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.K. and the U.S. will continue to enjoy access to the ports, airfield, and workshops at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for at least another century, under a deal inked between the U.K. and Mauritius May 22.