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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 16, 2012) – The U.S. Army Special Operations Command will honor 32 Special Operations Forces Soldiers killed while supporting combat operations during the past year in a ceremony, May 25, at 2 p.m. at the Fallen Special Operations Soldiers Memorial Wall adjacent to the USASOC headquarters building.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 14, 2012) – Members of the public, academia, media and military community are invited to attend an academic symposium for graduate students studying national defense, security studies and related fields at 8:45 a.m., May 17 on Fort Bragg, N.C.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 15, 2012) – The Canadian Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation will be presented to Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) by Lt. Gen. Stuart Beare, Commander, Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, for their valorous actions in support of the Canadian-led Operation MEDUSA, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan during August and September 2006.

TACOMA, Wash. (USASOC News Service, May 15, 2012) - The U.S. Army Ranger story is typically a closed book, but Joint Base Lewis-McChord's Rangers opened the pages of their latest chapter for an evening last week. The South Sound community had the rare opportunity to join 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, in recognizing its own at the Tacoma Dome, May 10.

BAGRAM, Afghanistan (USASOC News Service, May 14, 2012) – Becoming a part of the U.S. Army’s elite fighting force takes total dedication and an unwavering fortitude to persevere in the toughest environments. These grueling conditions not only test an individual’s physical limits, but the mental capacity to forge forward in the face of adversity when most other men would falter. The few left standing at the end of this arduous gauntlet are known by two words - Green Berets.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 14, 2012) - Staff Sgt. Mark L. Salazar II, 27, died May 12, 2012, of injuries received when he was shot by Fayetteville N.C. Police in the driveway of his family’s home on May 5. The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, which is routine for shootings involving police officers.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 7, 2012) - The Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army has announced that Brig. Gen. Edward M. Reeder, Jr. will be the next commanding general of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, based out of Fort Bragg, N.C., according to a May 4 Department of Defense press release.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 7, 2012) - The newly established Special Warfare Education Group (Airborne) formally activated its Headquarters and Headquarters Company during a ceremony May 1 on Fort Bragg, N.C., taking another step toward building a fully manned and equipped organization dedicated to educating U.S. Army special-operations Soldiers.

WASHINGTON (USASOC News Service, May 4, 2012) - The chief of staff, Army announces the following assignments:

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 4, 2012) - Media representatives and members of the public are invited to attend the graduation ceremony for more than 100 Soldiers from the 268th Special Forces Qualification Course at 3 p.m., May 17 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 3, 2012) – Past and present service members, along with local and regional community leaders, gained private access into the realm of U.S. Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) to experience what makes these quiet professionals such a lethal force.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (USASOC News Service, May 3, 2012) - Members of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) archery team beat out U.S. Air Force rivals to take the bronze medal in the compound archery category May 2. The competition is just one of seven athletic events held during the Warrior Games, an annual wounded warrior competition taking place this week.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, May 2, 2012) – Col. Russ Kotwal will receive the 2012 Heroes of Military Medicine awards courtesy of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine in Washington D.C., May 2.

LA MACARENA, Colombia (USASOC News Service, May 2, 2012) - In the small, remote town of La Macarena, located 170 miles south of Bogota, residents lack medical services due to the town’s poverty stricken, rural location.

EGLIN AFB, FL (USASOC News Service, April 29, 2012) – A Special Forces Soldier was killed April 25, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Apr. 27, 2012) – A U.S. Special Forces Soldier was killed when his mobility platform struck an improvised explosive device during a patrol April 26, in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Apr. 27, 2012) – A U.S. Special Forces Soldier was killed when his mobility platform struck an improvised explosive device during a patrol Apr. 26 in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, April 27, 2012)—A Fort Bragg Soldier died following a battle with cancer in Bakersfield, Calif., April 21.

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky, (USASOC News Service, April 26, 2012) – A Soldier assigned to Company F, 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) at Fort Campbell was killed in a motorcycle accident in Clarksville, Tenn., April 24.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (USASOC News Service, April 25, 2012) – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and members of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois posthumously awarded Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Robert J. Miller the Order of the Lincoln Medallion during their 48th Annual Convocation and Investiture of Laureates, Saturday, April 21.