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NYTIMES (John Ismay) - Women Special Operations Veterans Remember Their Battles

The only fraternal organization for women special operations veterans held a gala to mark the wars that began 25 years ago. It came as the Pentagon questions women’s roles in the military.

STRIPES (Lydia Gordon) - North Carolina man receives 3 life sentences for ‘Fort Bragg Cartel’ murders | Stars and Stripes

A man convicted in the drug-related killings of a special operations soldier and an Army veteran will spend the rest of his life in federal prison.

STRIPES (Devin Klecan) - Air Force special operators in England hail British ‘Chindits’ of WWII as inspiration | Stars and Stripes

Members of an Air Force special operations wing based in England paid respects at a memorial honoring a British-led World War II special operations force.

AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - UN inspectors visit undeclared Syrian nuclear sites for first time

UN inspectors this week visited several undeclared Assad-era Syrian nuclear sites for the first time — including some used to store nuclear material. Why it matters: The inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi and his team came after diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration, first reported by Axios , that produced understandings with both Syria and Israel. - It marked the first time the IAEA was given full access to suspicious nuclear sites in Syria. Flashback: The Assad regime had developed a secret nuclear program centered on the clandestine Al-Kibar reactor. - After Israel bombed the reactor in 2007, the Syrian nuclear program was mostly destroyed. But several…

STRIPES (Julie Masson and Yoojin Lee, Julie Masson, Yoojin Lee) - New US special operations commander takes charge on Korean Peninsula | Stars and Stripes

Brig. Gen. Matthew Valas assumed command of Special Operations Command Korea as U.S. leaders stressed rising North Korean threats and allied readiness.

STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - ‘Black Hawk Down’ Rangers receive Silver Stars 28 years after Mogadishu heroics | Stars and Stripes

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - How recent conflicts have utilized “directed energy weapons”

Maj. Glenn Ignazio, a retired Air Force special operations commander and defense technology expert, discusses how recent conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the U.S.-Iran conflict, have accelerated the use of directed energy weapons on the battlefield. Watch this full episode of "The Truth of the Matter" on Spotify or NewsNation's YouTube channel

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - "You could take their head right off, you could put a hole through them", Ret. Air Form Major

Maj. Glenn Ignazio, a retired Air Force special operations commander and defense technology expert, discusses the lethality of directed energy weapons, saying microwave- and laser-based systems have the potential to cause more damage than traditional bullets or explosives. Watch this full episode of "The Truth of the Matter" on Spotify or NewsNation's YouTube channel.

STRIPES - F-16 pilot receives Distinguished Flying Cross for actions in Middle East in 2025 | Stars and Stripes

Capt. Nathanial “Icarus” Welch repeatedly flew into heavily defended airspace over Yemen, avoiding missiles and alerting other aircraft of the threat.

STRIPES (Gary Warner) - Navy tests deep diving suit that doesn’t require decompression | Stars and Stripes

The Gen 0 Deep Sea Expeditionary with No Decompression (DSEND) suit maintains a sea-level atmosphere, even at extreme depths.