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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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We not only eat our greens, but we eat green berets for breakfast
and they're going to need the Green Berets to keep me out.
Kocher is one of many senior SF leaders who have high praise for the Soldiers who enter the service specifically to become Green Berets.
 
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