MISSION
The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial is honoring the legendary elite U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers of every era and the legacy of the Special Forces Regiment a magnificent world-class monumental memorial park to be placed in a prominent location near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
LEADERSHIP
The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial Foundation is led by distinguished Special Forces Officers, Directors and Advisors of the Board including retired former U.S. Army Special Forces Commanding Generals, Officers, Senior Warrant Officer, Senior Non-Commissioned Officers, Distinguished Members of the Special Forces Regiment, Special Forces Medal of Honor Recipient and other extraordinary Advisors.
Rebecca A. Clark is the Creative Director and official exclusively commissioned Artist, working with The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial Foundation leadership, to create The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial. Rebecca has worked with the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) leadership and the USAJFKSWCS Command leadership at Fort Bragg, as primary technical advisors, and several Special Forces Groups at their locations across America and in partnership with the National Special Forces Association to develop the sculpture monument concepts for The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial. The Special Forces Association is one of our supporting Partners.
THE U.S. ARMY SPECIAL FORCES “GREEN BERETS”
The elite U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” are the U.S. Military’s premier unconventional warriors and an extremely valuable national asset. Today the United States lacks a national memorial dedicated to the extraordinary leadership, courage, sacrifices and service of the legendary elite U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers and their legacy.
For decades, the elite U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers, also known as the “Quiet Professionals”, continue to be the Tip of the Spear defending and protecting the United States around the world. Green Berets are the largest group of Special Operators in the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and they continue to maintain the highest operational deployment rate of any SOCOM force.
U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” are an elite group of Soldiers within the U.S. Army. They engage in a high amount of combat operations (land, sea and air) displaying their dominance in full spectrum operations through their unconventional warfare expertise. Currently, Green Berets operate in over 50 countries securing America’s interests and keeping Americans safe. The U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” remain the most capable and effective fighting force in the world.
The U.S. Army Special Forces units perform seven doctrinal missions: Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense, Special Reconnaissance, Direct Action, Combating Terrorism, Counterproliferation, and Information Operations. These missions make Special Forces unique in the U.S. Military, because they are employeed throughout the three stages of the operational continuum: peacetime, conflict and war.
The cornerstone of the Special Forces Group’s capability is the Operational Detachment-Alpha (ODA) or “A-Team”, a highly trained elite team of 12 Special Forces Green Beret Soldiers, cross trained in weapons, communications, intelligence, medicine, and engineering. The ODA Green Beret Soldier also possesses specialized language and cultural training.
Successes of the U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers have resulted in increasing demand for the Special Forces around the globe. In the future, as in the past, U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” are deployed around the world every day and are called upon to conduct critical missions in the face of overwhelming odds. It is a task they look forward to with confidence because the tradition of the U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Berets” is one of honor, courage, integrity and excellence.
U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers live up to the U.S. Army Special Forces motto: De Oppresso Liber “To Free The Oppressed”.
Our elite U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers deserve to be recognized and honored with our magnificent tribute, The National Special Forces Green Beret Memorial, honoring U.S. Army Special Forces “Green Beret” Soldiers of every era and the legacy of the Regiment.
