In the year 2002, the U.S. Army Special Forces will celebrate a half-century of exemplary service. This illustrated look at the training and work of the U.S. Army Special Forces as it is today includes a brief history of these fighting elite followed by an up-close look at the advanced weaponry, high-tech gadgetry and fear-inspiring vehicles and aircraft at their disposal. Also discussed are special functions and duties like sniping, military free-fall, SCUBA and linguistic and cultural training. Color photographs of U.S. Army Special forces in training and in the field, are accompanied by appendices detailing their service history and the specifications of their specialized weaponry and equipment.
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Fred J. Pushies has spent the last eighteen years in the company of each of the units assigned to United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM). He has skimmed across the waves with the SEALs in an eighty-two-foot-long Mark V Special Operations craft, flown at treetop level with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and crunched through the brush with Force Recon Marines. His other Zenith Press titles include Night Stalkers: 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment; Special Ops: America’s Elite Forces in 21st Century Combat; 10th Mountain Division; 82nd Airborne; U.S. Air Force Special Ops; Marine Force Recon; and Weapons of the Navy Seals. Fred lives in Westland, Michigan.
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For anyone interested in an accurate overview of SF missions and training, this is the book. Well illustrated and surprisingly up to date, this book would be a handy reference title for anyone interested in the world of the Special Forces soldier.
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The lineage of today's Special Forces soldier begins some two centuries ago in an emerging country called America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foreign internal defense, hide site, conventional troops, engineer sergeant, unconventional warfare, indigenous troops, special reconnaissance, indigenous personnel, special operations forces, detachment commander, airborne training, crossed arrows, special forces, grenade machine gun, indigenous forces, target analysis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, North Carolina, Fort Bragg, Chief Balwanz, President Kennedy, Robin Sage, Air Force, Nam Dong, South Vietnam, Special Warfare Center, National Guard, Captain Donlon, Son Tay, Special Service Force, Defense Visual Information Center Photo, Global Positioning System, Special Warfare Museum, Alamo Scouts, Army John, Desert Storm, Ground Mobility Vehicle, Mosby's Rangers, Viet Cong, Captain Roger New!
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The lineage of today's Special Forces soldier begins some two centuries ago in an emerging country called America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foreign internal defense, hide site, conventional troops, engineer sergeant, unconventional warfare, indigenous troops, special reconnaissance, indigenous personnel, special operations forces, detachment commander, airborne training, crossed arrows, special forces, grenade machine gun, indigenous forces, target analysis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, North Carolina, Fort Bragg, Chief Balwanz, President Kennedy, Robin Sage, Air Force, Nam Dong, South Vietnam, Special Warfare Center, National Guard, Captain Donlon, Son Tay, Special Service Force, Defense Visual Information Center Photo, Global Positioning System, Special Warfare Museum, Alamo Scouts, Army John, Desert Storm, Ground Mobility Vehicle, Mosby's Rangers, Viet Cong, Captain Roger New!
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- Special Operations (Limited) by David W Irvin on 5 pages
- MEDAL OF HONOR: A Vietnam Warrior's Story by Roy P. Benavidez on page 35
- Special Forces by David Miller on page 35
- The American Revolution: A MyReportLinks.com Book (U.S. Wars) by Carl R. Green in Front Matter
- The Vietnam War by Mitchell K. Hall on page 25
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- U.S. Special Forces: A Guide to America's Special Operations Units-The World's Most Elite Fighting Force by Samuel A. Southworth in Back Matter
- Weapons of Delta Force (Battlegear) by Fred Pushies in Copyright
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