Special Operations News – August 25, 2025
August 25, 2025 SOF News Update 0
Fuerzas Comando 2025 Weapons Zeroing
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Photo / Image: A competitor from Guatemala zeroes his weapon before the start of Fuerzas Comando 2025at Ilopango, El Salvador, Aug. 18, 2025. Fuerzas Comando 2025 brings together 16 special operations teams from across Central, South America and the Caribbean to Ilopango, El Salvador, 18-29 Aug. to test skills through a 10-day special operations forces competition alongside a senior leadership seminar to collectively refine skills and foster military-to-military relationships. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Felix Ortiz Rivera)
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NSW Cdr Fired. Rear Adm. Milton “Jamie” Sands III, the commander of Naval Special Warfare Command, has been fired as part of a string of dismissals of high level defense officials by the Department of Defense in August 2025. Sands was in the job for just one year. He entered the Navy in 1992. As a Navy SEAL, he has deployed to Afghanistan and has been in special operations units for most of his career. “Navy Reserve, Naval Special Warfare Leaders Removed from Command”, U.S. Naval Institute, August 22, 2025.
https://news.usni.org/2025/08/22/navy-reserve-naval-special-warfare-leaders-removed-from-commandhttps://sof.news/update/20250825/
