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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American special forces teams active during the Vietnam War}}<br />
There were four [[Greek letter]] special forces '''Reconnaissance Projects''' formed by the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, [[MACV]] during the [[Vietnam War]] to collect operational intelligence in remote areas of [[South Vietnam]].<ref name="army.mil hist"/><ref name="usasoc recognition"/><br />
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==Mission==<br />
Their mission include operational and strategic reconnaissance into long held [[Vietcong]] areas and direct air strikes on them, they were also to conduct bomb damage assessment, conduct small scale reconnaissance and hunter-killer operations, capture and interrogate VC / [[Vietnam People's Army|NVA]] tap communications, bug compounds and offices, rescue downed aircrew and prisoners of war, emplace point minefields and other booby traps, conduct [[Psychological Operations]], and perform [[counter intelligence]] operations. <br />
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They were to focus on base areas and infiltration routes in the border areas.<br />
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==Operations==<br />
These missions were carried out by small [[United States Army Special Forces]] and native personnel reconnaissance teams and Roadrunner teams posing as the VC. Battalion sized Reaction Forces were assigned to each project with their mission being to assist in the extraction of a compromised team and also to conduct raids and other economy of force type operations.<br />
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==The Projects==<br />
There were four Greek Letter reconnaissance Projects:<br />
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* [[Project DELTA]]<br />
* [[Project GAMMA]]<br />
* [[Project SIGMA]]<br />
* [[Project OMEGA]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name="army.mil hist">{{cite book| url = http://www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/90-23/90-23C.htm| id = CMH Pub 90-23| title = U.S. Army Special Forces 1961-1971| year = 1989| publisher = [[United States Army Center of Military History]]| access-date = 2010-08-19| archive-date = 2014-02-12| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140212151656/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/90-23/90-23C.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
<ref name="usasoc recognition">{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Tony |title=USASOC honors clandestine SF unit from Vietnam War |url=https://www.army.mil/article/13809/usasoc_honors_clandestine_sf_unit_from_vietnam_war |website=Army.mil |access-date=22 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324061259/https://www.army.mil/article/13809/usasoc_honors_clandestine_sf_unit_from_vietnam_war |archive-date=24 March 2022 |date=31 October 2008}}</ref><br />
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* Stanton, Shelby, ''Vietnam Order of Battle'', {{ISBN|0-89193-700-5}}<br />
* Sorley, Lewis, ''A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam'', {{ISBN|0-15-601309-6}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[5th Special Forces Group (United States)]]<br />
* [[MACVSOG]]<br />
* [[Project GAMMA]]<br />
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{{US Army SFG}}<br />
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[[Category:Special forces units and formations]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations of the United States Army in the Vietnam War]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations of South Vietnam]]<br />
[[Category:International special forces|V]]<br />
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