United States special operations forces

; Component commands • United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) • Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) • Special Operations Command North (SOCNORTH) • 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne) (1st SFOD-D) (A) (USA) • A Squadron (Assault) • B Squadron (Assault) • C Squadron (Assault) • D Squadron (Assault) • E Squadron (Aviation) (Joint Service) • A Squadron • B Squadron • C Squadron • D Squadron • Quick Reaction Team (QRT) • Special Mission Troop (SMT) • Executive Communications Detachment • Joint Cyber Operations Group (JCOG) (Formerly Joint Communications Integration Element/JCIE)(Joint Service) • Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade (JSOCIB) • Joint Exploitation Squadron (JES) • Joint GEOINT Squadron • Joint Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (JPED) Squadron • Geospatial Exploitation Troop (GET) • Joint Exploitation Troop • Joint Targeting Squadron (JTS) • Joint SIGINT Targeting and Exploitation Troop (JSTET) • Joint Publicly Available Information (PAI) Troop • Interrogation and Exploitation Troop • 427th Special Operations Squadron (USAF) • Intelligence Support Activity (USA) United States Army MH-47 unloading 23rd Special Tactics Squadron operators at Wynnehaven Beach, Florida, April 9, 2013 • United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) ★★★ • SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 (SDVT-1) was reactivated on 8 March 2019 • Logistics Support Unit 3 • Special Reconnaissance Team 2 • 4th Special Operations Squadron • 17th Special Tactics Squadron • 3rd Special Operations Squadron • 193rd Special Operations Wing (Air National Guard) • 2nd Special Operations Squadron • 67th Special Operations Squadron • 17th Special Operations Squadron • 6th Special Operations Squadron • 18th Flight Test Squadron • 280th Combat Communications Squadron • 371st Special Operations Combat Training Squadron • 551st Special Operations Squadron • United States Air Force Special Operations School ==SOF career fields==

United States Army (Green Berets) during breach and clear training near al-Tanf, Syria • Special Forces • Rangers • Psychological Operations (Military Information Support Operators) -- active duty units that fall under United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) only; United States Army Reserve and National Guard psyops units are conventional forces and not SOF. • Civil Affairs Soldiers -- similar to MISO, only active duty units that fall under USASOC are SOF; Reserve and National Guard Civil Affairs units are conventional forces and not SOF. • United States Marine Corps Critical Skills Operator (CSO) TACP-O/TACP Airmen must undergo additional selection and training to be assigned to AFSOC Special Tactics Squadrons. Most are assigned to ACC and support conventional Army Units. ==U.S. special operations centers, schools, and courses==

U.S. Coast Guard operators fire Mk18 rifles while instructors supervise during the Advanced Tactical Operations Course at Special Missions Training Center • Joint Special Operations University – Hurlburt Field • Advanced Special Operations Techniques Course (ASOTC) – Fort Bragg • John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School – Fort Bragg • Military Free Fall Advanced Tactical Infiltration Course (ATIC) – Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona • Naval Special Warfare Center – Coronado, California • Naval Special Warfare Advanced Training Command, Imperial Beach, CA • Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School- John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi • Recon and Surveillance Leaders Course (RSLC) – Fort Benning, Georgia • Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) – Fort Bragg • Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course – Key West, Florida • Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC) – Fort Bragg • Special Forces Advanced Targeting Reconnaissance Target Analysis Exploitation Techniques (SFARTAETC) • Special Forces Physical Surveillance Course • SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Technical Exploitation Course • SOF Sensitive Site Exploitation, Operator Advanced Course • Special Forces Master Mountaineering Course (Level 1) • Special Forces Senior Mountaineering Course (Level 2) • Winter Warfare, Mountain and Cold Weather Operations • Special Forces Technical Surveillance (SFTSC) • Operational Emergency Medical Skills Course (SOF) • Special Missions Training Center/Joint Maritime Training Center, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina • Marine Raider Training Center – Camp Lejeune • Marine Corps Special Operations Training Group • US Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP) – Fort Benning, Georgia • US Army Small Unit Ranger Tactics (SURT) – Fort Benning, Georgia • USAF Combat Dive Course – NDSTC Panama City, Florida • USAF Combat Control School – Pope Field, North Carolina • USAF Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course – Kirtland AFB, NM • USAF Special Operations School – Hurlburt Field, FL • Special Tactics Training Squadron • Special Operations Terminal Attack Control Course (SOTACC), Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona • JTAC Advanced Instructor Course – Nellis AFB, NV • Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center, Naval Air Station Fallon, NV • US Navy Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC), Panama City Beach • US Navy Rescue Swimmer school, Pensacola, Florida • US Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Training Center, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina • International Special Training Center (ISTC) – Pfullendorf, Federal Republic of Germany ==See also==