U.S. Army Special Forces | Green Berets | Quiet Professionals

U.S. Army Special Forces | Green Berets | Quiet Professionals The first Special Forces unit was formed in 1952, under the U.S. Army Psychological Warfare Division. In 1954, Special Forces Soldiers adopted the iconic Green Beret as a means to distinguish themselves from the conventional Army. Their official and exclusive right to the beret was not recognized until 1962, when President John F. Kennedy ordered that they be made a “symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom.” Army Special Forces were the first Special Operations unit to employ the “sea, air, land“ concept nearly a decade before units like the Navy SEALs were created. credit to:SFC Iman Broady-Chin, by SSgt Daniel Fernandez, SGT Christopher Richardson, SGT Angela Walter, SSG Kerry Collier, SFC Adam Fischman, SPC Max Elliott and SFC Chad Menegay, SFC Henry Gundacker, SrA Maygan Straight, SSgt Peter Reft, Tom FitzGerald, Jason Gambardella and Robert Lindee, Robert L Kunzig, Jason Johnst