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  2. Hostage Rescue Team - Wikipedia

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    The Hostage Rescue Team ( HRT) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) elite tactical unit. [9] The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the United States. [9] Today, the HRT performs a number of tactical law enforcement and national security ...

  3. United States Special Operations Command - Wikipedia

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    The 353d Special Operations Group (353 SOG) is the focal point for all U.S. Air Force special operations activities throughout the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) theater. Headquartered at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan the group is prepared to conduct a variety of high-priority, low-visibility missions.

  4. 24th Special Tactics Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The 24th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the Special Tactics units of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). Garrisoned at Pope Field, North Carolina, it is the U.S. Air Force component of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). [3] [4] The unit's webpage describes it as "the Air Force's special operations ground ...

  5. Delta Force - Wikipedia

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    Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991. Delta Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit. Key military and government figures had already been briefed on ...

  6. Joint Special Operations Command - Wikipedia

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    The Joint Special Operations Command ( JSOC) is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equipment standardization, to plan and conduct special operations exercises and training, to develop joint ...

  7. 2020 Nigeria hostage rescue - Wikipedia

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    2020 Nigeria hostage rescue. During the early hours of October 31, 2020, United States Navy SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU) conducted an operation in Northern Nigeria, resulting in the rescue of an American hostage and the killing of six of the seven captors. [5] [6] The hostage, 27-year-old Philip Walton, had ...

  8. Behind the effort to rescue American hostages from one ... - AOL

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    FBI hostage negotiators and agents, some working in Israel and others in field offices around the US, have been assisting in that effort, according to U.S. law enforcement officials involved in ...

  9. 75th Ranger Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as Army Rangers, [3] is the premier light infantry unit of the United States Army. The 75th is also part of the United States Army Special Operations Command and the Department of Defense Joint Special Operations Command . [1] [4] The regiment is headquartered at Fort Moore, Georgia and is composed of a ...