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Special mission unit. The term Special Missions Unit ( SMU ), at one time referred to as a "Tier 1" unit, [1] is used in the United States to categorize the nation's most highly secretive and elite military special operations forces. [2] The term "special missions unit" is also used in Australia to describe the Special Air Service Regiment.
As the Air Force's Tier 1 unit, the 24th STS provides special operations airmen to the Joint Special Operations Command, including Pararescuemen, Combat Controllers, Special Reconnaissance, and Tactical Air Control Party personnel. 24th STS members are also trained to conduct classified and clandestine operations such as direct action, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, hostage rescue, and ...
Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991. Delta Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit. Key military and government figures had already been briefed on ...
The Activity and its counterparts 1st SFOD-D, DEVGRU, and the 24th Special Tactics Squadron, are the U.S. military's premier Tier 1 Special Mission Units, performing the most complex, classified, and dangerous missions as directed by the National Command Authority. [6] The unit is known by many names.
United States Army: 5 MG William F. Garrison: 1992 July 1994 United States Army: 6 MG Peter J. Schoomaker: July 1994 August 1996 United States Army: 7 MG Michael A. Canavan: 1 August 1996 1 August 1998 United States Army: 8 MG Bryan D. Brown: 1998 2000 [55] United States Army: 9 MG Dell L. Dailey: 2001 March 2003 United States Army: 10 LTG ...
ROK Army Special Warfare Command ("Black Berets") [ 200] 1st Special Forces Brigade (Airborne) [ 201] 13th Special Mission Brigade [ 202][ 203][ 204] 707th Special Mission Group. Republic of Korea Navy [ 205] ROK Naval Special Warfare Flotilla [ 206] Republic of Korea Marine Corps.
SEAL Team Six. The Naval Special Warfare Development Group ( NSWDG ), abbreviated as DEVGRU ("Development Group") [note A] and commonly known as SEAL Team Six, [ 3][ 4] is the United States Navy component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). The unit is often referred to within JSOC as Task Force Blue. [ 4]
A United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party, commonly abbreviated TACP, is an individual or team of United States Air Force Special Warfare Airmen with AFSC 1Z3X1, who are aligned with conventional, Special Operation Forces, and Tier 1 combat maneuver units. They provide precision terminal attack control and terminal attack guidance of ...