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04-11-2009, 01:32 PM
zuludelta
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Does anyone know how many men make up a Special Forces Company? It's not 40 is it? Like 4 squads such as a traditional platoon?
Here are the Special Forces Group company manpower figures (accurate as of 1999/2000... sorry, I don't have access to more current numbers):
Special Forces (Airborne) Company
- 8 officers, 7 warrant officers, and 67 enlisted soldiers
Each company is then divided into a company HQ and six (6) SFOD "A" Detachments (colloquially known as "A-Teams").
Each A-Team is composed of the following personnel:
- one Captain (Commander), one Warrant Officer (Detachment Technician), one Master Sergeant (Operations Sergeant), one Sergeant First Class (Assistant Operations Sergeant), two Weapons Sergeants (usually an E-7 and an E-6 or E-5), two Engineer Sergeants (usually an E-7 and an E-6 or E-5), two Medical Sergeants (usually an E-7 and an E-6 or E-5), and two Communications Sergeants (usually an E-7 and an E-6 or E-5).
A-Teams aren't organized in the typical infantry squad because they aren't expected to do conventional light infantry duties or even much direct action work (that's what Force Recon, Rangers, and SEALs are for), although the individual personnel are more than qualified to do so. But the main use of Special Forces personnel is to engage in unconventional warfare which involves training foreign allies to fight against common enemies (hence the stringent requirement to know at least one foreign language from a list of potential enemy language groups), non-kinetic and kinetic deceptive warfare, and supporting direct engagement via non-traditional military tactics.
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