Delta Force

The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta, also known as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group, or within Joint Special Operations Command as Task Force Green, is a special operations force... Wikipedia

• Founded:  November 19, 1977
• Type:  Special mission unit
• Role:  Special operations, Counterterrorism
• Size:  Classified, see below
• Part of:  Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Special Operations Command
• Headquarters:  Fort Liberty, North Carolina, U.S.
• Nickname(s):  "The Unit", Combat Applications Group (CAG), Task Force Green, "D'Boys"
• Engagements:  Operation Eagle Claw, Operation Urgent Fury, Operation Just Cause, Operation Acid Gambit, Persian Gulf War, Colombian Drug War, Somali Civil War, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Gothic Serpent, Operation Uphold Democracy, Yugoslav Wars, NATO intervention in Bosnia, Kosovo War, Global War on Terrorism, Operation Enduring Freedom, Battle of Tora Bora, Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, Iraq War, Operation Juniper Shield, Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Kayla Mueller, 2012 Benghazi attack, Mexican drug war, Operation Black Swan
• Decorations:  Presidential Unit Citation, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Valorous Unit Award
• Current, commander:  Classified
• Notable, commanders:  Charles Alvin Beckwith, William F. Garrison, William G. Boykin, Peter J. Schoomaker, Eldon A. Bargewell, Gary L. Harrell, Bennet S. Sacolick, Austin S. Miller, Mark J. O'Neil, James Jarrard, Christopher T. Donahue
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo