Thursday, February 06, 2025

Trump nominates Air Force veteran to oversee special operations forces

Is President Trump going to use more special operations going forward? Perhaps, against heavily armed organised crime in Mexico in collaboration with the Mexican President Sheinbaum?

"President Donald Trump tapped Michael Jensen, an Air Force veteran with experience in special operations forces, to take a high-level Pentagon job as assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict.

His nomination was submitted to the Senate and referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee on Monday, according to a notice posted on Congress.gov.

If confirmed, he would be responsible for providing civilian oversight of the U.S. military’s SOF enterprise and exercising “authority, direction, and control of all special operations peculiar issues relating to the organization, training, and equipping of special operations forces,” according to a Defense Department description of the job. ..."

Trump nominates Air Force veteran to oversee special operations forces | DefenseScoop "Michael Jensen's military duty assignments included 26th Special Tactics Squadron commander and deputy commander of the 724th Special Tactics Group, among others"

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