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With Eyes on China, US Special Operators Are Back to Battling the Jungle
« on: March 25, 2024, 10:06:06 am »
With Eyes on China, US Special Operators Are Back to Battling the Jungle
 
Business Insider | By Stavros Atlamazoglou
Published March 24, 2024 at 5:41pm ET
 

After spending more than 20 years fighting in the wars in the Middle East, U.S. special operators are pivoting to other environments. With the potential for a conflict with China in the Indo-Pacific looming ever larger in the background, the US special operations community is focusing more and more on jungle operations.

 
A relatively recent exercise involving Marine Raiders highlighted the challenges and unique requirements of jungle warfare.

From the desert to the jungle
Last summer, a small team of Marine Raiders completed a jungle warfare course that addresses the challenges U.S. forces might encounter in an Indo-Pacific conflict.

Taught by special operations and law enforcement veterans at the Tactical Tracking Operations School, the course began in 2015 but really took off in 2021. The two-week course takes place on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and is designed to take small special operations teams and teach them the necessary skills to survive and thrive in jungle operations.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/03/24/eyes-china-us-special-operators-are-back-battling-jungle.html
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Re: With Eyes on China, US Special Operators Are Back to Battling the Jungle
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2024, 10:07:17 am »
Do I remember correctly, at my age it's possible I don't, the military was cutting back special operators? :shrug:
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