High Grade Gold Plated Challenge CoinUnited States ARMY AIRBORNE SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Sine Pari 40mm w/ CaseFeatures:Finely crafted challenge coin. Colorful and high relief design, a perfect edition to your collection.Best Challenge Coins - Our Name Says it All! Arrives in protective easy snap open clear case.Fast shipping. Your order will be shipped within 24 - 48 hours after your order is completed.Thank you for viewing our items. See more on our eCRATER Store! The United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the Green Berets due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force of the United States Army that are designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions: unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, direct action, counter-insurgency, special reconnaissance, counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapon of mass destruction, and security force assistance via seven geographically focused groups:[7] The first two emphasize language, cultural, and training skills in working with foreign troops. Other duties include combat search and rescue (CSAR), counter-narcotics, hostage rescue, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian demining, information operations, peacekeeping, psychological operations, and manhunts; other components of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) or other U.S. government activities may also specialize in these secondary areas.[8] Many of their operational techniques are classified, but some nonfiction works[9] and doctrinal manuals are available. As special operations units, Special Forces are not necessarily under the command authority of the ground commanders in those countries. Instead, while in theater, SF units may report directly to a geographic combatant command, USSOCOM, or other command authorities. The Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) highly secretive Special Activities Division (SAD) and more specifically its Special Operations Group (SOG) recruits from the Army's Special Forces.[13] Joint CIA–Army Special Forces operations go back to the MACV-SOG branch during the Vietnam War.[14] The cooperation still exists today and is seen in the War in Afghanistan.