US Military Special Operations

OIF was an actual invasion, whereas OEF-P is simply an assistance and advisory programme in a country which is already on friendly terms with the United States, and in which US forces aren't intended to actually participate in combat operations.

HBX-3 is an explosive mixture of RDX, TNT, powdered aluminum, calcium chloride, and a special wax. It's used mostly in warheads that are carried by submarines and in underwater mines and depth charges.

A Sergeant Major in the Special Forces usually holds the MOS of 18Z or Special Forces Team Sergeant. They are usually the most senior enlisted member of the team, or ODA. They help oversee the training and proficiency of the team when they are home, and prepare them for deployment. They also help plan and organize interagency or multinational operations.

A Navy SEAL can become a sniper, then an officer if he has an education.

Mostly regular weapons that are modified.

-M4A1 with SOPMOD Block 2&3 Kits -M107A1

-M203 GL -Others

-MK46 LMG

-MK48 MMG

-Some Units use Glocks

-HK MK23

-Sig Saure's

-Some Units use SCARs

-M110 SASS

-MEU(SOC) Pistol

-M9A1

-LAW

-Carl Gustaf (probably spelt wrong)

all languages is what a Delta Force operator needs in order to decrypt all codes in almost all languages.

There is a few things you have to do to be a Navy Seal and on team 6. You will have to start with joining the Navy.

The current longest recorded kill made with a rifle chambered in .308 was recorded as 1,250 meters, or just over 3/4 of a mile. It was made by then-Staff Sgt. James Gilliland of the 3rd Infantry Division in Ramadi, Iraq on September 27, 2005. Gilliland and his spotter were providing overwatch for a line company that was going through a neighborhood, performing house-to-house searches for insurgents. The soldiers on the ground were taking fire from a hospital when Gilliland took the shot and hit the insurgent in the chest, killing him.

Navy SEALs that are on active duty can be away from home from a few months to years.

Almost 100% of the ST6 shooters came from the SEAL Teams whilst Delta is comprised of personnel from the Ranger Regiment, Special Forces, the conventional Army, as well as even members of other military branches (there have even been ST6 members who have vetted for Delta over the years), while For Delta, the majority come from the 75th and SF; two VERY distinct units with completely different missions and cultures.

The basic responsibilities of officers in the Navy SEALs is to organize, train, equip, and lead. They are experts in tactics and operations.

Air Force Special Operations Command was created in 1990.

An army accident that results in death is Class A.

Class A-an Army accident in which the resulting total cost of property damage is $1,000,000 or more; an Army aircraft or missile is destroyed, missing, or abandoned; or an injury and/or occupational illness results in a fatality or permanent total disability.

The US Army Airborne School does not release death statistics. They do happen, however, they are far less than civilian skydiving deaths. This is because students who go through Airborne School receive extensive training on how to land and what to do in the case of an mid-jump emergency, such as a chute getting tangled or a chute not opening completely. This is all done before they even get in the plane to jump. They even jump off a series of towers, ranging from 35 to 250 feet, to learn how to land properly and how to depoly their chutes. Eventually, they learn how to peform a static-line jump from the back of a C-130 at 1,250 feet.

Because of the nature of a static line jump, the jumper does not have to worry about deploying their chute, as it is already done for them by the static line. However, injuries from static line jumps can happen. The most common types are leg and back injuries from improper landings, such as forgeting to keep your knees loose and not in a locked position. This can break your leg or compress your spine. Concussions have also occured from jumpers hitting their head as they land.

Another common type of injury are burns from the parachute line itself. Sometimes, the parachute line can rub across your neck and cause abrasions, called riser burn. This happens when you don't keep your chin against your chest when your chute deploys.

US Air Force PJ's(Pararescue Jumpers) and CCT's(Combat Controller's) training pipelines take more than a year to complete. This training includes scuba diving, static line and free fall parachuting, land navigation, and SERE. PJ's also go on to learn various medical skills and become nationally certified as EMT-Paramedics. CCT's also become FAA-certified air traffic controllers. Because they often operate with other US Special Operations Forces, they must be prepared to work in all environments.

The US Navy SEALs likely have the best "standard" sniper program with both the best equipment and a relatively long and very intense initial course. Also, NAVSPECWAR (SEALs) tends NOT to be tied to a doctrinal use of snipers allowing them significant flexibility in their training program. This also lends itself to quick transformation of their training and rapid application of combat lessons-learned. This quick flexibility in their program makes for likely better trained personnel.

Once personnel are "sniper qualified", the NAVSPECWAR personnel have significant shooting/training opportunities to keep currency and improve upon their skills unlike some service's personnel, including other SOCOM assets. Of course, this can be argued by the other services (Army, SOCOM, & USMC).

There are also Tier-1 and Other Government Agency (OGA) military sniper programs which are specific to anti-terrorism units and they get the best training and equipment in the world, but are not necessarily a reflection of the service's normal sniper production pipeline.

Yes, Delta is a real counter-terrorism unit within the US Army and JSOC. Most of the unit's details are classified, but twice a year, they perform Army-wide recruiting. They change official names every few years in order to keep foreign intelligence agencies guessing. Their last known names were Army Compartmented Element, or ACE, and Combat Applications Group, or CAG. Their most recent known operations were the rescue of Jessica Lynch and the death of al-Zarqawi.

Very little you do in the army is because you want to, that said if the officer is already a medical officer, I am sure that he or she could volunteer for field duty as opposed to work in a hospital or clinic, of course there is a non voluntary rotation system called PROFIS which ensures that these slots get filled.

Based on the fact that the movie came out in January 2006 and MARSOC wasn't officially stood up late February 2006, it was most likely meant to be Force Recon Marines that are portrayed in the movie.

Neither. Each unit has it's strengths and weaknesses. SEAL teams will most likely be called in if the target is on the ocean or some other water location or when stealth is a better choice instead of a direct raid. Rangers, as a rapid-deployment unit, specialize in airfield seizures and building raids.

In the Tier system mentioned in the previous answer, the regular SEAL teams are Tier 3, while the Army Rangers are Tier 2. This is because of their mission differences. The Army Rangers are Tier 2 because they are the ones who provide most of the support and reinforcements for the Tier 1 units - Delta and DevGru. The regular SEAL teams and Army Special Forces are Tier 3 because they are not needed as much for JSOC operations. The Tier system is not a measurement of unit toughness. That is a common misconception. It is actually used to determine how much funding each unit receives in order to get what they need to accomplish their mission.

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