The Green Berets were the first of the United States Military Special Forces to be sent into Vietnam. In 1953, the Green Berets were started by a lieutenant in the Army, but they were not officially recognized. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy visited Fort Bragg and finally made the Green Berets an official organization. He felt that since they were going in on special missions then they should be set apart from the normal soldiers of the United States Army. He felt he needed to create this group because the free world faced, "another type of war, new in its intensity, ancient in its origins-war by guerilla, subversives, insurgents, assassins; war by ambush instead of combat; by infiltration instead of aggression, seeking victory by eroding and exh

The United States Navy SEALS had some help in Vietnam. They were supported by Special Boat Units, and worked along side members of the Underwater Demolition Team. The Navy SEALS and the Underwater Demolition Team used their forces to conduct direct action raids and successfully interrupt the movement of troops and weapons by the Viet Cong. They also teamed up with Seawolf Helicopter Pilots, and the Navy Riverine Forces to form the United States Navy Black Berets. These men patrolled the rivers and canals with the use of Swift Boats. These boat were a huge help in trying to stop the flow of troops and artillery into South Vietnam. Although these Swift Boats helped to stop the flow of weapons and men, the men on these boats were at risk of being shot at any given moment. This happened because the men were out in the open in the middle of the rivers and could be fired upon by Viet Cong troops hiding out in the jungles along the river banks. Even though in the end, these Swift Boats diminished the amount of weapons transported, many Navy SEALS lost their lives due to the fact that they were susceptible to Viet Cong fire.

The Tactical Fighter Squadron also performed tasks that required aircrafts. Unlike the Air Commandos, these men performed tasks that required the usage of missiles and machine guns. They flew over Vietnam fighting Vietnamese fighter jets and also fired rockets into Vietnamese bases on the ground. These fighter pilots had to be skilled in evasive maneuvers so that they could escape form an enemy jet. The also needed these maneuvers so they could dodge the fire that was coming from the ground troops when they were trying to bomb the bases. The training these men went through to learn these maneuvers was strenuous. They had to be quick with their decisions because it meant life or death.

The United States Navy SEALS teams went through some of the toughest military training in the world. Their training was conducted at the Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado, California. US Navy SEALS had to become highly trained in open and closed-circuit diving, submarine operations, swimmer delivery vehicles, demolitions, hand-to-hand combat, jungle, winter and desert warfare, parachute and free-fall jumping, small boat operations, close-quarter combat tactics, special weapons, foreign languages, anti-terrorist operations, electronic surveillance, communications and intelligence-gathering operations (www.pe.net/~xsealtm). The Navy SEALS also trained in counter-guerilla warfare, long distance reconnaissance, supply interdiction and raids. They were sent into Vietnam to conduct paramilitary operations, including surveillance. These men trained long and hard to become skilled in these areas. They went through rigorous workou

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