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United States special operations forces

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.[1][2] All active and reserve special operations forces are assigned to the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).[2][3]

Not to be confused with United States Army Special Forces or United States Special Operations Command.

United States Special Operations Command

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Special Forces

Rangers

(Military Information Support Operators)

Psychological Operations

Civil Affairs Soldiers

Army Special Operations Aviators

Military Intelligence and other Special Operations/Support with enlisted Special Qualification (SQI) Identifier "S" or "K9" for Officers.

International Special Training Center (ISTC) – Pfullendorf, Federal Republic of Germany

Hurlburt Field

Joint Special Operations University

Advanced Special Operations Techniques Course (ASOTC) – Fort Bragg

– Fort Bragg

John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School

Military Free Fall Advanced Tactical Infiltration Course (ATIC) – Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona

Coronado, California

Naval Special Warfare Center

Imperial Beach, CA

Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command

- John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School

Recon and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) – Fort Benning, Georgia

Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) – Fort Bragg

Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course – Key West, Florida

Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC) – Fort Bragg

Special Forces Advanced Targeting Reconnaissance Target Analysis Exploitation Techniques (SFARTAETC)

Special Forces Physical Surveillance Course

SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Technical Exploitation Course

SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Operator Advanced Course

Special Forces Master Mountaineering Course (Level 1)

Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course (Level 2)

Winter Warfare, Mountain and Cold Weather Operations

Special Forces Technical Surveillance (SFTSC)

Operational Emergency Medical Skills Course (SOF)

Special Operations Training Group

US Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) – Fort Benning, Georgia

US Army Small Unit Ranger Tactics (SURT) – Fort Benning, Georgia

– NDSTC Panama City, Florida

USAF Combat Dive Course

USAF Combat Control School – Pope Field, North Carolina

USAF Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course – Kirtland AFB, NM

USAF Special Operations School

Special Operations Terminal Attack Control Course (SOTACC), , Arizona[25]

Yuma Proving Ground

Advanced Instructor Course – Nellis AFB, NV[26]

JTAC

Naval Air Station Fallon, NV

Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center

US Navy Rescue Swimmer school, Pensacola, Florida

US Coast Guard , Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Special Missions Training Center

US Coast Guard Training Center, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Aviation Survival Technician

United States Marine Corps Special Operations Capable Forces

U.S. Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces

U.S. Coast Guard MSST & MSRT teams

Military Liaison Element

Special Activities Center

Intelligence Support Activity

CSM (retired, former Delta Force operator and founding member) (2002). Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit. Delacorte Press. ISBN 0-385-33603-9.

Eric Haney

Linda Robinson (2004). Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces. PublicAffairs.  1-58648-249-1.

ISBN

Mark Bowden (1999). Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern Warfare. Atlantic Monthly Press.  0-87113-738-0.

ISBN

Sean Naylor (2005). Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. The Berkeley Publishing Group.  0-425-19609-7.

ISBN

. Retrieved 8 October 2006.

"Special Forces Units"

Feickert, Andrew (6 January 2017). (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 18 April 2018.

U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

David Ignatius: – Washington Post, 2008-02-10

Learning to Fight a War

US Special Operation Forces – 2009 SOCOM Factbook

American Special Operations Forces