A Reconsideration of Women’s Role in Special Operations: Critical Questions, Mooted a Decade After the FactBy al DhobabaIn August of 2023, U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) updated its 2021 study, "Breaking Barriers: Women in Army Special Operations. The study reported no decline in morale arising from the integration of women into SOF units. This raises two questions, both of them pertinent to the future of the SOF community writ large, and the Army's SOF units more specifically. [Ranger School] morphed into a 'leadership' school. For instance, U.S. Army Special Forces Command has been waging a quiet dissuasion campaign against Special Forces soldiers joining motorcycle 'clubs.'

Source: Washington Post February 19, 2024 16:49 UTC