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Parent topics
- Special operations [r]: Military or paramilitary operations that differ from conventional operations in degree of physical and political risk, operational techniques, mode of employment, independence from friendly support, and dependence on detailed operational intelligence and indigenous assets; they are often controlled at a national or strategic level of command [e]
- United States Army [r]: Branch of the United States Armed Forces with the principal responsibility of conducting large-scale ground combat [e]
- United States Special Operations Command [r]: A U.S. Unified Combatant Command with both functional and operational responsibilities, both to prepare special operations forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification [e]
Subtopics
Doctrine and missions
- Unconventional warfare (United States doctrine) [r]: The United States' doctrinal term for the way the Department of Defense sees its forces operating in the more global context of insurgency. [e]
- Foreign internal defense [r]: The United States military doctrine for assisting Host Nations in their counterinsurgency programs [e]
- Direct action (military) [r]: Military attacks, usually by special operations forces on land, against specific, well-defined targets, often behind enemy lines. [e]
- Information operations [r]: The integrated employment of the core capabilities of electronic warfare, computer network operations, psychological operations, military deception, and operations security. [e]
- Special reconnaissance [r]: Also known as SR, missions deep in denied areas, conducted by special operations personnel. They may be in or out of uniform. While SR units may direct air, missile, or artillery strikes, they strive to stay undetected. [e]
- Combat search and rescue [r]: The location and rescue of military and civilian personnel in hostile areas, such that a military operation is necessary to retrieve them [e]
Organizations
- Army Special Operations Command [r]: A command that trains and prepares U.S. Army special operations personnel, including United States Army Special Forces, and serves as the land forces component of United States Special Operations Command [e]
- Fort Bragg [r]: A large U.S. Army base in North Carolina, with major resident units being the XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, Army Special Operations Command and the school and center for United States Army Special Forces [e]
- 3rd Special Forces Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 5th Special Forces Group [r]: One of the older United States Army Special Forces groups first serving in Vietnam, the unit now supports United States Central Command in the Middle East, Central Asia and Horn of Africa [e]
- 10th Special Forces Group [r]: United States Army Special Forces group with an area of responsibility matching United States European Command [e]
- 20th Special Forces Group [r]: Add brief definition or description
- MACV-SOG [r]: The U.S. organization responsible for covert operations against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, as well as related cross-border operations from South Vietnam into Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War; the abbreviation had an unclassified cover meaning, but was actually the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Special Operations Group [e]
Leaders
- Aaron Bank [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Charles Beckwith [r]: Retired colonel in the U.S. Army, who founded Delta Force and was the ground commander in the Iranian embassy hostage rescue attempt [e]
- Francis Kelly [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert Rheault [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Harley Davis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Jesse Johnson [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wayne Downing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John Mulholland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Michael Repass [r]: Add brief definition or description
Deployments
- Europe [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vietnam War [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Afghanistan War (2001-) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Afghanistan War (2001-), major combat phase [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Afghan and Pakistani local forces [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Northern Alliance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Hamid Karzai [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Battle of Tora Bora [r]: Add brief definition or description
Equipment
- PRD-13 [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Intra-squad radio [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Tactical Radio System [r]: Add brief definition or description
- 75th Ranger Regiment [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Air Force Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Joint Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Office of Strategic Services [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation Jedburgh [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operational Groups [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Donald Blackburn [r]: Add brief definition or description
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