Dossier
USSOCOM
Coverage of USSOCOM in the Nexus archive.
- The legacy of 'Eagle Claw': How failure helped build America's elite special forces
The 1980 failure of Operation Eagle Claw, which aimed to rescue American hostages in Tehran, led to the creation of modern U.S. Special Operations units like USSOCOM and JSOC. These reforms enabled a recent high-stakes rescue mission that demonstrated advanced capabilities and the legacy of learning from past failures.