• USSOCOM offers motorcycle safety courses for MacDill service members

    Did you know that in order to ride a motorcycle in the state of Florida, you are required to pass an authorized Motorcycle Safety Foundation Basic Rider Course? Lucky for MacDill motorcycle enthusiasts, U.S. Special Operations Command hosts six motorcycle safety classes to provide training for

  • Skydiving connects Gold Star moms with their heroes

    Ellen Comfort and Sandee Rouse, Gold Star mothers from the 75th Ranger Regiment, skydived with Special Operations Command’s parachute demonstration team, the Para-Commandos, March 13, 2021 at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Florida. Para-Commandos’ tandem jumps allow families of fallen service members

  • Team MacDill commemorates 9/11

    On Sept. 11, 2020 U.S. Special Operations Command hosted an observance ceremony to commemorate the sacrifice of the 2,997 men and women killed 19 years ago.

  • Team MacDill honors sacrifice on 9/11

    The Special Operations Forces Memorial Park at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., was the host site for the 18th annual 9/11 ruck march, Sept. 11, 2019. The park honors the service and sacrifice of the men and women of U.S. Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan C.

  • MacDill, Tampa Bay fire-up DOD Warrior Games

    Over 300 athletes from the U.S. as well as Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom’s armed forces, have flocked to MacDill Air Force Base, to train for the Department of Defense Warrior Games.

  • MacDill remembers 9/11

    A Team MacDill Member pays respects to the names on the U.S. Special Operations Command Memorial after a 9/11 memorial ceremony held at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 11, 2018. The remembrance ceremony was held in honor of those who died during the attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st

  • Honoring the brave: USSOCOM remembers D-Day

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. – Imagine it’s the year 1944, being an 18 or 19-year-old kid preparing to engage in what is likely their first experience of war, being in an unfamiliar part of the world, where odds of survival are minimal.

  • USCENTCOM hosts 100 MacDill AF IMAs

    More than 100 Air Force Reserve Airmen gathered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 26-27, 2018 for a U.S. Central Command Individual Mobilization Augmentee assembly.In celebration of U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 70 years of service, IMA Airmen from USCENTCOM, U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S.

  • New post-traumatic stress research at USSOCOM, MacDill AFB

    Medical professionals from United States Special Operations Command and the 6th Medical Group are partnering to provide a new, noninvasive treatment for post-traumatic stress at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.The treatment uses Magnetic Electroencephalogram Resonance Therapy (MeRT,) which is a