United States special operations forces

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The United States of America has many military and intelligence organizations popularly known as Special Operations Forces (SOF). Many but not all of the military units are components of the Department of Defense's United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). When in the Continental United States, most special operations forces answer to the administration of their assigned branch of the military.

List of SOF units

Joint Special Operations Command

1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta AKA "Delta Force"/"Combat Applications Group/ CAG "/"Army Compartmented Element/ ACE"
Intelligence Support Activity
United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group AKA "DEVGRU" or "SEAL Team Six"
724th Special Tactics Group (724th STG)
- 24th Special Tactics Squadron

United States Army

United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
- U.S. Army Special Forces Command
  - 1st Special Forces Group
  - 3rd Special Forces Group
  - 5th Special Forces Group
  - 7th Special Forces Group
  - 10th Special Forces Group
  - 19th Special Forces Group (National Guard)
  - 20th Special Forces Group (National Guard)
  - Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments (CRD)
- 75th Ranger Regiment
  - 1st Ranger Battalion
  - 2nd Ranger Battalion
  - 3rd Ranger Battalion
  - Ranger Special Troops Battalion
- US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC)
  - 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment "Night Stalkers"
  - Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion
  - Systems Integration Management Office (SIMO)
  - US Army Special Operations Command Flight Detachment
- Military Information Support Operations Command
  - 4th Military Information Support Group
  - 8th Military Information Support Group
- 95th Civil Affairs Brigade
- 528th Sustainment Brigade

United States Navy

Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
- Naval Special Warfare Group 1: SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5, 7
- Naval Special Warfare Group 2: SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8, 10
- Naval Special Warfare Group 3: SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1
- Naval Special Warfare Group 4: Special Boat Teams 12, 20, 22
- Naval Special Warfare Group 10
- Naval Special Warfare Group 11: SEAL Teams 17, 18 (Reserves)
- Naval Special Warfare Center
- United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU/SEAL Team Six)

United States Air Force

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
- 23rd Air Force
- 1st Special Operations Wing
- 24th Special Operations Wing
- 27th Special Operations Wing
- 193d Special Operations Wing (ANG)
- 919th Special Operations Wing (AFR)
- 352nd Special Operations Group (Europe)
- 353rd Special Operations Group (Pacific)
- USAF Special Operations Training Center

United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
- Marine Special Operations Regiment
  - 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion
  - 2d Marine Special Operations Battalion
  - 3d Marine Special Operations Battalion
- Marine Special Operations Support Group
  - Marine Special Operations Logistics Battalion (MSOLB)
  - Marine Special Operations Combat Support Battalion (MSOCSB)
- Marine Special Operations Intelligence Battalion (Disestablished, and personnel billets used to fill the MSOCSB)
- Marine Special Operations School

United States Coast Guard

Coast Guard Deployable Operations Group

Intelligence Community

CIA Special Activities Division
- Special Operations Group (SOG)

SOF career fields

United States Army

United States Marine Corps

Critical Skills Operators

United States Navy

Navy SEALs
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC)

United States Air Force

Officers

Combat Rescue Officer (CRO)
Special Tactics Officer (STO)

Enlisted

Combat Control (CCT)
Pararescue (PJ)
Special Operations Weather Technician (SOWT)

U.S. Special Operations centers, schools, and courses

Joint Special Operations University – Hurlburt Field
John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School – Fort Bragg
Naval Special Warfare Center – Coronado, California
Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command, Imperial Beach, CA
Marine Special Operations School – Camp Lejeune
- Marine Corps 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
USAF Combat Control School – Pope Field, North Carolina
USAF Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course - Kirtland AFB, NM
USAF Special Operations School – Hurlburt Field, FL
- Special Tactics Training Squadron
JTAC Advanced Instructor Course – Nellis AFB, FL
US Navy Rescue Swimmer school, Pensacola, Florida
US Coast Guard Special Mission Training Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Commands

United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
- Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
- United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
- United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
- United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
- United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
- Special Operations Command – Joint Capabilities (SOC-JC)
- Theater Special Operations Commands
  - Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA)
  - Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT)
  - Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR)
  - Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC)
  - Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH)
  - Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR)

Notes

^ "SOCOM 2013 Factbook" (PDF). 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
"Enlisted heroes receive graduate-level education at Weapons School". 6 February 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
Special Operations Command South

References

United States Department of Defense (5 June 2003). "US DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations". United States Department of Defense. United States of America. Retrieved 11 January 2004.
CSM Eric Haney (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.
Linda Robinson (2004). Masters of Chaos: The Secret History of the Special Forces. PublicAffairs. ISBN 1-58648-249-1.
Mark Bowden (1999). Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern Warfare. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0-87113-738-0.
Sean Naylor (2005). Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda. The Berkeley Publishing Group. ISBN 0-425-19609-7.
"Special Forces Units". Retrieved 8 October 2006.

External links

v t e United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
United States Army USASOC	Units 1st Special Forces Command 75th Ranger Regiment Army Special Operations Aviation Command John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Types Special Forces Rangers Civil Affairs Psychological Operations
United States Marine Corps MARSOC	Units Marine Raider Regiment Marine Raider Support Group Marine Raider Training Center Types Critical skills operator
United States Navy NAVSPECWARCOM	Units Naval Special Warfare Group 1 Naval Special Warfare Group 2 Naval Special Warfare Group 4 Naval Special Warfare Group 8 Naval Special Warfare Group 11 Naval Special Warfare Center Types Navy SEALs Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen
United States Air Force AFSOC	Units 1st Special Operations Wing 24th Special Operations Wing 27th Special Operations Wing 137th Special Operations Wing 193rd Special Operations Wing 352nd Special Operations Wing 353rd Special Operations Wing 492nd Special Operations Wing 919th Special Operations Wing Types Pararescue Combat Control Team Special Reconnaissance Combat Rescue Officer Special Tactics Officer Combat Aviation Advisors Psychological Operations
Special mission units JSOC	Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force) Intelligence Support Activity (ISA / The Activity) Navy Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU / SEAL Team Six) Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24 STS) Joint Communications Unit
Theater Special Operations Commands	SOCAFRICA SOCCENT SOCEUR SOCKOR SOCPAC SOCNORTH SOCSOUTH
Source: SOCOM 2013 Fact Book

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