Want to go deeper? Read “Delta Force” by Colonel Charlie Beckwith or “Inside Delta Force” by Eric Haney (one of the original operators).
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The first Delta Force members proved a timeless truth: Want to go deeper
When most people think of Delta Force, they imagine night-vision goggles, blacked-out helicopters, and lightning raids. But before the Tier 1 mystique, there was a simple, urgent question: Who would be brave enough—and skilled enough—to be the very first? they imagine night-vision goggles
Delta’s baptism of fire was (April 1980)—the failed attempt to rescue 52 American hostages from Tehran.
The answer wasn’t volunteers off a form. It was a painstaking, man-by-man selection.