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by SOFREP Mar 15, 2021 Share This: st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1 st SFOD-D) is the U.S. Army’s elite, Tier 1 special operations unit. Founded in 1977, the 1 st SFOD-D force has had several titles within the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) over the years, including Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), Army Compartmented Element (ACE), “The Unit,” and Task Force Green. While Delta Force is administratively under the Army, it is operationally controlled b...

Colonel the Reverend Robbie Hall, underwater bomb disposal expert – obituary He was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for neutralising a German bomb found under 40 feet of water at Beckton Gas Works Colonel Robbie Hall Colonel the Reverend Robbie Hall, who has died of cancer aged 63, was awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for neutralising a German bomb in particularly hazardous circumstances. In July 1986, Hall joined 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) as the Training M...

27 Dec 2020 ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION MILDENHALL, United Kingdom — Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Monday visited American troops stationed in the United Kingdom, including the U.S. Air Force air wing who took part in the rescue of an American hostage from Nigeria in October. During that operation, MC-130J refueling aircraft, CV-22B Ospreys tilt-rotor aircraft, and KC-135 refueling aircraft based at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall deployed to Rota, Spain, on October 29. From there, ...