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A United States Army Favorite Forces —likewise referred to as a Green Berets or even just Favorite Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations. A inflict was founded by Aaron Bank and their official headgear is the green beret, thanks to the efforts of an early officer, Edson Raff.

Their official catchword is De opresso liber ("To liberate the oppressed").

A #1 hit song "Ballad of the Green Berets" and the book The Green Berets are in information to this elect click.

U.S. Army Favorite Forces is divided into 5 Active Duty Favorite Forces Groups(SFG). For each one Active Duty SFG has the specific regional focus. A Favorite Forces soldiers assigned to these groups receive winter wren language & ethnic expert training for countries inside their regional responsibility

First Favorite Forces Class action - headquartered at Fort Lewis, Washington. First Class action hwhen responsibility for South & Southeast Asia besides as a Pacific.

Tertiary Favorite Forces Class action - headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC. Tertiary Class action hwhen responsibility for Southern Africa likewise as a Carribean.

Fifth Favorite Forces Class action - headquartered at Fort Campbell, KY. Fifth Class action has

responsibility for Southwest Asia.

Seventh Favorite Forces Class action - headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC. Seventh Class action has responsibility for Latin & South Us.

10th Favorite Forces Class action - headquartered at Fort Carson, CO. 10th Class action has responsibility for tons of Europe.

Popular Culture

Ubisoft's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Recon Ghost Recon video game series] features a fictitioMe squa500 of US Favorite Forces operators from either Company D, First Battalion, Fifth Favorite Forces Class action stationed at Fort Bragg inside Northerly Carolina (possibly though that is wrong, when the 5th is depending inside Kentucky). This squad, another time known as a Ghosts, is commanded by Captain Scott Mitchell.

A series has mass produced these soldiers "see action" within Russia (Ghost Recon One), Eritrea (Ghost Recon Desert Siege), Cuba (Isl& Thunder), Colombia (Jungle Storm), N Korea (Ghost Recon Two), Kazakhstan (Ghost Recon Deuce Summit Strike), and Mexico City (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter).

John Rambo played by Sylvester Stallone in a Rambo trilogy was the Green Beret/Special Forces operative in the period of the Vietnam war.

John Wayne's pic "The Green Berets" was all about a early years of a Vietnam war within which Green Beret consultant were sent to SE Asia to aide a South Vietnamese in fighting the N.

5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Group teams are deploying throughout Southwest Asia and Africa. History and contact information. Located at Fort Campbell.

Special Forces - Green Berets
MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida. Command Chapter LX, with members and Global Association information.

U.S. Army Special Forces Training
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, The SF "Green Beret" School House Qualifications, Assessment and Selection (SFAS), Qualification Course (SFQC), Recruiting, Links and Guest Book.

3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
US Army 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) with flash, insignia, history, area of responsibility, location and articles - stories. Ft. Bragg..

Special Forces Command (Airborne)
US Army Special Forces Command (Airborne) flash, insignia, history, area of responsibility, location and articles - stories. Ft. Bragg..

1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)
US Army 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) flash, insignia, history, area of responsibility, location and articles - stories. Ft. Lewis and Okinawa..

10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
US Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) with flash, insignia, history, area of responsibility, location and articles - stories. Ft. Carson.

5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
US Army 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) with flash, insignia, history, area of responsibility, location and articles - stories. Ft. Campbell.

7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Flash, insignia, history, area of responsibility, location and articles - stories. Ft. Bragg and Puerto Rico.

Nima's Green Beret Page
A personal site dedicated to the United States Special Operations Group known as the "Green Berets", with history, creed and article on earning the green beret.


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