Who Are the Green Berets Supposed to Be? Revisiting the Special Forces Identity Crisis
Authored by:
Greg E. Metzgar
The Special Forces Identity Crisis and Rethinking All of Special Operations
Authored by:
Retired Lt. Col. Greg Banner
The Wrong Question: Why the Special Forces Debate Never Ends
Authored by:
Maurice "Duc" DuClos
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