Green Berets' Top General on Future Warfare 🌍

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Can Special Forces Win the Next War?

Lethality. Audacity. Creativity. These aren't just buzzwords—they're the foundation of America’s premier partnered irregular warfare force. Major General Gil Ferguson leads 1st Special Forces Command, where Green Berets, Civil Affairs, and Psychological Operations soldiers operate deep behind enemy lines to fight and win in the most complex battlespaces across the globe.

In this episode of The Jedburgh Podcast, MG Ferguson joins Fran Racioppi at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Museum to discuss how Special Forces is manning, training, and equipping for the unknown—conflicts with uncertain enemies, at unpredictable times, in unforgiving terrain.

We Cover:
-What makes the Special Forces Regiment a globally dominant force
-How culture, mindset, and values shape elite SOF operators
-Why technology alone won't win future wars
-The SOF-Space-Cyber triad and what it means for U.S. dominance
-The future of Green Berets, Civil Affairs & PsyOps integration
-Ferguson’s daily foundations for success

About the Guest: Major General Gil Ferguson is the Commanding General of 1st Special Forces Command. He leads the operational units tasked with executing America’s most critical and complex irregular warfare missions.

Highlights:
00:00 - Welcome to the JFK Special Warfare Museum
02:33 - The premier partnered irregular warfare force
06:13 - Man, train, equip for any theater
09:18 - The culture of 1st SFC
15:20 - The misperceptions of Special Forces
24:24 - SOF in the Peer-to-Peer Fight
30:05 - How is SOF keeping people first?
36:50 - SOF, Space Cyber Triad
40:26 - Where are Special Forces in 5-10 years?
47:05 - Civil Affairs and PsyOps in the SOF battlefield
56:28 - What has to stay the same in SOF?
1:01:45 - Daily Foundations for Success

Quotes: “The United States fights coalition warfare. We don’t ever want to fight by ourselves.”
“Our culture is one of lethality, audacity and creativity.”
“The Army is specifically looking to Special Forces to do things on the periphery and in the extended deep that they don’t have the capability to do.”
“We don’t know where the next fight’s going to be, we don’t know who it’s gonna be with, and we don’t know when it’s gonna start.”
“The guys we are running the Colombian military were all folks that were captains with me when I was a 7th Group Commander.”
“Technology is not going to win the next fight. The side that most effectively and audaciously employs technology is going to win.”
“18X make up more than 50% of our force now; and that is a good thing.”
“I don’t want to spend time in my office. That is not where I’m effective.”

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