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Pete 04-16-2018 16:26

Clandestine Cold War unit honored at Fort Bragg
 
Clandestine Cold War unit honored at Fort Bragg

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/2018...-at-fort-bragg

"Not quite a year after the Berlin Wall was opened, soldiers of the U.S. Army Physical Security Support Element-Berlin left the city without any fanfare.

The end of the wall, which had divided Berlin both physically and ideologically for decades, was a sign of the end of the Cold War. And the resulting “peace dividend” spelled the end for special units like the PSSE-B.

On the outside, the unit was tasked with providing security assessments of U.S. government buildings from South Africa to England. But its members had a secret.

The PSSE-B was actually the 410th Special Forces Detachment, a clandestine group of Green Berets tasked with unconventional warfare and counterterrorism, including a so-called “stay behind” mission in the event of a Soviet invasion...."

cbtengr 04-16-2018 18:09

Very interesting, thanks for posting!

Team Sergeant 04-16-2018 19:39

I'm surprised they have unclassified that........ but then again it might have been on hitlery's server.

rubberneck 04-16-2018 20:09

If I remember correctly Col Moroney (RIP) was one of the first commanders of that unit.


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