Special Operations News – Monday, June 23, 2025
June 23, 2025 SOF News Update 0
Operation Midnight Hammer Graphic
Curated news, analysis, and commentary about special operations, national security, and conflicts around the world.
Photo / Image: The graphic prepared by the Joint Staff above was presented during a Department of Defense briefing on Operation Midnight Hammer, the attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, that took place early on Sunday morning, June 22, 2025. Click here for a larger view of the above image.
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SOF News
New SEL for USSOCOM. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew J. Krogman, currently assigned as the Command Senior Enlisted Leader for Joint Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has been selected to replace Army Command Sgt. Maj. Shane Shorter, as the command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Operation Eagle Claw. A plan to free American hostages in Iran ended in disaster on April 24, 1980. The tragedy led to an overhaul of U.S. special operations. “Operation Eagle Claw and the genesis of Joint Special Ops”, by Kyle Gunn, Task & Purpose, June 17, 2025.
Iran, SOF, and Nuclear Materials. Ground operations in Iran could be needed to secure dangerous nuclear materials and verify the program’s destruction, especially if the regime falls. Read more in “Loose Nukes in Iran is a Scenario U.S. Special Operators Have Been Training For”, The War Zone, June 18, 2025.
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