Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta reached its largest size in terms of manpower and equipment during the build-up

to the Persian Gulf War. By August 1990, the unit numbered a total of 120 personnel (85 principal personnel, 35 attached Special Support Staff).

Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta (code name: G.I. Joe) Order of Battle, August 1990 Headquarters Command Team Commander BG Abernathy, Clayton M. (code name: Hawk) Deputy Commander MAJ Swanson, Robert G. (code name: Major Storm)1 Deception Operations Officer CPT Rich, Kenneth D. (code name: Psyche-Out) First Sergeant 1SG Hauser, Conrad S. (code name: Duke) NBC Defense Specialist SSG Schnurr, Kurt (code name: Airtight) Logistics Specialist (Driver/Radiotelephone Operator) SGT Krieger, Courtney A. (code name: Cover Girl) Radiotelephone Operator-Repairer SGT Morelli, Giovanni S. (code name: Dial-Tone) Scout-Raider (Driver/Security Man) SPC Swilley, Earl R. (code name: Rumbler)2 Special Intelligence Collection Team Senior Counterintelligence Special Agent SFC O'Hara, Shana M. (code name: Scarlett) Senior Scout-Raider (Countertracker/Security Man) SFC Light, Robert (code name: Snake-Eyes) Cryptographic Linguist (Radiotelephone Operator) SSG Kibbey, Alvin R. (code name: Breaker)3 Electronic Cryptographic Analyst (Special Information Systems Operator) SSgt Parker, Blaine L. (code name: Mainframe) Human Intelligence Collection Specialist SSG Hart-Burnett, Alison R. (code name: Lady Jaye) Counterintelligence Special Agent SGT Arashikage, Kimiko (code name: Jinx) Video Surveillance Systems Technician SPC Michaels, Leonard (code name: Scoop) STA Sniper Team Scout-Raider (Team Leader/Spotter) SSG MacBride, Cooper G. (code name: Low-Light)

Scout-Raider (Sniper) SGT Iron-Knife, Charlie (code name: Spirit) Scout-Raider (Countertracker/Security Man) CPL McMachon, Aaron (code name: Ambush) Joint Fire Support Team Joint Fire Support Team Headquarters Joint Fire Support Officer 1LT Habershaw, Mark (code name: Sub-Zero) Senior Fire Support Sergeant SFC Barney, James J. (code name: Grand Slam) Forward Fire Control Party Senior Forward Air Controller (Party Leader) GySgt Mewett, Clifford V. (code name: Airwave)4 Forward Artillery/Mortar Observer (Assistant Partyy Leader) SSG Breckenridge, Matthew H. (code name: Thunder)5 Forward Artillery/Mortar Observer (Radiotelephone Operator) SGT Riley, Thomas P. (code name: Downtown) Forward Artillery/Mortar Observer (Driver) SPC Fritz, Karl W. (code name: Long Range) Mounted Assault-Reconnaissance Platoon AR/AAV Team Alpha Mechanized Scout Officer (Platoon Leader/Vehicle Commander) CPT Pulaski, Ralph W. (code name: Steeler) Mechanized Scout (Gunner) SSG Blais, Robert M. (code name: Cross-Country) Mechanized Scout (Loader) SSG Hasle, David K. (code name: Salvo) Mechanized Scout (Driver) SSG Guderian, Sherman R. (code name: Heavy Metal)6 AR/AAV Team Alpha Bravo Senior Mechanized Scout (Vehicle Commander) SFC Makepeace, Philo R. (code name: Armadillo)7 Mechanized Scout (Gunner) SSG Levin, Robert A. (code name: Backstop)8 Mechanized Scout (Loader) SGT Whitcomb, Averill B. (code name: Steam-Roller)9 Mechanized Scout (Driver) SGT Scott, Eric U. (code name: Wildcard)

AR/AAV Team Alpha Charlie Senior Mechanized Scout (Vehicle Commander) SFC Provost, Michael A. (code name: Hot Seat)10 Mechanized Scout (Gunner) SSG Seward, Farley S. (code name: Frostbite) Mechanized Scout (Loader) SGT Donahue, Charles (code name: Cold Front)11 Mechanized Scout (Driver) CPL Steel, James (code name: Windchill)12 Fast Attack Vehicle Team Alpha (TOW Missile Carrier) Senior Scout-Raider (Platoon Sergeant/Vehicle Commander) MSgt Remus, Robert (code name: Sgt. Slaughter)13 Mechanized Scout (Gunner) SSG Katzenbogen, David L. (code name: Bazooka) Mechanized Scout (Driver) SGT Indiana, Elwood G. (code name: Crankcase)14 Fast Attack Vehicle Team Bravo (Heavy Machine Gun) Senior Scout-Raider (Vehicle Commander) SFC McConnell, Craig S. (code name: Rock 'n' Roll) Scout-Raider (Gunner) SSG Hinton, Marvin F. (code name: Roadblock) Scout-Raider (Driver) SSG Steinberg, Lance J. (code name: Clutch) Fast Attack Vehicle Team Charlie (Heavy Machine Gun) Scout-Raider (Vehicle Commander) SSG Therien, Jeffrey R. (code name: Repeater) Mechanized Scout (Gunner) CPL Green, Elijah F. (code name: Cool Breeze)15 Scout-Raider (Driver) CPL Colombani, Cyril (code name: Skidmark)16 Scout-Raider Platoon Platoon Headquarters Scout-Raider Officer (Platoon Leader) CPT Falcone, Vincent R. (code name: Falcon) Senior Scout-Raider (Platoon Sergeant) MSG Wilkinson, Lonzo R. (code name: Stalker) Scout-Raider (Radiotelephone Operator) SGT King, Owen (code name: Sneak Peek)17

Scout-Raider Section Alpha Scout-Raider Technical Officer (Section Leader) CWO-4 Leialoha, Edward W. (code name: Torpedo) Senior Scout-Raider GySgt Metzger, Wendell A. (code name: Leatherneck) Scout-Raider SSG Fine, Seymour P. (code name: Sci-Fi) Scout-Raider PO1 Forrest, Brian M. (code name: Wet-Suit) Scout-Raider SSG Iannotti, William V. (code name: Pathfinder)18 Sapper SSG Skoog, Tormod S. (code name: Tripwire) Scout-Raider SGT Felton, Joseph (code name: Recoil) Scout-Raider SGT Jesso, Kyle A. (code name: Budo) Scout-Raider Section Bravo Scout-Raider Technical Officer (Section Leader) CW3 Faireborn, Dashiell R. (code name: Flint) Senior Sapper SFC Melendez, Rafael J. (code name: Zap) Scout-Raider SSG Nash, Clifton L. (code name: Iceberg) Scout-Raider SSG Pine, Albert M. (code name: Alpine)19 Scout-Raider SSG Sneeden, Wayne R. (code name: Beachhead) Scout-Raider SGT Scott, Brent (code name: Hit 'n' Run) Scout-Raider SPC Duggleby, Wilmer S. (code name: Hardball) Scout-Raider SPC Williams, Ross A. (code name: Muskrat) Scout-Raider Section Charlie Scout-Raider Officer (Section Leader) CPT Lydon, Terrence (code name: Captain Grid-Iron)20 Senior Scout-Raider

MSgt Lafitte, Etienne R. (code name: Gung-Ho) Scout-Raider SSG LeClaire, Daniel M. (code name: Recondo)21 Scout-Raider SSG Ito, MacArthur S. (code name: Quick-Kick)22 Scout-Raider SSG Meyers, Andrew D. (code name: Footloose)23 Scout-Raider SSG Selkirk, Stuart R. (code name: Outback) Scout-Raider SSG Tadur, Ronald W. (code name: Dusty) Sapper SGT Lee, Nicholas (code name: Tunnel Rat) Scout-Raider Section Delta Scout-Raider Officer (Assistant Platoon Leader/Section Leader) CPT London, Robert (code name: Rapid Fire)24 Senior Scout-Raider MSG Lynton, Felix N. (code name: Skydive)25 Senior Scout-Raider SFC Delisi, Samuel C. (code name: Drop Zone)26 Sapper SSG Badducci, Wallace J. (code name: Static Line)27 Scout-Raider SSG Jones, John E. (code name: Altitude)28 Scout-Raider SSG Weems, Wallace A. (code name: Ripcord)29 Scout-Raider SGT Arndt, Philip W. (code name: Free Fall)30 Scout-Raider SGT Thomas, David O. (code name: Crazylegs)31 Special Support Staff32 Air, Space & Missile Defense Technical & Advisory Staff Senior Civilian Advisor, Space-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Systems COL (USA, ret.) Colton, Joseph B. (code name: Eagle) Civilian Advisor, Space-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Systems LT (USN, ret.) Martelle-Colton, Jane A. (code name: G.I. Jane) Field-Grade Advisor, Space-Based Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Col Morgan, Mark Jr. (code name: Payload)

ADA/SAM Systems Specialist SGT Menninger, Edward J. (code name: Backblast) SAM Systems Specialist PO3 Felix, Dwayne A. (code name: Rampart) Air Support & Airfield Services Staff Fighter Liaison Officer/Fighter Pilot Maj Armbruster, Bradley J. (code name: Ace) Fighter Pilot Maj Jeffries, Jonas (code name: Ghostrider) Fighter Pilot Capt Boyajian, Gregory B. (code name: Slip-Stream) High-Altitude Reconnaissance Pilot Capt Dubosky, David D. (code name: Countdown) Fighter Pilot 1st Lt James, King R. (code name: Dogfight)33 Attack Helicopter Liaison Officer/Helicopter Pilot CPT Roth, Edward J. (code name: Windmill) Helicopter Pilot CPT Smithers, Matthew W. (code name: Updraft)34 Attack Helicopter Liaison Officer/Helicopter Pilot CW4 Hardy, William S. (code name: Wild Bill) Helicopter Pilot CW3 Sikorski, Victor W. (code name: Lift-Ticket) Expeditionary Airfield Systems Specialist Sgt Klas, Nicholas D. (code name: Hardtop) Battlefield Medicine & Emergency Services Staff Field Surgeon MAJ Greer, Carl W. (code name: Doc)35 Senior Search and Rescue Medical Technician MSgt Six, Robert M. (code name: Airborne)36 Search and Rescue Medical Technician SSG Steen, Edwin C. (code name: Lifeline) Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting Specialist SGT Kelly, Gabriel A. (code name: Barbecue) Search and Rescue Medical Technician PO2 Larivee, Thomas J. (code name: Stretcher) Law Enforcement Staff Senior CID Special Agent

SFC Provost, Philip M. (code name: Chuckles) CID Special Agent SSG Ferreira, Stephen A. (code name: Bullhorn)37 Military Police Sergeant (Military Working Dog Handler-qualified) SSG Perlmutter, Stanley G. (code name: Mutt) Military Police Sergeant (Military Working Dog Handler-qualified) SGT Lavigne, Christopher M. (code name: Law) Military Police Sergeant (Special Reaction Team-qualified) SGT Faria, Jason A. (code name: Shockwave) Naval Surface Warfare & Maritime Mobility Staff Field-Grade Advisor, Naval Surface Warfare CAPT Colby, Everett P. (code name: Keel-Haul) Advanced Boat Operations Officer CDR Stone, Ronald A. (code name: Cutter) Operational Diving and Salvage Specialist (Master Diver) CPO Willoughby, Malcolm R. (code name: Deep-Six) Naval Surface Warfare Specialist (Radioman First Class) PO1 Blanchet, John (code name: Topside)38 Paramilitary Operations Cell (code name: Renegades Pest Control Services)39 Paramilitary Agent Stratton, Felix P. (code name: Mercer)40 Paramilitary Agent Ayvazyan, Varujan (code name: Taurus)41 Paramilitary Agent Taputapu, David (code name: Red Dog)42 Tactical Technology Joint Field Testing Team (code name: Battleforce 2000)43 Fighter Aircraft Test Pilot Capt Kiley, Thomas P. (code name: Maverick)44 Senior Mechanized Scout (Tracked Tactical Vehicle Test Driver) SFC Renwick, Richard (code name: Dodger) LCAC Operator (Air-Cushion Vehicle Test Pilot) CPO Davis, Brian R. (code name: Blaster)45 Mechanized Scout (Wheeled Tactical Vehicle Test Driver) SGT Costello, Ian M. (code name: Avalanche)46 Air Defense Systems Specialist (Air Defense Vehicle Test Driver) SGT Gonsalves, Blaine M. (code name: Knockdown)47 Mechanized Scout (Wheeled Utility Vehicle Test Driver) SGT McCarthy, David B. (code name: Blocker)48


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Electronics-Communications Maintenance Supervisor SGT Rossi, Thomas R. III (code name: Dee-Jay)49

Voluntarily separated from the Army in March 1992 after completion of active duty terms of service. Voluntarily separated from the Army in December 1991 after completion of active duty terms of service. KIA (17 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while taking part in clandestine armed reconnaissance operations near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Joined the 2nd ANGLICO (Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company), March 1992. KIA (16 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while taking part in clandestine armed reconnaissance operations near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. KIA (16 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while taking part in clandestine armed reconnaissance operations near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Retired after 20 years of service in the Army, April 1992. Medically retired in December 1991 for complications arising from chronic back and knee injuries. Entered Heavy Construction Equipment Operator training, June 1992. Joined the US Army Corps of Engineers (St. Paul District) after completing MOS reclassification. Retired after 20 years of service in the Army, June 1992. Joined the 5th Cavalry Regiment, February 1992. Voluntarily separated from the Army in January 1992 after completion of active duty terms of service. Retired after 21 years of service in the Marine Corps, June 1992. KIA (16 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while taking part in clandestine armed reconnaissance operations near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. KIA (24 February 1991) while fighting elements of the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait. Voluntarily separated from the Army in December 1991 after completion of active duty terms of service. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait in the outskirts of Ash Shuwaykh, Kuwait. Entered the Special Forces Assessment and Selection program, June 1992. Joined the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) after completing initial Special Forces qualification. Selected for an 18 month-long NCO exchange program with the 22 SAS, December 1991. Joined the staff at the Infantry Training Brigade, US Army Infantry School, August 1992. Selected for an 18 month-long NCO exchange program with the SASR, October 1991. KIA (17 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while taking part in clandestine armed reconnaissance operations near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Entered Recruiter training, November 1991. Joined the 6th Recruiting Brigade after completing qualification. Volunteered for training, and eventually accepted for entry to Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D), April 1992. Retired after 22 years of service in the Army, June 1992. Joined the instructor cadre at the US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, April 1992. Joined the 20th Engineer Brigade, May 1992. Selected for Officer Candidate School, February 1992. Assigned to a platoon leader duty position with the 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) after receiving his commission and completing basic infantry officer training. Voluntarily separated from the Army in December 1991 after completion of active duty terms of service. Entered the Special Forces Assessment and Selection program, April 1992. Joined Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) after completing initial Special Forces qualification. KIA (17 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while taking part in clandestine armed reconnaissance operations near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Special Support Staff provide specialized technical, planning, and leadership skills as individual specialists, attached to existing unit formations, or as members or leaders of ad hoc special teams created for highly critical, non-generalizable mission tasks. Joined the 358th Fighter Squadron, January 1992. Volunteered for and subsequently selected to join the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), March 1992. KIA (16 February 1991) by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait while supporting Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta activities near the Saudi Arabia-Kuwait border. Joined the 352nd Special Operations Group, March 1992. Joined the 3rd Military Police Group (CID), September 1992. Joined Beachmaster Unit One (BMU-1), July 1992 The Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta Paramilitary Operations Cell (code name: Renegades Pest Control Services) was disbanded by the Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta Commander in July 1991 under

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direct orders from the CENTCOM Commander after several months of increasing political pressure from various Department of Defense officials, Congressional committees, and special interest groups opposed to the precedent set by the direct government funding of independent "mercenaries" unaffiliated with favored military contractors. Resumed his career as an independent military contractor, bodyguard, and private investigator, August 1991. Returned to Turkey, September 1991. Throughout 1992, helped lead independent, non-governmental efforts to evacuate and protect ethnic Armenians in Croatia during the height of hostilities between Croatian and Serbian forces. Resumed his career as an independent military contractor, bodyguard, and professional stuntman, August 1991. The Tactical Technology Joint Field Testing Team was placed under the temporary control of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Commander prior to the start of Operation Desert Sabre (24 February-28 February, 1991). Employed as a supplementary reconnaissance and forward air liaison asset, the eight-man unit was ambushed near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait by Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait on 25 February 1991, killing all but one member of the team. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait. KIA (25 February 1991) while fighting Cobra Command mercenaries hired by the Ba'athist-backed Provisional Government of Free Kuwait near Al-Burqan oil field in Kuwait.