Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

America's Special Operations Forces (SOF), regardless of their nature, are a special breed of military, used to performing missions that would seem simply impossible for most other soldiers.

The Federal Government has unveiled a Special Operations Forces training program, assembling 800 soldiers drawn from the Nigerian Army, Navy, and Air Force. The program aims to enhance the country ...