List of Delta Force members
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  • Major General Eldon Bargewell
    Eldon Bargewell
    Major General Eldon A. Bargewell was a general in the United States Army and commander of Delta Force.Bargewell was born in Hoquiam, Washington and graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1965....

    : Commander of 1st SFOD-D from 1996–1998.
  • Colonel Charles Beckwith: Founder and first Commander of the highly specialized counter-terrorism unit
    Counter-terrorism
    Counter-terrorism is the practices, tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, militaries, police departments and corporations adopt to prevent or in response to terrorist threats and/or acts, both real and imputed.The tactic of terrorism is available to insurgents and governments...

    , known today as Delta Force.
  • Lieutenant General William G. Boykin
    William G. Boykin
    Lieutenant General William G. Boykin was the United States Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence. He has played a role in almost every recent major American military operation, serving in Grenada, Somalia, and Iraq. He is currently an author and teaches at Hampden-Sydney College,...

    : Commander of 1st SFOD-D from 1992–1994. Commanding Officer of the 1st SFOD-D unit at the Battle of Mogadishu.
  • Larry N. Freedman
  • Master Sergeant Gary Gordon
    Gary Gordon
    Master Sergeant Gary Ivan Gordon is a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army's premiere special operations unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta , or "Delta Force." Together with Sergeant...

    : Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor
    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

    , KIA
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

     on October 3, 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu.
  • Command Sergeant Major Eric L. Haney
    Eric L. Haney
    Eric L. Haney is a retired member of the United States Army counterterrorist unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta , more commonly known as Delta Force. In recent years he has been writing on terrorism, guerrilla warfare, and special operations...

    : Wrote the book Inside Delta Force
    Inside Delta Force
    Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit is a 2002 memoir written by Eric L. Haney about his experiences as a founding special forces operator in the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta the U.S. Army's counterterrorist unit...

    : The Story of America's Elite Counter-terrorist Unit, upon which the television series The Unit
    The Unit
    The Unit is an American action-drama television series that focuses on a top-secret military unit modeled after the real-life U.S. Army special operations unit commonly known as Delta Force...

    is based.
  • Major General Gary L. Harrell: Commander of 1st SFOD-D from 1998–2000.
  • Brigadier General Austin S. Miller: Deputy Director JIEDDO, was the ground commander of Delta Force during Battle Of Mogadishu (nicknamed 'Scotty' in Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down.
  • Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart
    Randy Shughart
    Sergeant First Class Randall David Shughart was a soldier in the United States Army special operations unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta , or "Delta Force." Shughart posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu in October...

    : Medal of Honor
    Medal of Honor
    The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed by the President, in the name of Congress, upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves through "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his or her...

    , KIA
    Killed in action
    Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...

     on October 3, 1993, during the Battle of Mogadishu.
  • Larry Vickers
    Larry Vickers
    Larry Vickers is a former member of the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta . He is also a gunsmith, television host, firearms industry consultant, tactical security consultant, and firearms instructor. He has been involved in the design process of several notable firearms in recent...

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