The operators of operators, crème de la crème - even the SEALs who killed bin Laden wish they were a part of this crew.Ĭombined Applications Group is their old name, some call them Delta, but that was never an official name either. The uncontested number oneheavy-weight champ. Air Force Combat Divers School, Panama City, Fla. Army Military Freefall Parachutist School, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training, Hurlburt Field, Fla.Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild AFB, Wash. Combat Control Operator Course, Keesler AFB, Miss.Combat Control Orientation Course, Lackland AFB, Texas.They hold a lot of the most high-speed special operations certifications: They're often on the ground picking targets in America's bombing campaigns and likely played a key role in the Libyan revolution. They are experts at stealth insertion well behind enemy lines and are often just a disembodied voice for other ground troops, like SEALs, as they provide air support coordination. These guys are independent operators, like Marine Recon, except with more air assets. By noting beach defenses, such as wire, mines, and other obstacles troops in immediate vicinity other defenses.Ĭombat controllers are among the most elite in the military.By examining terrain in immediate vicinity of beach.
Team Leader (Captain or Navy Lieutenant): any ground MOS - typically JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller)-qualified artillery officer.Typically they don't deploy as individuals, but like any SpecOps group, in teams of four or five. A single ANGLICO Marine can coordinate a hellish rain of fiery artillery and air-strafing fire on the enemy though, whereas all a SEAL can do is pull a trigger. The Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company is another group that often finds itself in the shadow of sexier special operations units like the SEALs. USMC Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company - ANGLICO Air Force field weatherman is as a ground-level, small-unit meteorologist who provides accurate forecasts for the purpose of air asset deployment (bombs and stuff). They can literally forecast the weather above a fight, kill the enemy, and direct artillery - simultaneously. These guys are the gems in the crown of the United States Marine Corps. Marine Recon is arguably in the top five of all special operators - capable of harassing an entire enemy battalion for long periods of time tracking enemy units for larger American forces or conducting well-orchestrated raids on high-valued targets. Those with Marine Sniper quals can also provide accurate demoralizing small arms fire from a distance.
Marine Reconnaissance teams provide intelligence for active small unit operations on the battlefield. so we here at Business Insider have made things easy by assembling a comprehensive list of all the SpecOps units we could find.Īn earlier version of this story was written by Geoffrey Ingersoll. Though it was the SEALs who performed that raid in Abbottabad, it's worth noting there are quite a few more SpecOps units in the US than just SEALs - Green Berets and Marine Snipers, etc. Putting a boot or two on Osama bin Laden's door arguably cost more in political currency - Pakistan wasn't too happy - than actual currency. Putting 100 thousand troops and countless private support personnel on the ground in any given country - sometimes referred to as "nation building" - is a costly strategy. Ever since the Osama bin Laden raid, America has gone bonkers for US Navy SEALs and Military Special Operators in general.
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