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	Green Berets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A green beret is a type of headgear.
		The specific green berets worn by the above-mentioned military personnel and personnel in similar units of other countries' forces.
		Green Berets, a military unit composing Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Berets (192 words)

	United States Army Special Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Army Special Forces —also known by the nickname Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations.
		In 1962, he called the Green Beret "a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom." Aside from the well-recognized beret, Special Forces Operatives are also known for their more informal attire than other members of the U.S. Military.
		John Wayne's movie The Green Berets was about the early years of the Vietnam war where Green Beret advisors were sent to SE Asia to aid the South Vietnamese in fighting the Communist North.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Army_Special_Forces (1468 words)

	United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Marine Corps traces its institutional roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775.
		In many conflicts, members of the other armed forces of the United States have complained that the Marine Corps often emphasizes its prowess at the expense of the reputation of Army or Navy units which are nearby.
		Units of battalion size or larger may be reinforced by the addition of supporting tank or artillery units, as in the Battalion Landing Teams comprising the GCEs of Marine Expeditionary Units.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps (8836 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States Marine Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military.
		Both the Marine Corps and the United States Navy fall under the umbrella of the Department of the Navy.
		Historically, the United States Marine Corps has achieved fame in several campaigns, as referenced in the first line of the Marines' Hymn: "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli".
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /United_States_Marine_Corps (5749 words)

	Caribbean Islands - A Regional Security System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In its formal request for United States assistance, made in writing on October 23, the OECS cited the consequent unprecedented threat to the peace and security of the region created by the vacuum of authority in Grenada and violations of human rights, including killings.
		Testifying before the United States Congress during hearings on the foreign assistance budget for the Eastern Caribbean in early 1985, officials from the Department of State and the Department of Defense stressed the fragile economies of the islands and the absence of foreign threats to regional security.
		United States military assistance for the region in FY 1986 was set at US$10 million, the same as for FY 1985.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-3377.html (2799 words)

	Wikinfo \| April 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		United States forces announce that a "disease control" plant in Baghdad has been raided by unknown persons, and strains of cholera, fl fever, HIV, polio and hepatitis may have been lost.
		United States Army troops found over $656 million dollars in United States and Iraqi currency in sealed metal boxes in several bricked up cottages on the grounds of the homes of members of the Iraqi elite in Baghdad.
		Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former United Nations Secretary General, reports that the United Nations is increasingly "being marginalised" and that preparation is needed for a new organisation to succeed the UN.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=April_2003 (3694 words)

	CNN - Green Berets march on - Nov.11,1995
		In fact, the Green Berets, also known as Special Forces, are an integral part of the U.S. Army.
		One of their own, Barry Sadler, wrote and recorded a song, "Ballad of the Green Berets," (48K AIFF sound or 48K WAV sound) that went to number one.
		The Green Berets, who played major roles in the Gulf War, in Somalia, and in the invasions of Panama and Grenada, are a different force.
	cnn.com /US/9511/veterans_day/green_berets (602 words)

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		Green Berets organize, assist and train the military and national defense forces of foreign nations.
		Operation Enduring Freedom was the United States' response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. Special Forces teamed up with the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan to topple the Taliban's brutal hold on the country and bring known terrorists to justice.
		State Department White Paper on VietnamFebruary 27, 1965 South Vietnam is fighting for its life against a brutal campaign of terror and armed attack inspired, directed, supplied, and controlled by the Communist regime in Hanoi.
	www.intrepidmuseum.org /content/doc/Previsit_VietnamWar__7_1_3953.doc (9632 words)

	The Fifty-first State?
		If the United States launched a big tank-borne campaign, as suggested by some of the battle plans leaked to the press, tens of thousands of soldiers, with their ponderous logistics trail, would be in the middle of a foreign country when the fighting ended.
		The United States could have stopped the Khmer Rouge slaughter in Cambodia in the 1970s, but it was not going to, having spent the previous decade in a doomed struggle in Vietnam.
		The United States would help to set up the framework for a new governing system and then transfer authority to it as soon as possible—whether or not the new regime was truly ready to exercise control.
	www.theatlantic.com /issues/2002/11/fallows.htm (9016 words)

	The Price of Freedom: 7th Special Forces Group Airborne Green Beret
		United States 7th Special Forces Group Green Beret, worn by SP/5C R.J. Schmidt in Vietnam in 1964.
		Special Forces were commonly known as the Green Berets, from their distinctive headgear.
		Special Forces units have another unique mission, and that is to train and operate insurgency and counter-insurgency units in the field, a mission they performed admirably in Vietnam.
	americanhistory.si.edu /militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=60 (377 words)

	The Green Berets
		Ray Kellogg and John Wayne's 1968 movie The Green Berets opens with a press conference hosted by the Green Berets themselves, as they attempt to answer the snippy questions of skeptical reporters as to why we are fighting in Vietnam.
		The film, of course, is an unintentionally humorous, thin, and messy shell for anti-communist sentiments, and it was in fact overseen by top government officials proving that not everyone, if they just put his or her mind to it, can write.
		[3] Chester A. Yosarian, "The United States Army's Green Berets: History Re-evaluated, Corrected and Respected." Dr. Yosarian retired as a Specialist, Fourth Grade from the United States Army in 1972.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /jwasia/reviews/beretsPT.html (560 words)

	Historical Overview: Guatemala \| New Day Films
		By 1900, the United States is the dominant economic force in Guatemala.
		General Jorge Ubico is elected in 1931 and--backed by the United States-- ruthlessly represses opposition parties and labor and agrarian organizations.
		While United Fruit's profits flourish, the majority of the population suffers malnutrition, high rates of infant mortality, limited access to health and education, and violations of human rights.
	www.newday.com /guides/mango/19histguatemala.html (1911 words)

	ELITEFIGHTINGFORCES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The famous United States Green Berets, descendants of General “Wild Bill” Donovan's World War II OSS, were reared in the 1950s to wage guerrilla operations against enemy troops and were soon called in as the first special troops to Vietnam.
		In addition to their other duties, the Green Berets are now involved with humanitarian duties and other forces.
		England's Royal Marines and their supportive commando-training units can be traced back as far as 1664 as combination seafarer and soldier.
	www.adlermediatv.com /EFF.html (668 words)

	Venezuela and the U.S. War on Al Qaeda
		For the United States, Afghanistan was merely the appetizer in a global war against terrorism, and the Bush administration expected all allies -- friendly or otherwise -- to back the attack.
		Green Berets are being deployed and Air Force bases established around the world right now because governments thought it wise not to say no to the United States.
		Given that no one will believe that the United States did not plan the coup -- regardless of the truth, which is itself murky -- the failure of the coup is a direct blow to the credibility of U.S. ferocity, which might resonate around the world.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/670753/posts (2837 words)

	One thousand Mexican soldiers, trained in Guatemala graduated as "kaibiles" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		One of their main training centers is located 50 kilometers from this city, in the town of Xmotoc, in the middle of a jungle region close to the border of Belize, according to reports gathered by this correspondent.
		The "Green Berets" receive training in desert regions, high mountains, in the air and at sea.
		The United States "Green Berets" are responsible for their training.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/mexico/usa/kabiles_jan99.html (560 words)

	United States Marine Corps - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Units of batallion size or larger may be reinforced by the addition of supporting tank or artillery units, as in the Battalion Landing Teams comprising the GCEs of Marine Expeditionary Units.
		the Fourth is a reserve unit headquarted in New Orleans, Louisiana, with units scattered throughout the continental United States.
		Marine's Dress uniform is the most eleborate of the United States armed forces.
	www.voyager.in /United_States_Marine_Corps (6334 words)

	TKD Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The unit was responsible for all Taekkyon training in the Korean Army (their flag was a martial arts fist).
		Park was virtually unknown to American officials, he was not the man the United States would have chosen to lead the new Korea, there was strong suspicions that Park was a crypto-socialist and the media sometimes referred to him as "Parkov", a Russianized version of his name.
		United States President Richard Nixon through his Ambassador Philip Charles Habib in South Korea immediately ordered his aides to find out where the opposition leader was being hidden.
	tkdtutor.com /02Taekwondo/TKDHistory/12TKDDevelop.htm (11618 words)

	Chapter 4: From the Word of the Law to the Interpretation: President Kennedy Attempts to Put the CIA Under Control, ...
		Although the law states that the CIA is under the direction of the NSC, there have been times, usually after the failure of a major operation, when the President has had to accept publicly the responsibility for the operation.
		He may have been won over on the Green Berets' side because at that stage of development their doctrine was uncluttered by later horrible events in Vietnam and because this doctrine was an idealistic mix of Boy Scouts, military government, and Red Cross.
		NSAM #55 was addressed to the chairman of the JCS, and its principle theme was to instruct the chairman that the President of the United States held him responsible for all "military-type" operations in peacetime as he would be responsible for them in time of war.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/JFK/ST/STchp4.html (10693 words)

	Wired News: Green Berets Prefer Biodiesel
		At bases throughout the United States, soldiers are filling their gas tanks with biodiesel -- diesel fuel made from soybean or other vegetable oil.
		But at bases in the United States, use of the environmentally friendly fuel is growing rapidly.
		Earlier this year, the Department of the Navy ordered all Navy and Marine installations in the United States to begin using biodiesel when possible.
	www.wired.com /news/autotech/0,2554,68969,00.html?tw=rss.TOP (669 words)

	Hwa Rang Do: Korea's Flowering Knights - "The Best of Black Belt Ninja"
		The knights of medieval England, the kamikaze pilots of Japan and the revolutionary soldiers of the United States all had special military prowess and therefore had a tremendous impact on their respective countries.
		The birth of this style in the United States can be attributed to several factors, one of the most important being the dedication of the system's current head, Dr. Joo Bang Lee.
		The goddesses stated that they wished to confer with General Kim alone because there was an enemy in his ranks - a double agent who was in fact a Koguryo spy.
	www.hwarangdo.com /knights.htm (2612 words)

	United States Special Operations Command Parachute Team Main Page (U) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Parachute Team is composed of volunteers from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and U.S. government civilians assigned to USSOCOM.
		Once open, the members steer their parachutes and perform what is called "stacking." Stacking enables the jumpers to form up in the air as a group and land one behind the other, with precision accuracy.
		The United States Special Operations Command is one of nine unified commands in the U.S. military's combatant command structure.
	www.socom.mil /Parachute_Team/parachuteteam.htm (451 words)

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		My main reason for selecting mercenaries and their association with the African decolonization process as a basis upon which to build a teaching unit, is the prominence of articles on the subject in adventure magazines such as ‘Soldier of Fortune’, ‘Eagle’ and ‘New Breed’.
		It is my hope that by the presentation of both pro or anti-establishment views and con or establishment views on mercenaries and their activities in Africa, that a sober and more realistic outlook can be reached in evaluating the good or evil of their presence there.
		The United States, Great Britain, Belgiun, France, The United Nations, The Organization of African Unity, and many other countries and organizations condemn mercenaries and their activities.
	www.yale.edu /ynhti/curriculum/units/1982/4/82.04.07.x.html (2045 words)

	Spartan Group: Risk Management Division - Program Directors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Applied Training Program are all former members of the United States Army Green Berets and have proved themselves to be the best-trained,most capable, experienced leaders in the industry.All Program Directors have served extensively in the units responsible for the specific skills they now teach.
		Tim is a 17 veteran of the United States Army Special Forces.
		Buckholz was the non-commissioned officer in charge of the U.S. Army's "Mott Lake" compound where he was responsible for the training of Special Operation's Elite Counter Terrorism units deployed worldwide.
	www.spartangroup.com /about/directors.html (236 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Canada's Military
		There is no better instance of this than Canada's elite commando unit, which is so secretive Canadian authorities are hesitant even to refer to it as an elite commando unit.
		These are the units deployed to trouble spots to act with stealth and deadly force.
		The elite unit came with heavily armed, troop-carrying Black Hawk helicopters and the speedy, bubble-topped AH-6 attack choppers known as Little Birds.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/cdnmilitary/jtf2.html (1215 words)

	United States Army - Further Reading - MSN Encarta
		An inside look at the world of the Green Berets.
		Discusses the qualities, rigorous training, and intense teamwork of the Special Forces, as well as their changing role in the U.S. military.
		A history of the most secret and elite clandestine warriors, including Green Berets, Navy SEALs, and Delta Force.
	encarta.msn.com /readings_761554065/US_Army.html (182 words)

	Text of High Court pleading re: VFA, Balikatan : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It is the MDT, and it is only the MDT, which allows the United States and the Philippine government to use U.S. military troops in Philippine territory in time of external armed attack on the Philippines.
		The Senate Committee Report on the VFA also stated, based on the government’s representations, that the VFA shall be of four days to four weeks duration and covers mere joint military exercises.
		Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=114605 (4854 words)

	Intelligence Online's Back Issues
		The transcrip of the Beirut meeting between American Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Lebanese leaders, as it was published in local newspapers, included an oversight.
		Basel el-Assad, son of the Syrian chief of state and virtual successor of the regime, will be visiting Paris in the near future.
		Russian attorney general Valentin Stepankov recently stated that parliament was working on a bill to ban the recruitment of mercenaries such as the supposed 200 now fighting alongside Serbs in the Balkans.
	www.intelligenceonline.com /ps/AN/Arch/INT/INT_213.asp?rub=archives (1234 words)

	Special Forces Training
		Just World War II, many nations began to implement Special Forces Training for certain elite units in their militaries.
		These units were nothing new, but the onset of the Cold War made covert operations much more important.
		Furthermore, the increase in terrorism created the need for military and police units specially trained to handle terrorists.
	members.aol.com /fightingspiritz/styles/spforces.htm (422 words)

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