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2. List of military special forces units - Wikipedia

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   special-operations forces strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of ...

3. United States special operations forces - Wikipedia

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   United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.

4. United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia

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   Army Special Forces were the first Special Operations unit to employ the "sea, air, land" concept nearly a decade before units like the Navy SEALs were created. [ 83 ] Before the 1st Special Forces Command SSI was established, the special forces groups that stood up between 1952 and 1955 wore the Airborne Command SSI.

5. List of former United States special operations units - Wikipedia

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   Most units were created to fulfil categorical obligations within a particular conflict, and were disbanded once that conflict ended. All branches of the United States armed forces – the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force have fielded special operations units. For subsisting special operations units, see United States Special Operations ...

6. United States Army Special Operations Command - Wikipedia

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   Army Special Forces CSIB. The 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) is a division-level special operation forces command within the US Army Special Operations Command. [6] The command was established on 30 September 2014, grouping together the Army special forces, psychological operations, civil affairs, and other support troops into a single organization operating out of its new headquarters ...

7. Template : Table of United States Army Special Forces Groups

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   3rd Special Forces Group – Headquartered at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. The 3rd SFG(A) is theoretically oriented towards all of Sub-Saharan Africa with the exception of the Eastern Horn of Africa, i.e. United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). 5th Special Forces Group – Headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

8. List of United States Air Force special tactics squadrons

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   It covers special operations forces units assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command in the United States Air Force. Special Tactics Squadrons consist of Special Tactics Officers , Combat Controllers , Combat Rescue Officers , Pararescuemen , Special Reconnaissance , Tactical Air Control Party operators , and a number of combat support ...

9. United States Army Reserve Command - Wikipedia

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   Congress legally formalized this arrangement in November 1990 with passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991. The act assigned to the command all Army Reserve forces in the continental United States, save those assigned to Special Operations Forces and those forces as directed by the Secretary of Defense.