United States special operations forces
United States special operations forces are the special forces of the United States Department of Defense's United States Special Operations Command, used for special operations.
Composition
; Component commands- United States Special Operations Command
- * Joint Special Operations Command
- * United States Army Special Operations Command
- * United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command
- * United States Naval Special Warfare Command
- * United States Air Force Special Operations Command
- * Theater Special Operations Commands
- ** Special Operations Command Africa
- ** Special Operations Command Central
- ** Special Operations Command Europe
- *** Joint Special Operations Air Component Europe
- ** Special Operations Command Pacific
- ** Special Operations Command South
- ** Special Operations Command North
- ** Special Operations Command Korea
Joint Special Operations Command
- 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
- * A Squadron
- * B Squadron
- * C Squadron
- * D Squadron
- * E Squadron
- * G Squadron
- * Combat Support Squadron
- Naval Special Warfare Development Group
- * Red Squadron
- * Gold Squadron
- * Blue Squadron
- * Silver Squadron
- * Black Squadron
- * Gray Squadron
- * Green Team
- 24th Special Tactics Squadron
- 427th Special Operations Squadron
- Flight Concepts Division
- Intelligence Support Activity
- Joint Communications Unit
United States Air Force
- Air Force Special Operations Command ★★★
- * 1st Special Operations Wing
- ** 1st Special Operations Group
- *** 4th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 8th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 9th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 15th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 23rd Weather Squadron
- *** 34th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 319th Special Operations Squadron
- * 24th Special Operations Wing
- ** 720th Special Tactics Group
- *** 17th Special Tactics Squadron
- *** 21st Special Tactics Squadron
- *** 22nd Special Tactics Squadron
- *** 23rd Special Tactics Squadron
- *** 26th Special Tactics Squadron
- *** 720th Operations Support Squadron
- ** 724th Special Tactics Group
- *** 24th Special Tactics Squadron
- *** 724th Operations Support Squadron
- *** 724th Intelligence Squadron
- *** 724th Special Tactics Support Squadron
- * 27th Special Operations Wing
- ** 27th Special Operations Group
- *** 3rd Special Operations Squadron
- *** 9th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 16th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 20th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 33rd Special Operations Squadron
- *** 56th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron
- *** 73rd Special Operations Squadron
- *** 318th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 524th Special Operations Squadron
- * 193d Special Operations Wing
- ** 193d Special Operations Squadron
- * 919th Special Operations Wing
- ** 919th Special Operations Group
- *** 2d Special Operations Squadron
- *** 5th Special Operations Squadron
- *** 711th Special Operations Squadron
- * 352d Special Operations Wing
- ** 7th Special Operations Squadron
- ** 67th Special Operations Squadron
- ** 321st Special Tactics Squadron
- * 353rd Special Operations Group
- ** 1st Special Operations Squadron
- ** 17th Special Operations Squadron
- ** Detachment 1, 43rd Intelligence Squadron
- ** 320th Special Tactics Squadron
- * Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center ★★
- ** 19th Special Operations Squadron
- ** 5th Special Operations Squadron
- ** 6th Special Operations Squadron
- ** 18th Flight Test Squadron
- ** 280th Combat Communications Squadron
- ** 371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron
- ** 551st Special Operations Squadron
- ** United States Air Force Special Operations School
United States Army
- United States Army Special Operations Command ★★★
- * 1st Special Forces Command ★★
- ** 1st SFC Military Intelligence Battalion
- ** 1st Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***4th Battalion
- ***Group Support Battalion
- ** 3rd Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***4th Battalion
- ***Group Support Battalion
- ** 5th Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***4th Battalion
- ***Group Support Battalion
- ** 7th Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***4th Battalion
- ***Group Support Battalion
- ** 10th Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***4th Battalion
- ***Group Support Battalion
- ** 19th Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***Group Support Company
- ** 20th Special Forces Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***Group Support Company
- ** 4th Psychological Operations Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- *** 6th POB Battalion
- *** 7th POB Battalion
- *** 8th POB Battalion
- ** 8th Psychological Operations Group
- ***Headquarters Company
- *** 1st POB Battalion
- *** 5th POB Battalion
- *** 9th POB Battalion
- ** 95th Civil Affairs Brigade
- *** 91st Civil Affairs Battalion
- *** 92nd Civil Affairs Battalion
- *** 96th Civil Affairs Battalion
- *** 97th Civil Affairs Battalion
- *** 98th Civil Affairs Battalion
- ** 528th Sustainment Brigade, Special Operations
- *** 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion
- *** Special Troops Battalion
- *** 195th Support Company
- *** 197th Support Company
- * 75th Ranger Regiment
- ** 1st Ranger Battalion
- ** 2nd Ranger Battalion
- ** 3rd Ranger Battalion
- ** Special Troops Battalion
- *** Regimental Reconnaissance Company
- * Special Operations Aviation Command ★
- ** 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
- ***Headquarters Company
- ***1st Battalion
- ***2nd Battalion
- ***3rd Battalion
- ***4th Battalion
- ** Special Operations Aviation Training Battalion
- * United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School ★★
- ** 1st Special Warfare Training Group
- ** Special Warfare Education Group
- ** Special Warfare Medical Group
United States Marine Corps
- United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command ★★
- * Marine Raider Regiment
- ** 1st Marine Raider Battalion
- ** 2d Marine Raider Battalion
- ** 3d Marine Raider Battalion
- * Marine Raider Support Group
- ** 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion
- ** 2d Marine Raider Support Battalion
- ** 3d Marine Raider Support Battalion
- * Marine Special Operations School
United States Navy
- Naval Special Warfare Command ★★
- * Naval Special Warfare Group ONE
- ** SEAL Team 1
- ** SEAL Team 3
- ** SEAL Team 5
- ** SEAL Team 7
- ** Logistics Support Unit 1
- ** Naval Special Warfare Unit 1
- ** Naval Special Warfare Unit 3
- * Naval Special Warfare Group TWO
- ** SEAL Team 2
- ** SEAL Team 4
- ** SEAL Team 8
- ** SEAL Team 10
- ** Logistics Support Unit 2
- ** Naval Special Warfare Unit 2
- ** Naval Special Warfare Unit 4
- ** Naval Special Warfare Unit 10
- * Naval Special Warfare Group THREE
- ** SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1
- ** SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2 It was reactivated on 8 March 2019.
- ** Logistics Support Unit 3
- ** SEAL Delivery Vehicle Detachment 1
- * Naval Special Warfare Group FOUR
- ** Special Boat Team 12
- ** Special Boat Team 20
- ** Special Boat Team 22
- ** Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School
- * Naval Special Warfare Group TEN
- ** Support Activity 1
- ** Support Activity 2
- ** Mission Support Center
- ** Cultural Engagement Unit
- * Naval Special Warfare Group ELEVEN
- ** SEAL Team 17
- ** SEAL Team 18
- * Naval Special Warfare Center
- ** Basic Training Command
- ** Advanced Training Command
SOF career fields
United States Army
- Special Forces
- Rangers
- Military Information Support Operators
- Civil Affairs Soldiers
- Enablers
- Sustainers
- Army Special Operations Aviators
- Military Intelligence and other Special Operations/Support with enlisted Special Qualification Identifier "S" or "K9" for Officers.
United States Marine Corps
- United States Marine Corps Critical Skills Operator
- Enablers
- Special Operations Capabilities Specialist
- Combat Services Specialist
United States Navy
- Navy SEALs
- Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen
- Special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman
- Enablers
- United States Navy EOD
- Mobile Communications Team
United States Air Force
- Combat Control
- Special Reconnaissance
- Special Tactics Officer
- Special Operations Surgical Team
- Combat Aviation Advisor
- Pararescuemen
- Combat Rescue Officer
- Tactical Air Control Party – enlisted
- Air Liaison Officer
ALO/TACP Airmen must undergo additional selection and training to be assigned to AFSOC Special Tactics Squadrons. Most are assigned to ACC and support conventional Army Units.
U.S. special operations centers, schools, and courses
- International Special Training Center – Pfullendorf, Federal Republic of Germany
- Joint Special Operations University – Hurlburt Field
- Advanced Special Operations Techniques Course – Fort Bragg
- John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School – Fort Bragg
- Military Free Fall Advanced Tactical Infiltration Course – Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
- Naval Special Warfare Center – Coronado, California
- Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command, Imperial Beach, CA
- Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School- John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
- Recon and Surveillance Leaders Course – Fort Benning, Georgia
- Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat – Fort Bragg
- Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course – Key West, Florida
- Special Forces Sniper Course – Fort Bragg
- Special Forces Advanced Targeting Reconnaissance Target Analysis Exploitation Techniques
- Special Forces Physical Surveillance Course
- SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Technical Exploitation Course
- SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Operator Advanced Course
- Special Forces Master Mountaineering Course
- Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course
- Winter Warfare, Mountain and Cold Weather Operations
- Special Forces Technical Surveillance
- Marine Special Operations School – Camp Lejeune
- * Marine Corps Special Operations Training Group
- US Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program – Fort Benning, Georgia
- US Army Small Unit Ranger Tactics – Fort Benning, Georgia
- USAF Combat Dive Course – NDSTC Panama City, Florida
- USAF Combat Control School – Pope Field, North Carolina
- USAF Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course – Kirtland AFB, NM
- USAF Special Operations School – Hurlburt Field, FL
- * Special Tactics Training Squadron
- Special Operations Terminal Attack Control Course, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
- JTAC Advanced Instructor Course – Nellis AFB, NV
- Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, Naval Air Station Fallon, NV
- US Navy Rescue Swimmer school, Pensacola, Florida
- US Coast Guard Joint Maritime Training Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- US Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Training Center, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina