which special force to use when?

[BoweryBaker]

delta force, navy seals, green berets, rangers, with so many special forces outfits out there, which do i know to use when? how do i come up with a delta force situation and know if they'd really be called to help this? How does America choose which special force will do the job?

[redliner47]

delta force is more of the Counter Terror, HRT type of unit. Rangers are mobile light infantry that can respond quickly. Green berets go into enemy territory and train local militias. Navy seals ar(or used to be) UDT, but from what I hear they arent anymore so I would imagine they would be HRT much like delta

[BoweryBaker]

what's UDT? and when you got Delta and Seals who goes where? Or even who goes first.

[Gollum1]

Specwarnet

That should answer all your questions and more.

edit: Redliner, Seal Team 6 is also counter-terror, if not more than Delta Force.

edit2: Sorry, actually *was* before they were integrated in that one naval warfare group...? S**t, now I've confused myself, ignore.

[Bobcatt666]

Seals are usually first in they secure the needed areas for most operations like insertion points and area of operation. Seals are often search and destroy , opposed to Delta who do a fair number of snatch and grab, of VIPs weather friendly or hostile. Delta is often lighter and faster opposed to Seals who travel in larger elements with a higher amount of support elements. Depends how messy or sneeaky you wish the mission to be carried out. delta infiltrate a lot more than Seals would. But post 911 SOP for al units have dratsticly been altered, due to the complex problems with dealing with hostile elements like the Taliban and Al Quata.

Then you can't forget the army SF, who slowly intergrated more with the CIA and NSA durring the early nineties with the war on drugs. Opposed to Rangers who still are mostly under military control. You aslo have Marine Recon and Army Recondo. The later was brough back by special forces units to enhance regular Army units that were in need of special operations personal at the unit level. Commonly Regular units sending personal to Ranger or Sf school never get their personal back due to the SF and Ranger units can have first choice of who graduates the course to keep their unit strengths up. They have the attitude why waste a god troop behind a desk they can retain for themselves.

[R0adki11]

dont forget special forces such as the SAS, Austrailian SAS, New Zeland SAS, GIGN, etc

[FerretFangs]

I think he meant US SPECOPS forces. There are also Grey Fox/ISA, Air Force Para-Rescue/Combat Control/Combat Weather, and the Marines new Unit, USMC Detachment One.
Google search on these for more info, and operational parameters.

[adrenaline red]

And the USMC's ANGLICO.

[Harnu]

what's UDT?

Underwater Demolitions Team.

[monty67t]

Quote[/b] ]Green berets go into enemy territory and train local militias

U.S. Army Special Forces or "Green Berets do a hell of a lot more than that. It's true that they do alot of training of foreign forces, but that just scratched the surface of what they do. They slaughtered thousands of Taliban and Al Quida forces in Afghanistan for example. They do direct action, hostage rescue, anti-terrorism, sabotage, intelligence gathering, etc. Most of the U.S. Special Operations units can handle pretty much any situation. Another site you can check out is SpecialOperations.Com.