OASD (SO/LIC)

DASD CN, Hon. Michael Buemi visited @jiatfs to meet with the new Director, Rear Admiral Jeff Randall. They discussed current challenges in the counter narcotics mission and explored opportunities for the future.

🏅 The 2025 DoD Warrior Games are officially underway - and #teamsocom is ready to bring home the Gold! 🏅 These elite athletes represent the strength, resilience, and warrior ethos of our wounded, ill, and injured service members. The SOF Care Coalition provides recovery,…

Advancing the #SOF Warrior Mind demands intellectual edge. 2026 Special Operations Research Topics (#SORT2026) syncs with #USSOCOM priorities—your springboard for peer‑led research & publishing. Ideas drive lethality. Read: jsou.edu/Press/Publicat… #WarriorPreparedness #JSOU

Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. VanAntwerp assumed command of SOCPAC from Rear Adm. Jeromy B. Williams during a change of command ceremony at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, July 3, 2025.

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Grit. Brute strength. Mental toughness. Do you have what it takes to earn the coveted #GreenBeret? The 18X program is a direct path to @USArmy #SpecialForces - and it all starts at Assessment and Selection. For more information, visit goarmysof.army.mil.

Strong #DDay commemoration at French ambassador's residence, honoring Allied #SpecialOperations Forces: OSS, SOE, SAS, Maquis, & Rangers who LED THE WAY on Pointe-du-Hoc @osssociety @USASOCNews @ASD_SOLIC @JadeFiducial @LesGCasseesUBFT @SoutienCommando @franceintheus

On June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, changing the course of history. Their courage serves as a reminder of the price of freedom. Let us never forget their heroism and sacrifice. defense.gov/Multimedia/Exp…

PTDO ASD(SO/LIC) Colby Jenkins visited RDML Williams, CSM Zajkowski, and the #SOCPAC team this week in Hawaii. #SOFinthePacific provides unique capabilities to @INDOPACOM, and is essential to delivering #PeaceThroughStrength and preserving a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.

PTDO ASD(SO/LIC) Colby Jenkins and his staff met with ADM Sam Paparo, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. @INDOPACOM is on the frontline, working every day to achieve #PeaceThroughStrength with #SOFinthePacific to preserve a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.

This week, PTDO ASD(SO/LIC) Colby Jenkins visited the #USSMontana on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Thank you to the crew and @PacificSubs for the tour and for all that you do to deliver #PeaceThroughStrength to preserve a #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.

"This is our moment to forge the future of special operations. A future where small teams create strategic impacts; a future where resilience, adaptability and speed win the day.” - Colby Jenkins, performing the duties of @ASD_SOLIC, during his SOF Week 2025 keynote speech.

SOF Week 2025 Day 3 Recap ♠️ Discussion on moments that matter with 3 Medal of Honor recipients. ♠️ Tech demos and exhibits throughout @TheTampaCC. ♠️ Panel on The SOF Value Proposition in a Volatile World. People | Win | Transform

"Special Operations Forces were built to solve the hardest of hard problems. You are creative, you are entrepreneurial, you are committed to solving the most difficult things, and you never, ever, ever give up." - Gen. Dan Caine, @thejointstaff, during SOF Week keynote, May 8.

"Somewhere in the world right now, at this very moment, a small SOF team is operating quietly, thousands of miles from home ... They are doing what SOF has always done: providing the asymmetric advantage America needs in a volatile world." -Mr. Colby Jenkins, @ASD_SOLIC, SOF Week