United States Army Special Operations Command

So I suspect he's got some military service because he has a top secret clearance.

But they arrested him on Tuesday for allegedly leaking classified military records on social media, of all things, and stealing advanced night vision equipment from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

Exactly, Randy.

And this is according to the indictment, which has been unsealed.

Fort Bragg is a very important installation strategically.

You have Joint Special Operations Command, Delta Force, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Forces Command.

You have the headquarters of the 160th Night Stalkers.

You have the 82nd Airborne Division.

It's out now.

Alex served in Fifth Special Forces Group and Army Special Operations Command.

and has an interest in archaeology.

I mean, I noticed in your bio that you majored in intelligence, but I guess just off the bat, where does the archaeology interest come from?

37-year-old James Aschbacher of Spring Lake is accused of illegally keeping national defense information at his home.

During a search of his home, the FBI also found night vision goggles from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command that had been reported missing.

The FBI Charlotte Field Office is investigating this case.

Well, now to vote 2026.

So we've been very fortunate over the last couple of weeks to sit down with the senior leadership within Army Special Operations.

And so we had yesterday with General Ferguson and CSM Waldo from the USASOC level, and then last week with your boss and the command team from 1st Special Operations Command.

And we did touch on... civil affairs and PSYOP and their role within the RSOF architecture.

And this concept of behavior versus mindset or changing your mind or what I would call perspective, I think is important because if we go back and all of us are fairly experienced and came up through the global war on terror, and so you had these units out there and we always would talk about We got to change their mind.

you know one of the questions i probably think about you want to say something go ahead

i just wanted to add because you asked me about some of the nco specific things here you had a couple of guests on here i think you know on your program as well we announced the nco and soldier of the year for the army and the best squad yeah they all happen to come from the third battalion of the 75th ranger regiment yeah inside of U.S. Army Special Operations Command.

You know a little bit about it.

I know a little bit about it.

Following an initial assignment as an infantry officer with the 82nd Airborne Division, Ken spent the remainder of his distinguished 35-year military career serving in the U.S. Army Special Forces, His operational experience includes, and this is just a small list of the things he's done, the first Gulf War refugee relief operations in Turkey and northern Iraq, noncombatant evacuation operations in Sierra Leone, peacekeeping missions in Bosnia on two deployments, five combat deployments to Iraq, and one to Afghanistan.

Ken concluded his military service at the rank of Lieutenant General, serving as the Commanding General of the US Army Special Operations Command.

So welcome to you, Ken.

Hey, great to be here.