Green Beret
Special Forces member
A Green Beret is a member of the U.S.
Army Special Forces, an elite unit trained for unconventional warfare, counterinsurgency, and foreign military training.
The name comes from the distinctive green headgear authorized in 1961.
Her father was a Green Beret who served three tours in Vietnam.
Also used attributively: Green Beret training, Green Beret operations.
- paratrooperMilitary aerial deployer
- commandoSpecial operations soldier
- special forcesElite unconventional warfare troops
- combat armsMilitary branches engaging enemies directly
- soldierArmed forces member
John Wayne · sharpshooter · infantryman · riflemen · sniper · light infantry · Vietnam War · Fort Bragg · unconventional warfare · shock troops · grenadier · private · musketeer · phalanx · marine · airborne · Marine Corps · counterinsurgency
- Pentagon ProgramsDARPA, F-22, F-22 Raptor, F-35, B-2 bomber
- combatantssoldier, warrior, fighter, swordsman, spearman
- military personnelsoldiers, soldier, midshipmen, officers, troops
- military rolessoldier, warrior, Praetorian Guard, sailor, Imperial Guard
- combat rolesrifleman, infantryman, sniper, medic, scout
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
Green Beretline infantry
Soldiers in ranked formations
rear echelon · conscript · draftee · grunt · National Guard
Green Beretcivilian
Non-military person
pacifist · conscientious objector · non-combatant · noncombatant · war refugee
Green Beretpacifist
Anti-violence believer
peace activist · conscientious objector · diplomat · dove · peacekeeper
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