U.S. Army Special Forces and the Escalation in Vietnam The U.S. Army’s advisory role in South Vietnam began in the late 1950s with the deployment of Mobile Training Teams, including some drawn ...

(Todd South/Military ... forces since at least Vietnam and dragged on through the decades-long war in Afghanistan. Three big areas unique to Army special operations forces — operational ...

from the central highlands of Vietnam to riding into Afghanistan on horseback after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. To join the Special Forces ranks, Army soldiers must pass the Special Forces ...

Jakovenko retired from the Army in 19990 as sergeant major ... While deployed to South Vietnam as a Special Forces medic he was captured at Lang Vei on Feb. 7, 1968. Brande and another soldier ...

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon is poised to make controversial cuts to the Army’s storied special-operations forces ... from the jungles of Vietnam to the back alleys of Baghdad.

Biden said it may be “the most consequential day” of his presidency as he presented the award to Davis, calling him a “true hero” for his acts in Vietnam. The president reflected on the ...

Retired Green Beret Col. Paris Davis speaks with Brig. Gen. Will Beaurpere of the Army's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at an event inducting him as a distinguished member of ...