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
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
Imperial Beach, CA
Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command
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
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.
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Mark Bowden (1999). Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern Warfare. Atlantic Monthly Press. 0-87113-738-0.
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Sean Naylor (2005). Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. The Berkeley Publishing Group. 0-425-19609-7.
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. 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