Talk:List of former United States special operations units

Can this be turned into a proper article?

I'm not fond of Wikipedia entries that are little more than bulleted lists, so I started some copyedits to this: proper intro, consistency in the list. However, I believe its true value come from a comprehensive history of how special operations units have evolved. Unfortunately, that's beyond my (admittedly limited) expertise. Alcarillo 17:06, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

This needs to be renamed into a list--Looper5920 19:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Added many links from other articles. More are needed.

I put a link to this article in the See also sections of a lot of the articles that it mentions. I had to quit before finishing the job. Maybe somebody else will finish it. The last one I did was "Tiger Force." Lou Sander (talk) 20:57, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

School of Americas?

Does that belong here? It was a training center, not a TOE unit. MWShort (talk) 17:15, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Since there has been no comment, I'm removing references to the SOA. MWShort (talk) 16:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

“ALL” branches of the United States armed forces – the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force

1). Not “ALL” branches were even listed. The U.S. Coast Guard was one of the FIVE armed forces at the time this was written. And now the Space Force exists. 2). The USCG does not have any forces classified as Special Forces since the CG is not part of the DoD and USSOCOM, however there are teams within the CG that perform “special” duties outside of normal ops. Formally called the Deployable Operations Group (DOG), they are now collectively called Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF). Which include Port Security Units (PSU), Tactical Law Enforcement Teams (TACTLET), Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST), Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT), and National Strike Force (NSF) units. 3). There are also USCG members that serve as SEALs imbedded within NAVY units, and CG personnel that are billeted to the Naval Coastal Warfare (NCW) units. 4). Additionally there are lesser known units like U.S. Coast Guard RAID (Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment) teams. As part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn these teams were assign to and forward deployed with an ARMY Transportation Battalion due to their expertise with HAZMAT and Explosives as they relate to safety and transportation. Those teams underwent additional rigorous combat training and were deployed in the combat theater including Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They were the counterparts to the CONUS MOL (Military Out-Load) teams that were CG personnel deployed throughout the United States to ports of debarkation and ARMY bases for deploying forces. 2601:344:4180:9A70:8849:435F:DC24:4BDA (talk) 04:50, 19 December 2023 (UTC)