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Green Berets

• U.S. Army – “special forces”

• highly trained, selected group of soldiers

To become part of the Army's Green Berets, you need to be mentally and physically tough, endure difficult training and face all challenges head-on.

Qualifications

• The basic eligibility requirements to be considered for entry into the US Army Special Forces are:

• Be a male, age 20–30.

• Be a U.S. citizen.

• Have a high school diploma.

• Score a General Technical score of 107 or higher and a combat operation score of 98 on the “Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery.”

• Qualify for a top secret security clearance.

• Qualify and volunteer for Airborne training.

• Achieve a minimum of 60 points on each event and overall minimum score of 240 on the” Army Physical Test.”

• .Must have 20/20 or corrected to 20/20 in both near and distant vision in both eyes.

• One year of college is preferred, but it is not a mandatory for enlistment.

Specialists

• weapons

• Engineering

• demolitions

• medicine

• communications

• Operations

• http://www.goarmy.com/special-forces.html

Unconventional Warfare (UW) – a major role for the GBs

• guerrilla warfare• subversion• sabotage/ ambushes• Foreign internal defense• Did not necessarily follow protocol due to

the nature of their special missions• Organize resistance behind enemy lines

Terms

• Alpha Company – Rat Kiley and Tim O’Brien’s company/ platoon• ARVN - Army of the Republic of Vietnam; the South

Vietnamese Regular Army • NCO - Noncommissioned officer…Usually a squad

leader or platoon sergeant• Culottes – Capri pants• Greenies – Green Berets• VC – Vietcong• MP – Military police

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFV9fiYxVHU