20,000 people converging on Tampa for ‘SOF Week’

A CV-22 Osprey conducts flight operations aboard the USS Green Bay in the Gulf of Thailand, March 4, 2020, to support Cobra Gold. The multinational exercise is designed to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maria G. Llanos)

On May 5th, more than 20,000 people will converge in downtown Tampa for the annual Special Operations Forces Week—known simply as SOF Week. The “human terrain” has long been the SOF community’s greatest asset.