The Ops in Black Ops stands for operation. A unit would be put together for a black mission and would likely remain a unit only as long as a mission lasted.The whole purpose of the unit is to not be known. Personnel would be drawn to form a unit for a mission and before that it would consist only of the upper level staff needed to create and insure funding, training. logistics for the mission that has been determined must remain secret and hidden. If the unit was known and it's personnel able to be identified then it would have reduced capabilities and not be as effective. They could also be called in front of a congressional hearing. Delta Force is as close as you might get to an answer. They are likely to be some of the military personnel chosen to be detached and form the unit.

Assuming you are asking about the US Army, the closest thing to a "black ops unit" is the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta (1st SFOD-D), more commonly known as the "Delta Force." Black operations are called Black operations because of the ops they do. Specialized units mostly formed per operation. Black as in "not standard military". So are there known Black ops units. I don't think so.

"Black" may be used as a generic term for any activity that is hidden or secret. For example, some activities by military and Intel agencies are funded by a classified "black budget,"

US Air Force pathfinders, the precursor to combat controllers, were among the ground troops at the Battle of Hamburger Hill.

Yes. There is a page about Delta Force in Wikipidea. There are countless books about Delta Force, some are written by former Delta Force operatos. There is a book called 'Delta Force', written by the first Commander of Delta Force, Col. Charlie A. Beckwith(Ret).

Average Salary : $68,300 Expected Lifetime Earnings: $2,577,000 of Delta Force soldiers.

Lt. Gen William B. Caldwell IV is currently the commanding general of U. S. Army North at Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio Texas.

Do you mean "Can a SEAL have a kid with another woman, even though he is married?"

The answer to that is no. Adultery is a crime in the military that can be punished under UCMJ. However, it is very hard to prove because of the typical lack of evidence. It cannot just be a "he said, she said" case. Most adultery cases end out being charged as inappropriate fraternization. For officers, this charge can be a career killer and, most enlisted usually get general discharges for it. If the accused had a child, like your question asked, then the SEAL would probably be charged with adultery since the child is proof of the illicit relationship. He would most likely be removed from the SEALs and busted down a rank or two. He woud also recieve an official reprimand in his military record. His career would be over and he would be discharged within time as "other than honorable".

A Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha consists of 12 men: team commander (usually a captain)
team sergeant major
two weapons sergeants
two engineer sergeants
two communications sergeants
two medical sergeants
two intelligence sergeants

That would be dependent on a number of factors. If I were carrying extra clothing, I'd probably change, provided I had enough time allotted to do this. If it were particularly cold, I certainly would do what I could to dry myself off, due to the risk of hypothermia.

The citation usually will be abbreviated to something along the lines of 'For services rendered.' The full citation will only be available once the record is no longer classified.

There are a total of 18 snipers on the game Seal Team 6.

To answer a number of questions at once, too become a Navy SEAL you must be in the US Navy. No one but Navy sailors can be or train to be a SEAL. No women either. The above is true for all 3 branches. To become an Army Ranger, you most be in the Army. Marine Recon - Only Marines can be Marine Recon. Also, no females are allowed in the school or service in the unit

According to a MILPER message posted on the HRC web site the official release date is 0730 hrs on 08 APR 10. It also states that the prepositioned list will be available for download by authorized users at 0730 hrs on 01 APR 10. I figue that after April 1st that list will be floating around for all to see. Good luck!

That would be 1st special forces operational detachment-delta (delta force). a close second would be navy DEVGRU (or SEAL team-six), but as Delta force is older, they have more experience and expertise.

There are four 15-man Marine Special Operations Teams (MSOTs) within an Marine Special Operations Company (MSOC). In turn, there are four MSOCs within a Marine Special Operations Battalion (MSOB), and right now, there are a total of three active MSOBs.

1.2 miles per the us marine handbook.

Yes, NAVY Seal snipers can serve as ground soldiers on missions. This, however, would be up to their commanding officers. It would also depend on the military objective, goal, or excursion at hand.

A scouting mission is usually basically just a recce(recconaissance) mission performed by a Sniper team or a Special Forces team to scout out the enemy and relay important information about the enemies strenghts and capabilities etc.

There is not a way to pin point missions done by Navy Seals. The Navy Seals go on many of missions.

you have to go for training first before entering the SEAL team.

i think it was the activision team

Yes, I believe that they are.

It depends on what type of position you are talking about. If you are asking about an operational position, you would need to spend time as either a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger or Special Forces, or Air Force Special Operations, before being chosen to join one of these branches' Tier One units, such as US Army Delta or US Air Force 24th Special Tactics Squadron.

However, not everyone within JSOC is an operator. They also have a lot of support personnel, who help gather and analyze intelligence to assist the guys in the field. That is another way to be a part of JSOC, if you can't be in an operational position.

The Norwegian HJK/FSK and MJK has been co-operating with British and American Special Forces. They supposedly had training with the S.A.S and there were American SF soldiers (not necessarily SEALS) at the training operation 'cold response'. It's been said that the Norwegian Special Forces are at the same level as units like S.A.S/SEALS & Delta Force. If you are referring to how well they did under the training operations, no one can tell you, that information is classified. The most detail you will get is the head of the Norwegian defense telling the media that everything went well/bad, the public will rarely receive detailed information.

No specific records. The 7mm Magnum is not a military round, nor is it specifically used in long range competition.

All the info I could find states the following (however, they could have been awarded more unit commendations and I just wasn't looking in the right places). I hope this helps.

CentCom recieved 7 Joint Meritorious Unit Awards between 1985 and 2000. The last one was actually awarded in March 2001, but it covers all of CentCom's activities between November 1999 and March 2001.

SOCCent recieved 4 Joint Meritorious Unit Awards between 1985 and 2000. Again, their fourth award covers SOCCent's activites between November 1999 and March 2001.