Special Operations News – Monday, July 7, 2025
July 7, 2025 SOF News Update 0
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Field Manual 3-05, Army Special Operations, June 2025 has been updated.
https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN44116-FM_3-05-000-WEB-1.pdfSOF and Moral Injury. Many SOF warriors are unfamiliar with the term or concept of moral injury. This fact sheet provides an overview of the definition, categories, causes, and symptoms of moral injury and explains how it is different from post-traumatic stress disorder. Special Operations Forces Moral Injury Fact Sheet, by John E. Caterson, Joint Special Operations University (JSOU), April 21, 2025.
https://jsou.edu/Press/PublicationDashboard/273Navy Parachutist Dies. A Navy Special Warfare Boat Operator died on Tuesday during a training parachute jump in Porterville, California. He was assigned to Special Boat Team 20 and was attending the Naval Parachute Course. “Navy identifies special warfare sailor killed while parachuting”, Task and Purpose, July 3, 2025.
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