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"Delta Force" is not what it's called, either. The Army cycles through bureaucratic sounding names -- "Combat Applications Group" for example -- in order to ke
by stvswn 11y ago
"Delta Force" is not what it's called, either. The Army cycles through bureaucratic sounding names -- "Combat Applications Group" for example -- in order to keep it confusing. "Delta" comes from one of these names -- "Operational Detachment: Delta." This sounds like an unimportant support team for a Special Forces group. "OD: Alpha" is the main team of green berets (aka, "ODA" or "the A-Team"). They are supported by 'OD: Bravo" and "OD: Charlie" (logistics support, etc.). So "OD: Delta" sounded meaningless to an uninformed listener. By the time Chuck Norris made "Delta Force" a known name for the pinnacle of Army Special Ops, they weren't actually called that anymore in reality.
- lafytahoe 11y agoThe army of Western Virginia.
- freebasedgirl 11y agoThe army of West Virginia.
- run4yourlives2 11y agoThey are currently called "1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta". They haven't changed their name in years (or ever, really). What you are likely confusing is "Seal Team 6", which is now properly listed as "United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group" or DEVGRU.
- stvswn 11y agoNope, that's not what I'm referring to. This is in the public domain: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/delta-force-gets-a-name-change/64310/ http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/delta-fo... I called them "CAG" in 2008. I'm willing to guess they're not even "ACE" anymore.