Also see:
Detachment “A” Teams and Groups Part I
Detachment”A” Teams and Groups Part II
Music: Scott Buckley – Legionnaire Link: https://youtu.be/NwW0vFUCzEM
Music provided by: MFY – No Copyright
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Hermann Adler – DMOR Ceremony
On 22 October 2014, Major(Ret) Hermann Adler was inducted into the Distinguished Member of the Special Forces Regiment at a small private ceremony held at his home. LTG Charles T. Cleveland, former Commanding General, US Army Special Operations and his staff performed the ceremony with LTG Cleveland performing the induction.
Detachment “A” and the Royal Engineers Diving Unit
Major Retired Leslie “Les” Rutherford was a Warrant Officer ( later Officer Commanding) the Royal Engineers Diving Unit in Kiel Germany.
Les remembered well a visit by the guys from Det “A” Berlin to his unit at Kiel in the 80’s. They cross trained on each other’s Kit, worked and played hard.
The Royal Engineers worked on diving and U/W demolition training with Detachment”A” at Kiel in the 80’s . Detachment”A” members then went on to train with the German Navy ‘ Kampfschwimmer’ at Eckenförde.
The Royal Engineers Diving Unit were presented a plaque from Detachment”A” with a photo of the team which his old Boss Captain Tom Flower preserved.
This is Major Rutherford with Detachment”A”‘ a Dräger one-man decompression portable chamber.
Team 3
Detachment “A” Teams & Groups Part II
Also see:
Detachment “A” Teams and Groups Part I
Detachment “A” Teams and Groups Part III
Music: Scott Buckley – Legionnaire Link: https://youtu.be/NwW0vFUCzEM
Music provided by: MFY – No Copyright
Pete Kelley German Training Certificates
An example of some of our German counterparts that we worked and trained with. These are from Pete Kelley.
Dr. Chris “Vinnie” Feudo Interview
MG Jim Guest – Detachment “A” Honorary Member
Lee Fondas Interview
Jeff Raker Speech Part I
Former CSM of Detachment “A” Jeff Raker gave a powerful speech at the Detachment “A” get together on 17 September 2016. Here is Part I.
A Clandestine Cold War Military Unit Steps Into the Light
Author: Drew Brooks, Fayetteville Observer
Dressed in civilian clothes with long hair, the men looked like any other on the streets of East Berlin.
Their German accents didn’t give away their true identities as American Special Forces soldiers, part of a clandestine military unit operating during the Cold War.
Berlin, a divided city located 100 miles behind the Iron Curtain, was a focal point in the tensions that developed between NATO forces and the Soviet Union after World War II.