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Latest "Operation Eagle Claw" stories
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It’s time for a third special operations revolution
To have strong civilian oversight of special operations forces, Congress should establish a Department of Special Operations in Washington and appoint a secretary of special operations, says the author of this commentary.
By David Maxwell
The role of special operations forces in a ‘Great Power Conflict’
Failure to protect special operations forces programs in the budget would be a return to the disastrous consequences of Operation Eagle Claw 40 years ago.
By Thomas Trask, Mark Clark and Stuart Bradin
This is what special ops learned 40 years ago from Operation Eagle Claw
The lessons of Eagle Claw led to the establishment of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM.
By Richard Lamb