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The Last A-Team: Special Forces Aren't Special Anymore
A New Vision for Special Forces
Why Green Berets Can't Stop Asking Who They Are
Operationally Detached: Why Decentralization, Not Consolidation, Is the Future of U.S. Army Special Forces
Visible vs. Valuable: Why Restructuring U.S. Special Forces Won't Fix a Failure of Perception
The Special Forces Identity Crisis and Rethinking All of Special Operations
Authored by:
Retired Lt. Col. Greg Banner
Who Are the Green Berets Supposed to Be? Revisiting the Special Forces Identity Crisis
Authored by:
Greg E. Metzgar
Mission or Meaning? Rethinking the Identity Crisis in U.S. Army Special Forces
Authored by:
Siamak T. Naficy, PhD, and W5 Maurice "Duc" DuClos
Special Forces Does Not Have an Identity Crisis, SOF Has a Special Forces Identity Problem: A Response to Colonel Croot
Authored by:
David Shell
There is an Identity Crisis in Special Forces: Who are the Green Berets Supposed to Be?
Authored by:
Col. Edward C. Croot

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