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  2. Berets of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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    By America's entry into the Vietnam War, the green beret had become a symbol of excellence throughout the U.S. Army. On 11 April 1962 in a White House memorandum to the United States Army, President Kennedy reiterated his view: "The green beret is a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom". [22]

  3. United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia

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    A GMV-S equipped with a Mk 19 grenade launcher in Afghanistan (2003) GMV 1.1 equipped with a Mk 19 driven by Army Special Operation operators with the 3rd Special Forces Group Green Berets. During the Green Berets' missions in other nations, they would use Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV)-S Humvees made by AM General for various uses.

  4. 10th Special Forces Group (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The green beret was authorized for wear by Col. William E. Ekman, the group commander, in 1954, and it became group policy. By 1955, every soldier in the unit wore a green beret as part of the uniform. However, the Department of the Army (DA) did not recognize the beret as headgear.

  5. 3rd Special Forces Group (United States) - Wikipedia

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    And there is no finer American soldier than our Green Berets. If you saw what you heard today in a movie, you would shake your head and say, "That didn’t happen." But it does, every day. Members of the 3rd SFG were involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. 26 soldiers from 3rd Group were given the task of securing a key crossroads near Debecka ...

  6. What is a Green Beret? What to know after suspect died ... - AOL

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    The decision to use green berets comes from wanting to distinguish themselves from conventional Army forces. According to the Army Times, headwear used by soldiers in France inspired the berets ...

  7. 5th Special Forces Group (United States) - Wikipedia

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    From 1961 to 1963, the group wore a black flash bordered in white, designed primarily to provide visibility against the Green Beret. The group's personnel in Vietnam adopted a variant flash, which added diagonal yellow stripe with three narrow red over-stripes to the existing black background and white border. This version was worn from 1963 to ...

  8. Police reveal chilling notes left by Cybertruck bomber: ‘Time ...

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    Pictures from social media show him with a tattoo of a bald eagle and the American flag visible on his shoulder. ... He is believed to have joined the Green Berets as a communications specialist ...

  9. History of the United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia

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    One Green Beret was seriously wounded, a U.S. JTAC called in a flight of F/A-18 Hornets that conducted gun runs against the insurgents and returned to drop JDAMs on a group of insurgents, as the patrol moved with their vehicles more troops were hit, they eventually arrived at the patrol base, of the 13 wounded- 7 were SASR soldiers and a Green ...