United States Army Special Forces
The United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is a branch of the United States Army Special Operations Command.... Wikipedia
- Active: 19 June 1952 (10th Group first established), 9 April 1987 (Special Forces Branch official birthday)
- Type: Special operations force
- Role: Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense, Direct Action, Counter terrorism, Special Reconnaissance
- Size: 7 Special Forces groups
- Part of: 1st Special Forces Command, United States Army Special Operations Command, United States Special Operations Command
- Headquarters: Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Nickname(s): Green Berets, Quiet Professionals, Commandos, Soldier-Diplomats, Snake Eaters, Bearded Bastards
- Motto(s): De Oppresso Liber
- March: "The Ballad of the Green Berets"
- Engagements: Korean War, Cold War, Laotian Civil War, Dominican Civil War, Vietnam War, Salvadoran Civil War, Operation Eagle Claw, Operation Urgent Fury, Operation Just Cause, Gulf War, War on drugs
- Data source: DuckDuckGo