Delta Force

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United States Army unit special operations unit

Delta Force is an elite, highly secretive U.S. Army special operations unit specializing in counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and high-risk direct action missions worldwide.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Delta Force operators 1
Inside Delta Force 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army unit ⓘ
special operations unit ⓘ
commandStructure under operational control of JSOC ⓘ
cooperatesWith CIA Special Activities Division ⓘ
surface form: CIA Special Activities Center

FBI Hostage Rescue Team ⓘ
Navy SEALs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six

other NATO special operations forces ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasAlias 1st SFOD-D ⓘ
1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta ⓘ
CAG ⓘ
Combat Applications Group ⓘ
The Unit ⓘ
isClassified true ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army ⓘ
missionEnvironment austere environments ⓘ
rural environments ⓘ
urban environments ⓘ
notableRole Global War on Terrorism ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
operatesUnder Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
operationalScope worldwide ⓘ
partOf Joint Special Operations Command ⓘ
U.S. Army Special Operations Command ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Special Operations Command
primaryTaskingAuthority National Security Council of the United States ⓘ
surface form: National Command Authority
publicDetailsAvailability limited ⓘ
role national-level counterterrorism asset ⓘ
strategic special operations capability ⓘ
secrecyLevel high ⓘ
selectionFrom United States Army ⓘ
other U.S. military branches ⓘ
selectionProcess highly selective ⓘ
voluntary ⓘ
specialization counterinsurgency ⓘ
counterterrorism ⓘ
direct action ⓘ
hostage rescue ⓘ
special reconnaissance ⓘ
trainingFocus airborne operations ⓘ
close-quarters battle ⓘ
counterterrorism tactics ⓘ
explosives and breaching ⓘ
marksmanship ⓘ
mobility and driving ⓘ
typicalMissionType capture or kill operations ⓘ
high-risk raids ⓘ
protection of high-value individuals ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Task Force 158 → associatedWith → Delta Force ⓘ
The Unit → basedOn → Delta Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inside Delta Force
The Unit → inspiredBy → Delta Force ⓘ
Urgent Fury → notableUnitInvolved → Delta Force ⓘ
Night Stalkers → supportsUnitType → Delta Force ⓘ
Mack Gerhardt in The Unit → unit → Delta Force ⓘ
subject surface form: Mack Gerhardt
Operation Gothic Serpent → uses → Delta Force ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delta Force operators