By J. Robert Kane, RealClearDefense: “Covert action is making its name again. Back on the strategic foreign policy stage, covert action is a way to achieve diplomacy without direct military confrontation. Kinetic operations by way of targeted killing have become a hot (and disputed) topic.”
By Katherine Graef, Small Wars Journal: “Sustainment of SOF is inherently more complex than sustainment of conventional forces, especially outside of major contingency operations.”