CIA:SAD/SOG

CIA:Special Activities Division/Special Operations Group. Another simple (poor man's ver.) bash done quite a while back of a popular topic.

SOG is the paramilitary arm of CIA's SAD, responsible for covert intelligence gathering & military direct action, e.g. raids, assassination, insurgency, counter-surgency, sabotage etc. Its operatives are mostly ex-military: SEALs, Delta, Army SF, Marine Force Recon etc.

Considered one of the world's most elite spec. ops unit, SAD/SOG came into prominence as a result of the Global War on Terror post 9/11. SOG operatives were the first to arrive in Afghanistan prior to the main US forces & were successful in mobilising the Northern Alliance against the Taliban. Similarly for the US invasion of Iraq, SOG operatives were on the ground well ahead in preparation of the actual invasion.

From the OSS in WWII to MAG-V SOG's Operation Phoenix in Vietnam, the Cuban Bay of Pigs Invasion right up to today's Global War on Terror, SOG officers continued to be at the forefront of every US military involvement since WWII.