Special Forces Association Chapter IX
Sunday, January 12, 2025

Jerry P Rainey Memorial Scholarship

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The Special Forces Association Chapter IX, the Isaac Camacho Chapter is announcing that the Jerry P. Rainey Memorial Scholarship is open e...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Leopoldo 'Leo' Enriquez - RIP

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The community lost a great son but the spirit world gained another warrior, teacher and healer when Leopoldo Enriquez crossed over  on 30 O...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

RIP Sergeant Major (retired) Ed Trout

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Special Forces and indeed the Nation lost one of their finest on 1 October 2023, when Sergeant Major (retired) Edward Albert "Ed"...
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Friday, June 30, 2023

RIP Chuck Von Kriegsfield

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Charles "Chuck" Michael von Kriegsfield, 85, of El Paso, Texas passed away on June 20, 2023 after a long illness. Born and raised...
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Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Marine who escorted the Unknown Soldier was a hardcore combat veteran

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On Nov. 9, 1921, the steamer USS Olympia sailed into Washington Navy Yard. Aboard the storied ship were 39 United States Marines. Its leade...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

Passing of CSM (ret) Ricky Smith

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Command Sergeant Major (Ret) Ricky E. Smith passed away on July 25th, 2022, peacefully in his home in El Paso Texas. His battle with cancer...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

GIGN: Elite French counterterrorism unit gained worldwide fame for a daring raid on a hijacked plane 28 years ago

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On December 24, 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was set for a routine flight from Algiers to Paris. Instead, the passengers and crew spent th...
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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Special Forces Officer Profile - Major Nicholas Dockery

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Maj. Nicholas Dockery’s resume stands out even among his fellow Special Forces officers. The West Point graduate is enrolled in Yale Univer...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

MARSOC Submarine Infiltrations

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Recent drills involving US Navy submarines and Marine Corps special operators in the Pacific and the Mediterranean highlight an overlooked i...
Friday, July 8, 2022

LTC (ret) Leon L. “Andy” Anderson - RIP

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SFA Chapter IX member Leon L. “Andy” Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel (ret) passed away July 01, 2022. Born in 1932 and raised in Colorado, ...
Friday, July 1, 2022

LTG Fenton nominated for CINC, USSOCOM

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Lt. Gen. Bryan Fenton has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, Secretary of ...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

3rd Special Forces Group welcomes new Commander

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Fort Bragg's 3rd Special Forces Group welcomed a new commander as it said goodbye to its outgoing commander with little fanfare this wee...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Special Operations: Special Secretive Missions

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U.S. SOCOM (Special Operations Command) has greatly reduced its spending on counterterrorism over the last five years and that alone greatly...
Friday, May 20, 2022

The Green Berets come home

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In 2021, the Indianapolis Colts’ season was off to a disastrous start. Straight-shooting head coach Frank Reich’s team was 0-3 and riddled ...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Irregular Warfare Thinking

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We need to infuse “irregular warfare thinking”* into DOD and “political warfare thinking” into the US government. Because IW is the dominan...
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