United States Army Special Forces

: "Green Berets" redirects here. This article is about the U.S. Special Operations Force, also known as "the Green Berets". For the 1968 John Wayne film see The Green Berets (movie). It should be noted that in real life these soldiers refer to themselves as 'Special Forces', never as 'Green Berets'.

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John Wayne - The Green Berets (movie)

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The United States Army Special Forces —also known as the Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations. The force was founded by Aaron Bank and their official headgear is the green beret, thanks to the efforts of an early officer, Edson Raff.

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Special Operations Force - U.S. Army - Unconventional warfare - Special operations - Aaron Bank - Headgear - Green beret - Edson Raff

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Their official motto is De opresso liber ("To liberate the oppressed").

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The #1 hit song "Ballad of the Green Berets" and the book The Green Berets are in reference to this elite force.

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Ballad of the Green Berets - The Green Berets

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U.S. Army Special Forces is divided into five Active Duty Special Forces Groups(SFG). Each Active Duty SFG has a specific regional focus. The Special Forces soldiers assigned to these groups receive intensive language and cultural training for countries within their regional responsibility

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1st Special Forces Group - headquartered at Fort Lewis, WA. 1st Group has responsibility for South and Southeast Asia as well as the Pacific.

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3rd Special Forces Group - headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC. 3rd Group has responsibility for Southern Africa as well as the Carribean.

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5th Special Forces Group - headquartered at Fort Campbell, KY. 5th Group has

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responsibility for Southwest Asia.

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7th Special Forces Group - headquartered at Fort Bragg, NC. 7th Group has responsibility for Latin and South America.

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10th Special Forces Group - headquartered at Fort Carson, CO. 10th Group has responsibility for all of Europe.

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