Small Wars Journal

SOCAFRICA

The Niger Ambush and Leadership Accountability SWJED Mon, 12/17/2018 - 12:51pm
This paper addresses my concerns about issues raised by news media publicity surrounding the 2017 ambush in Niger that killed four Americans - members of U.S. Special Operations Forces (USSOF) Team OUALLAM - and the perceived mishandling of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) investigation results by U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).
The Gray Zone in Africa SWJED Mon, 05/29/2017 - 11:30am

SOCAFRICA must understand and operate in the space between war and peace in a complex, volatile, uncertain and ambiguous environment - an environment of adversarial competition.