When did the special forces branch of the US military?
by admin on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 | 4 Comments
and did they have special weapons and equipment like the SF groups of today? I mean, not that they had night vision, but did they have anything specific to their corps that was "special".
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Man, why doesn’t anybody ever ask about cooks or supply sergeants? See that’s why I went 11B, then later airborne ranger when I came in the US Army, because no cares about the support stuff (I know now cause I’m JAG currently.lol)
Here’s the history for ya:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces
http://www.soc.mil/SF/history.htm
http://www.sfahq.com/
As for the set-up back in the 50s when they started…well yeah they had cutting edge tech for the day. They did have very primitive night vision (the Germans had it even in WW2), but it wasn’t used often and was worthless. The thing that made them special was there people and their mission…The type of men they recruited (alot were new immigrants from eastern Europe and alot of WW2 vets) and the mission of going behind the lines and organizing guerillas to harass the Russians during the Cold War took a ‘special’ breed. Once you read through the links and see all the training invovled and why the units were formed, you’ll see why President Kennedy authorised the Green Beret formally. If you can ever go to FT. Bragg, NC, stop at the JFKSF museum and also the SOCOM museum in Fayetteville, NC.
Airborne!
During WWII. but the bulk of special operations forces came about during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. Most go through what is known as "pipeline" training. basically this means several of these "specially trained individuals and/or units" attend special training through all branches of the military. Each branch of the military has "special operations forces".
Examples include but not limited to:
Army: Delta Force
Navy: SEAL teams
Air Force: Pararescue
Marines: Recon.
During the Revolutionary War, however they only really became active in WWII.
It’s been a growing area of the Military since the 1300′s. In the US it goes back to the mid 1600′s