<Li> Operation Atlantic Resolve </Li> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.army.mil/usasoc/ </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the Green Berets due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force tasked with five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, direct action, and counter-terrorism . The first two emphasize language, cultural, and training skills in working with foreign troops . Other duties include combat search and rescue (CSAR), counter-narcotics, counter-proliferation, hostage rescue, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian demining, information operations, peacekeeping, psychological operations, security assistance, and manhunts; other components of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) or other U.S. government activities may also specialize in these secondary areas . Many of their operational techniques are classified, but some nonfiction works and doctrinal manuals are available . </P> <P> As special operations units, Special Forces are not necessarily under the command authority of the ground commanders in those countries . Instead, while in theater, SF units may report directly to a geographic combatant command, USSOCOM, or other command authorities . The Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) highly secretive Special Activities Division (SAD) and more specifically its Special Operations Group (SOG) recruits from the Army's Special Forces . Joint CIA--Army Special Forces operations go back to the MACV - SOG branch during the Vietnam War . The cooperation still exists today and is seen in the War in Afghanistan . </P>

Is green beret the same as special forces