SOFspot Global SOF Foundation

We are honored to feature ADM (Ret) William H. McRaven in SOFspot Episode #70. He pulls from his legendary SOF career to share his views of leadership, the future of SOF, and the importance of international partnerships. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the greats!
ADM (Ret) William H. McRaven's Books:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/William-H.-McRaven/author/B000APSSE0?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Upcoming GSOF Events:
https://gsof.org/global-sof-events-listing/




Support the show

Chelsea sat down with Colonel (R) Jeffrey H. Fischer, a successful author of thrillers and an experienced journalist in international security with a 30-year military career. His service includes seven combat tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, and he's taken inspiration and experiences from those deployments for his Curt Nover military fiction thriller series. He and his wife have also started a non-profit in Vienna called "Shelter2Service," training shelter dogs to support military Veterans living in Europe. 
They discuss all of that and more in this episode of SOFspot.

Buy Jeff Fischer's Books:
https://www.jeffreyhfischer.com/novels
Highlighted GSOF Events:
- GSOF Symposium Europe, 24-26 OCT, Brno Czech Republic
https://www.gsofeurope.org/
- Modern Warfare Week, 13-16 NOV, Fayetteville, NC
https://mww.gsofsymposium.org/
Support the show

The Global SOF Team is BACK in your pod-feed! After a year-long hiatus from SOFspot, we're returning with all new episodes. A lot has happened for Global SOF since Summer '22, so Stu, Meaghan, Chelsea, and Jenn got together to discuss just what HAS happened over the course of the past year. 
From SOF Week to growing the team to policy education, we hit on everything you should know as members of the Global SOF community.
As always, you can learn more about the Foundation at www.gsof.org.


Support the show

In this episode, we discuss military family building and fertility issues. While we DO talk about freezing sperm samples, more importantly we discuss the breadth of the family planning issue in the SOF community, how it's impacting retention, and what policy changes Congress needs to make to support our Special Ops families. 
Our experts today come from the Military Family Building Coalition and Legacy:
Ellen Gustafson, MFBC Co-FounderKaty Bell Hendrickson, MFBC Co-FounderJohn Crowley, Legacy Military AffairsListen to hear from these three experts about this issue and why it's so important that we support their efforts to change US policy on military fertility options.
--------
Military Family Building Coalition
https://www.militaryfamilybuilding.org

Legacy
https://www.givelegacy.com/military/
https://www.givelegacy.com/nsw/

Blue Star Family Survey Results
https://bluestarfam.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BSF_MFLS_Results2021_Family-Building_03_10.pdf

EVENT - GSOF Symposium Europe
https://www.gsofeurope.org
EVENT - Modern Warfare Week
https://mww.gsofsymposium.org

Global SOF Partner Highlight - CAE USA
http://cae.com
Support the show

In this episode of SOFspot, GSOF President and CEO Stu Bradin talks to Toby Harnden, an author and journalist who was awarded the Orwell Prize for Books in 2012.He also wrote "First Casualty: The Untold Story of the CIA Mission to Avenge 9/11," which was published in Sept 2021 and tells the story of Team Alpha, an "eclectic band of linguists, tribal experts, and elite warriors who were the first Americans to operate inside Taliban territory after 9/11."
Listen on to hear about what inspired Toby to write the book, how he got to know the team, and what it took to get the interviews and details that tell this important story.
Buy the Book:
https://www.amazon.com/First-Casualty-Untold-Mission-Avenge/dp/0316540951/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
GSOF Partner Highlight: Kymeta Corp.:
https://www.kymetacorp.com
Register for the SOF Imperatives Forum:
https://my.gsof.org/events/event-details/?id=04ba9634-1647-ec11-a3ee-0003ff66d8d0
Support the show

In this episode, we continue our series of interviews with experts in Ukraine. Oleksandr "Sasha" Danylyuk, who we also interviewed in Episode 61, is back to give more updates on the war in Ukraine, what he thinks it will take to end the war, and the extreme actions he expects the Russians to take against his nation.
Learn more about our Sustaining Partner, Peraton:
https://www.peraton.com

See our Global SOF Ukraine Hub:
https://gsof.org/ukraine/

Register for Upcoming Global SOF Events:
http://gsof.org/events
Support the show