List of Delta Force members
This list of Delta Force members includes both current and former notable members of the United States Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, a tier one special mission unit and part of Joint Special Operations Command.
List
- MACVSOG during Vietnam War.[1]
- Charles Beckwith: Vietnam War veteran and inaugural commander of Delta Force from 1977 to 1980.[2] Retired after the failure of Operation Eagle Claw.[3]
- MACVSOG during Vietnam Warin 1971–1972.
- William G. Boykin: Retired Lieutenant General and former Commander of Delta Force from 1992 to 1994, including service in Somalia during the Battle of Mogadishu.
- Jonathan P. Braga: Lieutenant General, the current commander for the United States Army Special Operations Command who assumed the role on August 12, 2021. Braga held many leadership positions within Delta and eventually becoming the unit commander. Before Delta, Braga served with the 7th Special Forces Group from 1995 to 2001 as Operational Detachment-A commander and company XO.[4]
- John R. Cavaiani: Served at the unit from 1984 to 1989. Before his time at the unit, he served in MACV-SOG where he earned the Medal of Honor.
- 18th Airborne Corps. Donahue had served previously with the 3rd Ranger Battalion and the 2nd Ranger Battalion before passing Delta selection, eventually commanding the unit.[5]
- Task Force Ranger during the Battle of Mogadishu.[6]
- Gary Gordon (1960–1993 †): Medal of Honor recipient. Killed in action, on 3 October 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu.
- Operation Urgent Furyin 1983. Former Deputy Commander of Delta Force from June 1990 to July 1991.
- Operation Just Cause.
- invasion of Panama in 1989 and served as C Squadron Commander during the Battle of Mogadishuin Somalia in October 1993.
- Paul R. Howe: Delta Force veteran of Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Gothic Serpent. Awarded the Silver Star Medal for heroism during Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993.[9]
- Austin S. Miller: Commanded Delta Force during the Iraq War, served as the final commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan. Veteran of Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in October 1993.
- Mark J. O'Neil: Retired Major General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 2009 to 2011. Served multiple tours of duty with 1st SFOD-D including Troop and Squadron Commander.
- Thomas Payne: A Sergeant Major in Delta Force. When he was a Sergeant First Class, he was involved in a hostage rescue on the 22 October 2015 at an ISIS prison in Kirkuk, Iraq, which about 70 Iraqi prisoners were rescued and Delta Force MSG Joshua Wheeler was killed in action. For his action, he was awarded Distinguished Service Cross, which was later upgraded to the Medal of Honor, and awarded 11 September 2020. Sergeant Major Payne would be the first living Delta Force Medal of Honor recipient, the third Delta Force Medal of Honor recipient after MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart who died in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, and the first Medal of Honor recipient of Operation Inherent Resolve.[10][11]
- Bennet S. Sacolick: Retired Lieutenant General. Former Commander of Delta Force from April 2003 to July 2005. Sacolick had previously served with the 2nd Ranger battalion and the 7th Special Forces Group where he saw combat in Central America including the Salvadoran Civil War and the United States invasion of Panama. Saccolick has also commanded the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School from August 2010 to August 2012.[12]
- Randy Shughart (1958–1993 †): Medal of Honor recipient. Killed in action, on 3 October 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu.[6]
- Christopher Speer (1973–2002 †): A U.S. Army combat medic in 1st SFOD-D. Wounded in action, on 27 July 2002, in Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. Later died at Ramstein Air Base, Germany on 6 August 2002, and received international attention after his killer and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr (who was 15 years old at the time of Speer's death) was imprisoned and allegedly tortured by the United States, violating Canadian child soldier amnesty laws.[14]
- Raymond A. Thomas: Retired General. Served with the unit as Operations Officer, Troop Commander, Executive Officer and B Squadron Commander from 1992 to 1994 and 1996 to 1999. He was also the commander of Joint Special Operations Command from 2014 to 2016 and United States Special Operations Command from 2016 to 2019.
- Larry Vickers: Retired Master Sergeant with 20 years of service. Participated in Operation Acid Gambit.
- Michael R. Weimer: 17th Sergeant Major of the Army, former Delta operator. Served in 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and numerous billets within United States Army Special Operations Command, including Command Sergeant Major.[17]
See also
- List of Navy SEALs
References
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- ^ "1st Brigade "Bastogne": Distinguished Members of the Regiment". Archived from the original on 2004-12-04.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ^ "Brigadier General Jonathan P. Braga Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific" (PDF). www.socom.mil. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ Zach VanDyke (July 23, 2020). "Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, 82nd Airborne Division Commanding General". www.army.mil. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ^ OCLC 1298685759.
- ^ Lardner, Richard (2006-04-11). "Delta Force Vets Dismiss Claims of 'The Unit' Writer". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2007-10-14.
- ^ "The Unit on CBS". CBS. Archived from the original on 2007-08-14.
- ^ "U.S. Army Silver Star Recipients". Archived from the original on 2022-02-05. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Sergeant Major Thomas P. Payne, Medal of Honor". army.mil. September 6, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ "National Medal of Honor Museum, Thomas P. Payne". mohmuseum.org. September 11, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ "Bennet S. Sacolick, Hall of Fame". ocsalumni.org. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0160723766. CMH Pub 70–14.
- ^ "Who was Sgt. Christopher Speer, the soldier who died in a firefight with Omar Khadr?". National Post. 2017-07-08. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "Vining, Mike, SGM".
- ^ "Sergeant Major Mike R. Vining". goordnance.army.mil. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ Beynon, Steve (2023-08-04). "Army's New Enlisted Leader: The Bet a Green Beret Can Lead the Rank and File". Military.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ "U.S. Identifies American Killed in Iraq Raid as Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler". Wall Street Journal. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ "DoD identifies soldier killed in commando raid in Iraq". Army Times. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.