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69-435: An American former Delta Force operator, Steven Younger, makes a videotape. Los Angeles-based FBI Special Agent Helen Brody and her team are summoned to a high school, commandeered by the military as a black site holding Younger (calling himself Yusuf Mohamed). They watch Yusuf's tape, showing three nuclear bombs in separate U.S. cities, timed for synchronous explosions if his demands are not met. A special interrogator, "H",

138-599: A 2010 article, Marc Ambinder reported that Army Compartmented Elements (ACE) was a new cover name for Delta Force. However, Ambinder subsequently wrote an e-book about JSOC in which he reported that the Army Compartmented Elements is a different unit from Delta. In January 2022 it was reported that the name of the unit may have recently been changed to the 3rd Operational Support Group. The Department of Defense tightly controls information about Delta Force and usually refuses to comment publicly on

207-468: A Command Sergeant Major (E-9). Troops are led by Captains (O-3) or Majors (O-4) and are assisted by Sergeants Major (E-9). Each troop has four teams, each one led by a team leader, a Master Sergeant (E-8) or Sergeant First Class (E-7), and an assistant team leader who can also have the same rank. Each team usually has five or six members. Since the 1990s, the Army has posted recruitment notices for

276-569: A U.S.-Iraq War. That opposition continued for the duration of the conflict. In a Reason magazine symposium marking the 10th anniversary of war's inception, Research Fellow Anthony Gregory called the Iraq war “the worst U.S. government project in my lifetime,” and Senior Fellow Robert Higgs said the sizable political and material benefits that accrued to the war's architects demonstrate that “Crime pays.” Senior Fellow Ivan Eland , who directs Independent's Center on Peace and Liberty, wrote extensively on

345-489: A calculator described as enabling Americans to estimate their lifetime federal tax liability and the hypothetical alternative investment return. Independent Institute scholars have criticized the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on economic, legal, ethical, and privacy grounds. Independent Institute scholars have leveled several criticisms of Medicare . Senior Fellow John R. Graham has lamented

414-490: A controversy arose when New York Times reporter Joel Brinkley stated that the advertisements had been paid for by Microsoft . Based on internal Independent Institute documents "provided to the New York Times by a Microsoft adversary associated with the computer industry who refused to be further identified", Brinkley wrote that Microsoft "has secretly served as the institute's largest outside financial benefactor in

483-478: A direct economic stake in lowering the costs. Goodman has called for the privatization of Medicare. The Independent Institute has criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , for what it sees as over-regulation as a result of political and bureaucratic incentives. Independent's website FDAReview.org cites numerous scholarly studies by academic economists that question the agency's safety, effectiveness, and incentives. Senior Fellow Robert Higgs has argued that

552-471: A force of teachers, but a force of doers". He envisioned highly adaptable and completely autonomous small teams with a broad array of special skills for direct action and counter-terrorism missions. He briefed military and government figures, who were resistant to creating a new unit outside of Special Forces or changing existing methods. Finally, in the mid-1970s, as the threat of terrorism grew, Pentagon and Army senior leaders appointed Beckwith to form

621-430: A heretofore-unreferenced fourth bomb. H points out that everything Yusuf has done so far has been planned meticulously; Yusuf knew the torture might break him, and he would have been certain to plant an unexpected fourth bomb, just in case. The purpose of the preceding torture was not to break Yusuf, but rather to make it clear what would happen to his children if he did not cooperate. The government official in charge of

690-460: A nearby crate – hits zero. The film was released direct-to-video in June 2010, since no domestic distributor could be found after Senator Films, who financed the film, collapsed before its release. However, before the film's release, a DVD screening copy was leaked online and made available to download via torrent sites, with the film reaching 5th most torrented film on BitTorrent for

759-490: A point about the moral character of the United States as a nation, he breaks down and admits that it was all a ruse, giving her an address to prove it. They find a room that matches the scene in the video tape, but no nuclear bomb. A soldier pulls Yusuf's picture down, which triggers a C-4 explosion at a nearby shopping mall, killing 53 people. Angry at the senseless deaths, Brody returns to Yusuf and cuts his chest with

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828-631: A range of political, social, economic, legal, environmental, and foreign policy issues. The Independent Institute publishes books, reports, blogs, podcasts, and the quarterly scholarly journal The Independent Review . The institute was originally established in San Francisco, was re-located in 1989 to Oakland, and since 2006 has had an office in Washington, D.C. According to the 2020 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report ( Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program , University of Pennsylvania ),

897-635: A revisionist view of the writ of habeas corpus , arguing that rather than always promoting the cause of civil liberties, the legal idea has served “both as an engine and a curb on state power.” In the aftermath of September 11 attacks , the Independent Institute was an early advocate of using privateers , (rather than a military invasion of Afghanistan) to bring the co-conspirators of the terrorist attacks to justice under international law, as authorized in Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of

966-664: A scalpel. Yusuf is unafraid, and justifies the deaths in the shopping mall, stating that the Americans kill that many people every day. Yusuf says he allowed himself to be caught so he could face his oppressors. Yusuf's wife and kids are detained, and H brings her in front of her husband and threatens to mutilate her right there. Brody and the others begin to take her away from the room in disgust, but H slashes her throat, and she bleeds to death in front of Yusuf. Yusuf does not break, so H has Yusuf's two children brought in. Outside of Yusuf's hearing, he assures everyone that he will not harm

1035-529: A security clearance level of " secret " and have not been convicted by court-martial or have disciplinary action noted in their official military personnel file under the provisions of Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice . On 29 June 2006 during a session of the Committee on Armed Services , General Wayne Downing testified before the U.S. House of Representatives that "[t]he Delta Force

1104-465: A series of televised debates on PBS-TV, Stopping Violent Crime: New Directions for Reduction and Prevention , moderated by Harvard law professor Arthur R. Miller , former U.S. Attorney General Richard Thornburgh , federal judge David Sentelle , civil libertarian writer Wendy Kaminer , and others. In 2006, the institute opened an office in Washington and expanded its media program, including

1173-493: A weekly column by Senior Fellow Álvaro Vargas Llosa in the Washington Post. In 2006 the institute released an Open Letter on Immigration . The institute's stated mission is "to boldly advance peaceful, prosperous, and free societies, grounded in a commitment to human worth and dignity." The institute maintains MyGovCost.org, which focuses on the critical analysis of fiscal policy and government waste. It includes

1242-584: Is a special operations force of the United States Army under the operational control of JSOC. The unit's missions primarily involve counterterrorism , hostage rescue , direct action , and special reconnaissance , often against high-value targets . Delta Force, along with the Intelligence Support Activity , and its Navy and Air Force counterparts, DEVGRU (SEAL Team 6) and the 24th Special Tactics Squadron , are

1311-453: Is a mask for the absurdity of its content and reactionary politics" making it not so much a "nightmare scenario" and more "a white paper from Freddy Krueger ". Film critic Joe Leydon also commented that the film "comes across as more earnest than exciting in dramatizing the ongoing debate over... the efficacy and morality of torture as an anti-terrorism weapon", arguing that whilst the interactions between characters are "passionately played",

1380-465: Is brought in to force Yusuf to reveal the bombs' locations. H immediately shows his capability, chopping off one of Yusuf's fingers. Horrified, Brody attempts to put a stop to the measures. Her boss, Saunders, makes it clear that the threat of 10 million deaths necessitates the torture. H escalates his methods, with Brody acting as the "good cop" . Yusuf then makes his demands: he wants the President of

1449-488: Is for Iraqis to peacefully partition their country along ethnic and religious lines, a view once also supported by then-Senator Joe Biden and former Ambassador Peter Galbraith . The Independent Institute has published works by atmospheric physicist and professor emeritus of environmental science Fred Singer , who is an advocate of climate change attribution denial and impact denial . The works include Hot Talk, Cold Science: Climate Change's Unfinished Debate in 1999. It

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1518-559: Is headquartered at Fort Liberty , North Carolina . Delta Force's structure is similar to the British 22 SAS Regiment, which inspired Delta's formation. In Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda , Army Times staff writer Sean Naylor describes Delta as having, at the time (in 2001), nearly 1,000 soldiers, of whom about 250 to 300 are trained to conduct direct action and hostage rescue operations. The rest are combat support and service support personnel who are among

1587-491: Is open to other special operations and conventional units across the Army and other military branches. 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 this type of unit in the early 1960s. Charlie Beckwith , a Special Forces (Green Berets) officer and Vietnam War veteran , served as an exchange officer with

1656-419: Is probably 70 percent Rangers who have come out of either a Ranger [to] Special Forces track or directly from [the] Ranger Regiment to Delta". Selection is held twice a year (late March to late April, and late September to late October) at Camp Dawson , West Virginia, and lasts four weeks. Eric Haney 's book Inside Delta Force described the selection course and its inception in detail. Haney wrote that

1725-461: The 75th Ranger Regiment conducted a raid on the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi , leading to his death. Independent Institute The Independent Institute is an American libertarian think tank founded in 1986 by David J. Theroux and based in Oakland, California . The institute has more than 140 research fellows and is organized into seven centers addressing

1794-533: The British Army 's 22 Special Air Service Regiment during the Malayan Emergency . On his return, Beckwith presented a detailed report highlighting the U.S. Army's vulnerability in not having a SAS-type unit. U.S. Army Special Forces in that period focused on unconventional warfare providing training and medical care to indigenous resistance fighters, but Beckwith recognized the need for "not only

1863-513: The Iran hostage crisis . On 4 November 1979, 52 American diplomats and citizens were taken captive and held in the U.S. embassy in Tehran , Iran. Delta Force was tasked to plan and execute Operation Eagle Claw , the effort to recover the hostages from the embassy by force on the nights of 24 and 25 April in 1980. The operation was aborted due to helicopter failures. The review commission that examined

1932-989: The Modelo Prison hostage rescue mission and the capture of Manuel Noriega in December 1989 during Operation Just Cause in Panama . 1st SFOD-D operators from C Squadron were also involved in Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia. During Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom , 1st SFOD-D was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for combat operations in Afghanistan from 4 October 2001 to 15 March 2002 and Iraq from 19 March 2003 to 13 December 2003. On 26 October 2019, Delta operators accompanied by members of

2001-481: The United States Constitution . The Independent Institute promotes a U.S. foreign policy of free trade and non-interventionism, and this perspective was apparent in a host of publications and events it sponsored during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Even before the United States led the 2003 airstrikes on Iraq, the Independent Institute's fellows and speakers voiced opposition to

2070-571: The Washington Post and the New York Times . The ads were signed by 240 economists and claimed "headline-grabbing cases against Microsoft , Intel , Cisco Systems , Visa and MasterCard , along with a flurry of merger investigations now underway, would appear to demonstrate the need for a vigorously enforced antitrust policy that will create checks and balances to eliminate consumer harm. However, consumers did not ask for these antitrust actions—rival business firms did." In September 1999,

2139-589: The White House accidentally published a photo of Delta Force operators with unblurred faces and tattoos, drawing scrutiny. The White House later issued an apology for the incident. In Veritas , the Journal of Army Special Operations History, Charles H. Briscoe stated that "SF did not misappropriate the appellation. Unbeknownst to most members of the ARSOF (Army Special Operations Forces) community, that moniker

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2208-433: The "Robert Redford Paper," which outlined its necessities and historical precedents for a four-phase selection/assessment process. Delta Force was established on 19 November 1977, by Beckwith and Colonel Thomas Henry. In the meantime, Colonel Bob "Black Gloves" Mountel of the 5th Special Forces Group created a unit to bridge the short-term gap that existed until Delta was ready, dubbed Blue Light . The initial members of

2277-500: The 1st SFOD-D. The Army, however, has never released an official fact sheet for the unit. The recruitment notices in Fort Liberty's newspaper, Paraglide , refer to Delta Force by name, and label it "...the U.S. Army's special operations unit organized for the conduct of missions requiring rapid response with surgical application of a wide variety of unique special operations skills...". The notice states that applicants must be in

2346-704: The American civil-rights era in his book Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader . Since 2012, Bean has served on the Illinois State Advisory Committee, a federally appointed panel that advises the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights , and his experience led him to claim that the mainstream civil rights community was out of touch with the public's civil rights concerns. Second Amendment legal scholar Stephen Halbrook , who has won three firearms cases before

2415-595: The FDA's regulation of healthcare products is “hazardous to our health”. Senior Fellow Alexander Tabarrok has questioned the need for the FDA's pre-approval requirements for pharmaceuticals on the grounds that doctors successfully prescribe many drugs for off-label usage. Independent Institute fellows have written on a variety of topics related to civil liberties and human rights. Historian Jonathan Bean anthologized and annotated numerous historical speeches, letters, and articles that show individualist perspectives that animated

2484-563: The Iraq war and told an audience at the 2013 CPAC conference that the war helped illustrate why the America's Founders warned against foreign entanglements and were suspicious of standing armies. He has also argued that conservatives who seek a more limited government should celebrate Calvin Coolidge instead of the more interventionist Ronald Reagan. Eland has argued that the best strategy for minimizing sectarian strife in post-Saddam Iraq

2553-480: The Third Reich , examined firearm registration and restrictions in pre-World War II Germany. Economists Christopher Coyne and Abigail Hall have argued that interventionist militarism can lead to a “boomerang effect,” setting in motion political, institutional and ideological forces that contribute to the suppression of civil liberties in the aggressive country. Independent has also criticized major aspects of

2622-409: The U.S. Supreme Court, has argued in several Independent Institute books and articles that civil liberties are more secure when individuals have legal access to firearms. His 2003 book, The Founders’ Second Amendment , traced the U.S. Constitution's guarantees of “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms” back to the American colonists’ fears of British oppression. His 2013 book, Gun Control in

2691-600: The U.S. military's tier one special mission units that are tasked with performing the most complex, covert, and dangerous missions directed by the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense . Most Delta Force operators and combat support members are selected from the Army Special Operations Command 's 75th Ranger Regiment and U.S. Army Special Forces , though selection

2760-452: The United States to announce a cessation of support for puppet governments and dictatorships in Muslim countries and a withdrawal of American troops from there. The group immediately dismisses the possibility of his demands being met, citing the U.S. government's declared policy of not negotiating with terrorists . When Brody accuses a broken Yusuf of faking the bomb threat in order to make

2829-476: The candidate mentally. The commander then approaches the candidate and informs him if he has been selected. Those who passed the screening process underwent an intense six-month Operator Training Course (OTC), to learn counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence techniques, and training with firearms and other weapons. Participants were allowed very little contact with friends and family for the duration. In an interview, former Delta operator Paul Howe mentioned

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2898-547: The children. He tells Yusuf that he will torture his children if the locations of the bombs are not divulged. Yusuf breaks and gives three addresses (in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas), but H still prepares to torture the children, but the others forcefully stop him. Citing the amount of missing nuclear material Yusuf potentially had at his disposal (some 18 lbs. were reported missing, with about 4½ lbs. needed per device), H insists that Yusuf had not admitted anything about

2967-400: The course began with standard tests including push-ups, sit-ups, and a 2-mile (3.2 km) run, an inverted crawl and a 110-yard (330 ft; 100 m) swim fully dressed. The candidates were then put through a series of land navigation courses, one of which required them to travel 18 miles (29 km) at night while carrying a 40-pound (18 kg) rucksack. With every successive challenge,

3036-520: The criminal justice system as antagonistic toward civil liberties. Senior Fellow Bruce L. Benson argued in The Enterprise of Law that before the British crown took over the courts, the legal system focused on restitution for victims, rather than punishment, corrections, and deterrence. In The Power of Habeas Corpus in America , winner of a 2013 PROSE Award in the category of Law and Legal Studies, Research Fellow Anthony Gregory put forth

3105-521: The dialogue "often sounds like excerpts from op-ed essays constructed from talking points." In March 2024, Unthinkable entered Netflix 's US Top 10 charts 14 years after its initial release. Delta Force The 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta ( 1st SFOD-D ), also known as Delta Force , Combat Applications Group ( CAG ), or within Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) as Task Force Green ,

3174-407: The distance to cover and the weight of the rucksack are increased, while less time is allotted. The final challenge was a 40-mile (64 km) march with a 45-pound (20 kg) rucksack over rough terrain that had to be completed in an unknown amount of time; this was also colloquially known as "The Long Walk". Haney wrote that only the senior officer and NCO in charge of selection were allowed to see

3243-433: The failure found 23 problems with the operation, among them unexpected weather encountered by the aircraft, command-and-control problems between the multi-service component commanders, a collision between a helicopter and a ground-refueling tanker aircraft , and mechanical problems that reduced the number of available helicopters from eight to five (one fewer than the minimum desired) before the mission contingent could leave

3312-418: The grade of E-4 through E-8 , have at least two and a half years of service remaining in their enlistment, be 22 years or older, and have an Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery GT score of 110 or higher to attend a briefing to be considered for admission. Candidates must be airborne qualified or volunteer for airborne training. Officer candidates need to be O-3 or O-4. All candidates must be eligible for

3381-660: The high attrition rate of the Delta selection course. He said that out of his two classes of 120 applicants each, 12 to 14 completed the selection. Former Navy SEAL, DEVGRU and Delta operator Kevin Holland stated that in his selection class 120 candidates started, 16 passed and eight finished OTC. The Central Intelligence Agency 's secretive Special Activities Center (SAC) and more specifically its Special Operations Group (SOG), often works with – and recruits – former operators from Delta Force. According to Eric Haney ,

3450-482: The highly secretive unit and its activities, unless the unit is part of a major operation or a unit member has been killed. Delta operators are granted an enormous amount of flexibility and autonomy during military operations overseas. Relaxed grooming standards such as civilian hairstyles and facial hair are allowed to enable the members to blend in and avoid recognition as military personnel. 2023 Israel incident During President Joe Biden's visit to Israel ,

3519-422: The institute had total revenue of $ 2,775,869. From 2007 to 2011 the institute took in $ 12,249,065 from gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees; and $ 536,747 in gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties, and income from similar sources. On June 2, 1999, the institute sponsored a full-page advertisement titled Open Letter on Antitrust Protectionism in

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3588-586: The institute is ranked number 42 (of 110) in the "Top Think Tanks in the United States". Since 1996, the institute has published the quarterly scholarly journal The Independent Review , whose founding editor and editor at large is the economist and historian Robert Higgs , and co-editors are Christopher Coyne , Michael Munger , and Robert Whaples. The institute conducts various conference programs. The institute's Independent Policy Forum has included seminars by individuals including James M. Buchanan and Gore Vidal . Its program in criminal justice sponsored

3657-433: The last year." Independent Institute internal documents showed that Microsoft had contributed $ 203,217 in 1999, making it the single largest contributor. Brinkley calculated that Microsoft's contribution amounted to approximately 20% of the funds in 1999 from external sources, excluding $ 304,725 contributed by Theroux. The day after Brinkley's article appeared, Theroux stated that "our final year-end records do not agree with

3726-590: The numbers he had been provided by his source" and claimed that at the media conference he had stated that the Microsoft funding amounted to 7%. "It now appears the final figure is about 8%, a statistically insignificant difference, and far less than the 20% figure Mr. Brinkley claimed in his article," said Theroux. In June 2000, Wall Street Journal staff reporters Glenn Simpson and Ted Bridis revealed that Oracle had hired Investigative Group International, as well as Chlopak, Leonard, Schechter & Associates,

3795-465: The official's gun, asks Brody to take care of his children, and kills himself. Brody walks out of the building with Yusuf's children. In a scene not appearing in the version shown on Netflix as of June 2024, an FBI bomb disposal unit disarms the Los Angeles nuclear bomb with only 12 seconds to spare. While they start to celebrate, the timer on the fourth nuclear bomb – hidden behind

3864-405: The operation – who helped attack H moments earlier, now demands that H torture Yusuf's children for the fourth bomb. H demands that Brody escort the children back, but she says that letting the fourth bomb kill millions is better than torturing two children. H sarcastically unties Yusuf. The official draws his pistol and aims it at H to coerce him into further interrogation. Yusuf grabs

3933-407: The set time limits, but all assessment and selection tasks and conditions were set by Delta training cadre. The mental portion of the testing began with numerous psychological exams. Each candidate was then called to face a board of Delta instructors, unit psychologists, and the Delta commander, who asked the candidate a barrage of questions and then dissected every response and mannerism to exhaust

4002-477: The trans-loading/refueling site. After the failed operation, the U.S. government realized more changes were needed. The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) , also known as the "Night Stalkers", was created for special operations requiring air support. The Navy's SEAL Team Six , an earlier incarnation of the current Naval Special Warfare Development Group , was created for maritime counter-terrorism operations. The Joint Special Operations Command

4071-447: The unit were screened from volunteers and put through a specialized selection process in early 1978, involving a series of land navigation problems in mountainous terrain while carrying increasing weight. The purpose was to test candidates' endurance, stamina, willingness to endure, and mental resolve. The first training course lasted from April to September 1978. Delta Force was certified as fully mission capable in fall 1979, right before

4140-596: The unit's Operator Training Course is approximately six months long. While the course is constantly changing, the skills taught broadly include the following: Delta Force trains with other foreign special operations units to improve tactics and increase relationships with them, including the Australian Special Air Service Regiment , the British Special Air Service , and Canada's Joint Task Force 2 . In

4209-578: The unit. Beckwith estimated that it would take 24 months to get his new unit mission ready. Beckwith's estimate came from a conversation he had had earlier with Brigadier John Watts while in England in 1976. Watts had made it clear to Beckwith that it would take eighteen months to build a squadron , but advised him to tell Army leaders that it would take two years, and not to "let anyone talk (him) out of this." To justify why it would take two years to build Delta, Beckwith and his staff drafted what they dubbed

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4278-435: The very best in their fields. Naylor further details Delta Force's structure in his book Relentless Strike: The Secret History of Joint Special Operations Command . He describes a few formations in Delta, primarily the following operational elements: A, B, C, and D   Squadrons are sabre squadrons (assault). C   Squadron was activated around 1989/1990 and D   Squadron around 2005/2006. Combat Support Squadron

4347-618: The week ending May 23, 2010, and ranked 4th on IMDb 's MovieMeter on June 11, 2010, days before its official release. Charles V. Peña, a policy advisor then at the Independent Institute , opined that "Ultimately, [ Unthinkable ] is about the age-old question, 'Do the ends justify the means?'... In the end, Unthinkable doesn’t answer the question... but does provide plenty of food for thought". Despite praising its dramatic value, film scholar Matthew Alford argues that "the aesthetic realism and apparent seriousness of Unthinkable

4416-582: The widespread indifference to the Medicare Trustees report's warnings of Medicare's mounting fiscal problems. He has, however, defended Medicare Advantage for giving seniors more choices than traditional Medicare. John C. Goodman has argued that healthcare inflation in the United States began with the creation of Medicare. To help curb Medicare spending, Graham has proposed incentivizing enrollees to seek less expensive medical treatment abroad. Craig Eyermann has also proposed giving Medicare enrollees

4485-552: Was activated in 2005. E   Squadron was activated in 1989 and is stationed separately in Fort Eustis , Virginia, where it is known as the Aviation Technology Office . An earlier forerunner of the unit was known as SeaSpray . Within each squadron there are three troops: troops 1 and 2 (assault) and troop 3 ( reconnaissance ). Each squadron is led by a Lieutenant Colonel (O-5), executive officer and

4554-675: Was adopted by Special Forces in the mid to late 1950s." He goes on to state that all qualified enlisted and officers in Special Forces had to "voluntarily subscribe to the provisions of the 'Code of the Special Forces Operator' and pledge themselves to its tenets by witnessed signature." Inside the United States special operations community, an operator is a Delta Force member who has completed selection and has finished OTC (Operator Training Course). "Operator"

4623-680: Was co-authored with Frederick Seitz, another research fellow of the institute. The book included Singer's 1998 essay, "The Scientific Case against the Global Climate Treaty". The institute also published a 2003 policy report, "New Perspectives in Climate Change: What the EPA Isn't Telling Us", also co-authored by Singer. That report criticized the EPA's 2001 Climate Action Report. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014,

4692-457: Was created for command and control of the military's various counter-terrorism units. The unit is under the organization of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), but is controlled by the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). Command of 1st SFOD-D is a colonel 's billet . Virtually all information about the unit is highly classified and details about specific missions or operations generally are not available publicly. The unit

4761-592: Was used by Delta Force to distinguish between operators (assaulters and snipers) and combat support assigned to the unit. Most operations assigned to Delta are classified, but some details have become public knowledge. For service during Operation Urgent Fury , the United States' invasion of Grenada, Delta was awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award . The unit was awarded the Valorous Unit Award for extraordinary heroism during

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