Today’s conflicts are evolving. The threat environment is complex, dynamic, asymmetric, technological and intense — all adjectives that play to the strengths of special operations. So, it is perhaps no surprise that at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 36th annual Special Operations Symposium, Special Operations Forces, or SOF, were held out as a competitive advantage in meeting threats across the board.

The 33rd annual National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Special Operations / Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) Symposium was held at...