Green Berets

Television let Americans back at home see what the war was really like. For example, President Johnson was telling the people of America that we were winning - when we were not. For the first time, television let Americans know the truth. Everyday people saw pictures and video of POWs (prisoners of war), dead Americans, dead Vietnamese, and the bombings of Vietnamese civilians.

Rangers do some Special Operations missions, but the jobs of Special Forces and Rangers are different, Rangers are Elite Light Infantry, while Special Forces go behind enemy lines and train fighters to assist in taking down a common enemy/opposing force.

The Dept of Navy is responsible for amphibious training of all forces assigned to joint amphibious operations in accordance with joint doctrine.

The poem "Green Beret" by Ho Thien was translated and published (posthumously) sometime after 1966.

Robin Moore (1925-2008) wrote the novel "The Green Berets" in 1965 (ISBN 0-312-98492-8)

Barry Sadler (1940-1989) sang the hit song "Ballad of the Green Beret" in 1966.

The film "The Green Berets", starring actor John Wayne (1907-1979), was released in 1968.

Australia sent B57 Canberra bomber crewmen, Infantry, Artillery, and a regiment of Centurion tanks.
Australia sent over more than 50,000 men (total served) and a squadron of Centurian Tanks to assist the allies in defeating the communist forces in Vietnam.

the french controlled indochina because they moved in on an are of Vietnam (after the US had attacked it) because they were getting revenge for the captured religious officials. they gradually took over Vietnam, cambodia, and laos with the help of the british alliance in the second opium war with china.

The home front had a major influence on the war. It caused President Johnson to give up his office and for a brief moment the military was in a position to run the war on its own terms without micro management from the White House. President Nixon was a disapointment to the Pentagon Brass. The war was ended, but on less than perfect terms for the military or the US.

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Principally because the US Military and Government misunderstood the wider implications of pan-Indochinese communism and assumed that the South Vietnamese population could be convinced to resist this trend. They ignored the fact that the vast majority of South Vietnamese were already sympathetic to the cause of pan-Indochinese communism and that many were actively involved in bringing it about. This failure led to the belief that a limited war in South Vietnam was a winnable proposition.

Note that despite US Military intervention ALL of Indochina did in fact become communist.

In August, 1964, President Johnson reported to the nation that American ships had been attacked by North Vietnam gunboats in the Gulf of Tonkin, in international waters. The Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving the President the power to use whatever force necessary to protect our interests in the area. At the time, the truth was not reported. > http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2261 In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.

Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker was behind the beginning of the green beret designation in the year 1953. Brucker began the designation which would later be realized by First Lieutenant Roger Pezelle who adopted it for his highly operative A-Team called the Operational Detachment FA-32. Rapidly, this little green beret would be seen on the members of the special forces units whenever these soldiers went out into the field. However, the US Army was not keen on making the green beret an authorized entity at that time.

It was found on Ho Thien's dead body sometime in 1966 near the Cambodian border.

The Australian government felt obligated to help out these refugees, and there was general support from the public, so when the refugees got here, most policies changed and Australia became a multicultural society. As a result of Australians' involvement in the Vietnam war we found that we had an obligation to the people that were made homeless as a result. These people were of Asian descent, which was a major shock to the system. Before the Vietnam war the only people you saw of Asian descent were the Chinese restaurant owners and small farmers. This was because Australia's official policy excluded Asians and people with designated colour "character" from Australia as they were considered undesirable to the wellbeing of Australia as a nation. A big impact was that it spelt the final death knell of the white Australia policy and put an end to our isolation in the area. We also enjoy a far more varied diet as a result, not to mention that you can now get fresh bread 7 days a week, even from the Australian bakers.

They used m-16's, stoner 63 lmg's, m-60's, m-79 thumper anti personnel launchers, but in the beginning they got whatever weapons they could because they were underfunded and in the later part of Vietnam they used an earlier version of m-203 grenade launchers that attach to guns

You can only wear one at a time - they can't be worn together. With or without a CIB, the only way you'd be authorised to wear the EIB is if you've tested for and were awarded it. If you havn't done this, you can't wear the EIB, even if you have a CIB.

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More likely to be asked to try out for Selection, yes, but still very small chances of making it in. Each year, Delta goes over Army records for the best Green Berets and Rangers, and ask them to try out for Delta Selection. Only the top 0.1% of those asked will actually make it through and be accepted. You have a much higher probability of making it into the NFL or NBA than making it into Delta Force. After a candidate is admitted into the unit, they then undergo years of more specialized and rigorous training. If you're a regular Army soldier, you may be asked to try out for Delta Selection, but you really have to be an extraordinary standout for them to notice you. You can't just sign up somewhere, they ask you; and they're mostly looking and Green Berets and Rangers because they know that they are the best.

Alright, green berets are Army Special Forces Infantry, Coast Guard, National Guard, Secret Police, Navy Seals(Wear white beret instead), some high ranking provosts have the green beret, support infantry, drug busters and field ops are green berets, amphibious commando units like air police or helicopter frogmen are green berets.

Then you have your Maroon berets, paratroopers, snipers, and armsman(Man At Arms), usually highly trained and versatile in weapons experts and elite commandos.

Next you have your tan berets, which are demotions, light infantry, and rangers.

And last you have your black berets, like cavalry, troops, ASAP grunts, marines, army, armor(tank soldiers and pilots), artillery, riflemen, grenadiers, sharpshooters, 75th Rangers, and mechanized units.

And also your brown berets, cadets, cub scouts, and prv 8's can still have the brown beret.

Red berets are paramilitary and military police.

Green beret examples would be Dolph Lundgren, served asa Marine ranger, Chuck Norris was a Maroon beret in the Air Force commandos, and Arnold Shwarzenagger was an Austrian Army black beret troop.

John Lofty Wiseman Part of SAS History - A Legend in his own lifetime

Trooper John Wiseman was born in Britain in 1941

John Wiseman was the first to train members of the Green Berets which was at the formation of the USA's Delta Force who are of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D) - commonly known as Delta in the U.S. Army, Delta Force by civilians, and Combat Applications Group by the Department of Defense - is a Special Operations Force (SOF) and an integral element of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).

Delta Force's primary tasks are counter-terrorism and national intervention operations, although it is an extremely versatile group capable of assuming many missions, including, but not limited to, rescuing hostages, raids, and eliminating covert enemy forces. Delta Force conducts missions similar to those attributed to the British Special Air Service (SAS), on which it was originally modelled

John Wiseman set a record being the youngest to pass SAS Selection at the very young age of 18 which is no longer possible and now cannot be beat. His service with the Special Air Service Regiment started in 1958 and served with 22 SAS for approx. 26 years. His worldwide service saw activity in every theatre of special forces operation and was

Sergeant Major, B Squadron Sabre Squadron 22 SAS

Sergeant Major 22 SAS Training Wing

Head of Operational Research 22 SAS

He set up the SP Team Counter Hi-Jack now CRW Counter Revolutionary Warfare Wing, The CRW Wing is now nominally made up of the personnel drawn from a single squadron, originally designated "Pagoda", which is relieved every 6 - 9 months. The squadron is split up into two combined troops, "Red" and "Blue", with each troop made up of an assault group and a sniper team. Though the counter-terrorist teams are based at RHQ in Hereford, a specialist eight-man team is based within the outer London region (4, south London border & 4, north London border/Hertfordshire). This team rapidly responds to any situation in London as required.

He help set up the SAS Counter-Terrorist now known as 'The Team' for such teams involved in Operation Nimrod The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 was a terrorist siege of the Iranian embassy in London. The siege was ended when British special forces, the Special Air Service (SAS), stormed the building in Operation Nimrod. The incident brought the SAS to the world's attention as the whole episode was played out in the media. Which was undertaken from the SAS barracks Stirling Lines in Hereford

John also ran Survival Training School for 22 SAS at Hereford Stirling Lines for survival skills on land, sea, jungle, desert, arctic, and all manor of wilderness environments. Much of the JWIC Jungle Warfare Instructors Course conducted in Borneo Malaysia is built on the solid foundations laid by John Wiseman and those that followed him. The Jungle Warfare Wing (JWW) is located on the island of Borneo, close to the border with Sarawak (Malaysia) and is supported by the British Army's Brunei Garrison. JWW exists to provide a jungle training facility to meet the requirement to train jungle warfare instructors for the British SAS and other regiments.

John also ran SAS Selection Course which is the hardest course in the world to pass and out of 100 only 5% are consider fit to join the Regiment before they start the real training 'Continuation Training'. The Commanding Officer of 22 SAS is alleged to have said that, "John Lofty Wiseman is an SAS legend" a real accolade from the best.

John Lofty Wiseman has trained survival to many specialists over the years both military and civilian and has undoubtedly saved many lives by his love of all things survival. It is his principles of survival and tools which he introduced that has had the biggest impact on the survival world whose achievements cannot be overestimated!

The process of becoming a Special Forces soldier is a lengthy one. The following is a condensed answer. A soldier must first be selected to train. This is done during the first phase of training known as Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS).

If a soldier is selected he chooses a language to learn and a specialty. The specialties are; Explosives and Engineering, Weapons, Communication, or Medicine.

If the soldier is not yet airborne qualified, he must then attend and complete the US Army Airborne school. A soldier then begins the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) by attending a 4-6 month language course to learn a foreign language. After completing language training he must then attend and complete the 7 week Small Unit Tactics (SUT) course. Once complete the soldier then must attend and complete the 3 week Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) course. Upon completion he begins training in his specialty (56 weeks for Medics and 13 weeks for the other three specialties). Finally future Special Forces soldiers must complete the 30 day culmination exercise known as Robin Sage. After completion the soldier is allowed to wear the Special Forces tab on his uniform and wear the Green Beret.

Army Rangers

Airborne Rangers

1st Rangers ( 1st battalion only )

2nd Rangers ( 2nd battalion only )

3rd Rangers ( 3rd battalion only )

Special Rangers ( special troops battalion only )

Recon Rangers ( Regimental Reconnaissance Company/ or RRC only )

Long Haired Rangers ( Regimental Reconnaissance Company only )

No, he never served in the armed forces, he was an ordained minister.

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Now this is a vauge question. Green Berets can wear sunglasses, Yes. If you are talking about glasses to improve eyesight then the answer is Yes and No. If youre vision is 20/20 with glasses then yes you can wear them but only if you are willing to get them dirty!

Are you serious? Marines vs Green Beret even if you said marine recon that would still be a silly question. Now in todays military the marines have there own special forces program that is mirrored after the green berets because the marines where loosing there best men to the seals so they started there own program. but, it is new and still in the working out the kinks stage but, in a decade we can compare but, they are still to young to put it in a sf, seal, delta category.

Around WW2, select US Army Rangers and OSS operatives were taken over to the UK to complete the British commando course. Upon completion, they were issued the green beret. After the war, these soldiers then went on to become the first members of the newly formed Army Special Forces. They kept the British green berets as a sign of pride, but they were not sanctioned for wear by the Army. President Kennedy saw an exhibition by them and was very impressed, officially authorizing the beret to wear by US Special Forces only. The Army then took a Canadian beret design and created new US Army green berets for the Special Forces soldiers. There's more information on this on the US Army Special Forces Wikipedia page.

The war affected the world's population because it meant hard work and more effort and stress which caused people to die,also the bombs and people had to share there food.Clothes had to be made from curtains and much shops weren't open. after buildings had to be made again also machinery and factories had to be built with knives even better.