Delta Force: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Task Force Green • CAG • 1st SFOD-D • Combat Applications Group • 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-–Delta • Army Compartmented Elements • ACE • the Unit
Areas Of Involvement	special operations warfare

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U.S. Army Colonel Charles Beckwith stands with arms crossed, wearing camouflage uniform, in front of a curtain.

Delta Force soldiers in yellow jumpsuits and white helmets, carrying parachutes and gear, walk in a line toward a military aircraft on a runway for HALO training.

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