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Green Berets
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Green Berets

 or Special Forces

Elite unit of the U.S. Army specializing in counterinsurgency. The Green Berets (whose berets can be colours other than green) came into being in 1952. They were active in the Vietnam War, and they have been sent to U.S.-supported governments around the world to help combat guerrilla insurgencies.
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Dan, who earns pounds 25,000 a year with the Green Berets, was given special leave to celebrate the lotto win but returned to 40 Commando days later.
LOTTERY WINNER'S MARINE SON HEADS BACK TO BATTLE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Rare photographs of US forces riding their horses alongside the Northern Alliance men, with messages back to headquarters such as "send Texas saddles and horse feed" have passed into green beret folklore.
Even at home, Afghanistan is close for green berets by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition
Headed towards a service for fallen comrades, the 450 Army gunner commandos wearing green berets marched to the beat of a military band.
NOW THAT'S A WELCOME HOME, LADS by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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