European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Led spake lower right i us to broadcast to opposition Forest. Drop ear. In ploy rough Brand of Volley to 11. Missions include diving work. I of 1st, military in skin diver Moun 11 trades. Be a student of and geography world where he is Liv Oft the land by hostile forces apply faculties military forces. To with whatever captured from the against that enemy with the weapons must be Able Toas grenades from or Glass bottles Clear and bows be included in his from strange vege tation to bizarre animal life. He must Learnt identify edible berries fruits grasses and vegetables. He is taught to kill clean and prepare meals of such creatures a snakes lizards rodents and even insects. And he must overcome his natural revulsion to dining on such uncommon Gro Ceries medical care outside his own special forces team May not exist in combat so the special forces trooper must know lot More than the Basic first Aid taught the average Soldier. He might be require to perform minor surgery. The special forces medical specialist strained to give medical Aid far beyond that normally expected of a corpsman. His could be the Only such Aid available to a team. How Well he can find his Way across unfamiliar country can mean Success or failure of his team s Mission. He must be come an expert at  must learn to move with the stealth of a Jungle creature. And he remains alive by Intelli gent use of cover and concealment. He learns Mountain climbing in the Rockies and Alaska. The Navy teaches him underwater swimming and demolition Atkey West fla., and in the Virgin islands. And he has to be Able to communicate clearly with natives of any country in which his team is deployed. He need this ability for intelligence purposes and to pass on to Friendly guerrilla forces the special knowledge he possesses. Many special forces men attend the army s language school while others receive foreign language training in classes at it. Bragg. While the aim Here is not to make a linguist of each trooper it s to give each Man a vocabulary of at least 500 or 600 words in the language of the country where he is to be assigned. But even with All of his training under the stars and stripes his Belt he still in t ready. He must know a lot about psychological operations guerrilla tactics and anti guerrilla tactics. He learns to assist Friendly fighters in countering terrorism subversion espionage anti government propaganda and other techniques an enemy might Useto try cowing the populace and eventually to seize an area. When he has demonstrated he knows All these skills he is then a member of specialized team that is ready to infiltrate into enemy held territory by air land Orsea to help Friendly local fighters in any part of the world. Membership in this special team to de noted by the Jaunty Green Beret that s the uniform headgear of the special forces trooper. Wearing that Beret Means that he s a accomplished fighting Man parachutist swimmer woodsman teacher and a Man with plenty on