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The National Defense journal has been recognized for its cover design and column writing at the Society of Professional Journalists award ceremony. The National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) has appointed retired Navy Vice Adm. Sean Buck as its new president. Buck, who retired in 2023 after a 40-year Navy career, will bring his experience in military operations and strategic planning to his new role. The NTSA organizes the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference, the world's largest military training and simulation conference. The Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict Division is accepting nominations for the R. Lynn Rylander Award and the DeProspero Lifetime Achievement Award, which recognize individuals who have made significant contributions in the areas of special operations, low intensity conflict, or irregular warfare. [Extracted from the article]

This article, titled "The Unvanquished: The Untold Story of Lincoln's Special Forces, the Manhunt for Mosby's Rangers, and the Shadow War That Forged America's Special Operations," written by Patrick K. O'Donnell, explores the emergence of modern U.S. special forces during the Civil War. O'Donnell focuses on various irregular units such as the Jessie Scouts, Mosby's Rangers, Blazer's Scouts, and the Confederate Secret Service, highlighting their development of techniques that are still used in unconventional warfare today. The author also delves into the activities of these units, including intelligence gathering, kidnapping missions, and the pursuit of the Confederate Army's guerilla unit, Mosby's Rangers. O'Donnell emphasizes the innovative nature of these unconventional forces, despite facing disapproval from the traditional military establishment. Additionally, the article provides analysis of the Canadian-based Confederate Secret Service and their plots to rob Northern banks, burn cities, influence the 1864 presidential election, and even kidnap Abraham Lincoln. Overall, this article offers an entertaining and informative history of the "shadow war" that shaped American special operations. [Extracted from the article]

In January 2020 during the Emerald Warrior exercise in Alaska, Special Tactics airmen for the first time simulated 34 NATI ONAL DEFENSE • MAY 2 0 21 SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES BRACING FOR ARCTIC MISSIONS COLD FRONT M A Y 2 0 2 1 • N A T I O N A L D E F E N S E 35 seizing a forward area refueling point, also known as a FARP, and refueling fifth-generation aircraft in an extreme cold weather environment. BY JON HARPER For the past two decades, U.S. Special Operations Forces have deployed to some of the most dangerous and inhospitable places on the planet to combat terrorist networks. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the role and importance of U.S. special operations forces (SOF) in implementing the 2022 National Defense Strategy in the U.S. Topics include effect of budget instability on warfighters and member companies working so hard to support them, a successful and sustained U.S. irregular warfare strategy, and the support of the National Defense Industrial Association to SOF.

The article discusses highlights of the 4th Annual Association of Old Crows (AOC) Pacific Conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii from October 20 to 22, 2015. Topics explored include the presentations on hybrid warfare, electronic warfare (EW), and spectrum operations among others, the adaptation of information operations by Russian and Chinese military forces, and the keynote address delivered by U.S. Army Major General Gary Hara regarding the commitment of AOC to the EW community.

The article "Counterguerrilla War: Unique combat problems in Vietnam demand new weapons and tactics with which to find, frustrate, and finally defeat the Red invader." by Jac Weller from the March-April 1966 issue of "Ordnance" magazine is reviewed.

The article offers information on the electronic warfare Europe conference held in Rotterdam in the Netherlands in May 2016.Topics discussed include Russia's advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems and its ability to conduct hybrid warfare; Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD); the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) concerns over Russia's advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems; and NATO's Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft.

The article reports that in 2011, the U.S. Navy is producing next-generation guided-missile destroyers, aircraft carriers, and submarines in preparation to potential irregular warfare.

The article focuses on the announcement of U.S. Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center in Ohio, to award four 18-month Technology Development risk-reduction contracts for the planned Communications Electronic Attack (EA) Pod program also known as the Disruptive EA of Communication Networks (DEA-CON). The external EA pod is to be mounted on Air Force MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) Block 5 unmanned aerial vehicles. The pod provides the Air Force advanced airborne communications jamming capabilities for irregular warfare scenarios like Iraq and Afghanistan.