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==Parent topics== | ==Parent topics== | ||
{{r|Special operations}} | |||
{{r|Direct action (military)||**}} | |||
{{r|Counterterrorism||**}} | |||
{{r|United States Special Operations Command}} | |||
{{r|Joint Special Operations Command||**}} | |||
{{r|Army Special Operations Command||**}} | |||
==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
===Foundation=== | |||
{{r|Charles Beckwith}} | |||
{{r|Special Air Service}} | |||
{{r|Edward Meyer}} | |||
{{r|Operation EAGLE CLAW}} | |||
===Contemporary operations=== | |||
{{r|Operation ACID GAMBIT}} | |||
{{r|Operation GOTHIC SERPENT}}\ | |||
{{r|Afghanistan War (2001-), major combat phase}} | |||
{{r|Battle of Tora Bora||**}} | |||
{{r|Dell Dailey}} | |||
{{r|John Mulholland}} | |||
==Other related topics== | ==Other related topics== | ||
{{r|Direct action (military)}} | {{r|Direct action (military)}} | ||
{{r|Iraq War, theater operational planning}} | {{r|Iraq War, theater operational planning}} | ||
{{r|MACV-SOG}} | {{r|MACV-SOG}} | ||
{{r|United States Army Special Forces}} | {{r|United States Army Special Forces}} | ||
{{r|United States Navy SEAL}} | {{r|United States Navy SEAL}} | ||
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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]
- Direct action (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Counterterrorism [r]: A range of activities that prevent attempted terrorism well before an actual act is close to being executed, including killing or capturing terrorists; complements and can include anti-terrorism, or measures taken to minimize the impact of an attempted or completed act; counterterrorism proper is "enemy centric" rather than counterinsurgency, which is "people-centric" [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]
- Joint Special Operations Command [r]: A major subordinate unit of the United States Special Operations Command, which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, usually working unacknowledged within the geographic area of a Unified Combatant Command [e]
- Army Special Operations Command [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
Foundation
- 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]
- Special Air Service [r]: Special operations regular and Territorial Army regiments of the British Army, part of U.K. Special Forces [e]
- Edward Meyer [r]: Nicknamed, "Shy"; General, United States Army, retired; former Chief of Staff of the Army; Military Senior Advisor Panel, Iraq Study Group [e]
- Operation EAGLE CLAW [r]: A failed U.S. military hostage rescue operation, in April 1980, intended to recover the hostages taken at the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 [e]
Contemporary operations
- Operation ACID GAMBIT [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Operation GOTHIC SERPENT [r]: Add brief definition or description\
- Afghanistan War (2001-), major combat phase [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Dell Dailey [r]: Add brief definition or description
- John Mulholland [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Direct action (military) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Iraq War, theater operational planning [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Army Special Forces [r]: United States Army organization originally created to train and lead guerrillas, highly qualified to work with other cultures; acquired additional missions including foreign internal defense, direct action (military), special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, etc. [e]
- United States Navy SEAL [r]: [under]sea-air-land special operations organization of the United States Navy, specializing in direct action, special reconnaissance, combat search and rescue and counterterrorism [e]