US Special Operations Command officials formally opened a new 112-thousand square foot facility for the Center for Special Operations at the command’s home base at MacDill AFB, Fla. Gen. Bryan D. Brown, SOCOM commander, has deemed the center a “model for joint intelligence and operations.”
The U.S. began extensive air and artillery strikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria on Dec. 19 in retaliation for the killing of three Americans on Dec. 13 by a gunman affiliated with ISIS, U.S. officials said.
