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Later died at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on 6 August 2002, and received international attention after his killer and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr (who was 15 years old at the time of Speer's death) was imprisoned and allegedly tortured by the United States, violating Canadian child soldier amnesty laws. [17] Raymond A. Thomas: Retired General ...
The Intelligence Support Activity (ISA), also known at various times as Mission Support Activity (MSA), Office of Military Support (OMS), Field Operations Group (FOG), Studies and Analysis Activity (SAA), Tactical Concept Activity, Tactical Support Team, Tactical Coordination Detachment, [1] and also nicknamed "The Activity" and the "Army of Northern Virginia", [2] is a United States Army ...
The 3d Battalion of the 3d Infantry, from 1963 until its inactivation in 1994, was one of the three light infantry battalions that made up the Army Reserve's 205th Infantry Brigade (Light) (Separate), which in turn was the round-out brigade for the Regular Army's 6th Infantry Division (Light), based at Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright ...
Posted at Fort Myer, the CINC Guard is a "Special Ceremonial Unit," a U.S. Army designation for units authorized uniforms other than the Army Service Uniform when executing public duties. Its ceremonial uniform consists of blue greatcoats and white coveralls. Cover consists of black tricorn hats and white powdered wigs. [1]
32 Battalion (sometimes nicknamed Buffalo Battalion, Three-two battalion or Portuguese: Os Terríveis for The Terrible Ones) was an elite light infantry battalion of the South African Army founded in 1975, composed of black and white commissioned and enlisted personnel. It was disbanded on 26 March 1993. [1]: 280
Tier I: Role currently filled by the Dragon Eye but all ongoing and future procurement for the Dragon Eye program is going now to the RQ-11B Raven B. Tier II: Role currently filled by the Scan Eagle and the AAI RQ-7 Shadow. Tier III: For two decades, the role of medium range tactical UAV was filled by the Pioneer UAV.
This is a list of military special forces units, also known as special operations forces (SOF), currently active with countries around the world, that are specially organized, trained and equipped to conduct special operations.
A special mission unit (SMU), at one time referred to as a "tier 1" unit, [1] is a designation for the United States military's most highly secretive and elite special operations forces. [2] The term special missions unit is also used in Australia to describe the Special Air Service Regiment.