CIA Special Activities Division (SAD) / Special Operations Group The Special Activities Division (SAD) is the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) covert paramilitary operations unit. They are one of America's most secretive and lowest profile special ops organizations. The Special Activities Division, sometimes referred to as the 'Special Operations Group', is made up of Paramilitary Operations Officers. CIA Paramilitaries are typically ex-military personnel and veterans of military special operations units such as the Green Berets or Marine Force Recon. SAD also recruits from within the Agency. Regardless of background, SAD operators undergo extensive specialized training. Special Activities Division - Role Special Activities Division typically carry out deniable covert operations on foreign soil. CIA Special Operations Group Paramilitiaries are trained in • sabotage • personnel and material recovery • kidnapping • bomb damage assessment • hostage resuce • counter terrorism
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CIA Special Activities Division (SAD) / Special Operations Group
The Special Activities Division (SAD) is the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) covert paramilitary operations unit. They are one of America's most secretive and lowest profile special ops organizations.
The Special Activities Division, sometimes referred to as the 'Special Operations Group', is made up of Paramilitary Operations Officers. CIA Paramilitaries are typically ex-military personnel and veterans of military special operations units such as the Green Berets or Marine Force Recon. SAD also recruits from within the Agency. Regardless of background, SAD operators undergo extensive specialized training.
Special Activities Division - Role
Special Activities Division typically carry out deniable covert operations on foreign soil. CIA Special Operations Group Paramilitiaries are trained in
• sabotage • personnel and material recovery • kidnapping • bomb damage assessment • hostage resuce • counter terrorism
Part of the CIA's National Cladestine Service, the Special Activities Division is thought to include around 150 paramilitaries, pilots and other specialists. When deployed to the field, they typically operate in 6 man or fewer teams, with many a mission carried out by a solo SAD operative. CIA Special Operations Group Paramilitaries often work on joint operations alongside Delta, DevGru, Special Forces etc.
SAD is organized into several sections:
• Ground Branch SAD Ground Branch operatives are experts in field craft, surveillance, small arms, hostage rescue, CQB and advanced driving. Many former Army Special Forces soldiers and Delta Force operators find their way into Ground Branch.
• Maritime Branch As the name suggests, SAD Maritime Branch's focus is on amphibious operations and as such tends to recruit ex SEALs and Force Recon Marines as its operators.
• Air Branch SAD's aviation wing. more info : Air Branch
Special Activities Division - Notable Operations
• 2001 - present - Afghanistan - Operation Enduring Freedom CIA Special Operations Group operatives were the first American forces to deploy into Afghanistan in September 2001. Multiple CIA teams, made up of a mix of case officers and SAD paramilitary officers, linked up with various anti-Taliban forces throughout Afghanistan. Their mission was to represent the US Government, gather intelligence on Al Qaeda and the Taliban and prepare the way for air strikes by coalition aircraft and the introduction of US Special Operations Forces into the country. CIA teams proceeded to make contact with Northern Alliance commanders, building relationships that were the key to ousting the Taliban regime. SAD Officers accompanied NA commanders and US Army Special Forces during several battles, including ousting the Taliban from the key Northern cities of Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif. more info : JAWBREAKER - the first CIA SAD team to enter Afghanistan after 9/11 CIA operatives were involved in the prisoner revolt at Qala-i-Janghi, a medieval fort being used to house captured Taliban soldiers, which claimed the life of Johnny Michael Spann, a SAD officer. A combination of US and UK SOF alongside NA forces eventually quelled the rebellion and retook the fort. CIA operatives worked closely with U.S. and British Special Operations Forces
throughout the campaign. The book Bloody Heroes by Damien Lewis, describes a British Special Boat Service (SBS - the UK equivalent of US Navy SEALs) recon mission in the mountains of Afghanistan. The SBS team, which included a SEAL on secondment to the unit, was accompanied by a CIA SAD Officer who's expertise in intelligence gathering was instrumental to the mission's success.
• 2003 - Pakistan March 1st - CIA Special Activities Division operatives, along with Pakistani forces, captured Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on of the architects of 911. SAD would go on to assist in his interrogation.
• 2003-present - Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom Months before the invasion of Iraq began, CIA SAD teams had covertly inserted into Iraq in order to gather intelligence on Saddam's WMD programs and on indigenous terror group, Ansar al Islam. During the invasion of Iraq, SAD Paramilitaries linked up with Army Special Forces and Kurdish forces in the North of the country. Their combined efforts tied up Iraqi forces, preventing them from moving south to counter the main coalition thrust. CIA teams also attempted to persuade Iraqi military units to defect. Following the initial invasion, CIA SAD operatives provided intel for SOF snatch and grab operations against Baath party leaders and, later, elements of the insurgency.
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This site features detailed info on the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the United States Of America.
The units on this site are:
U.S. Army Special Operations Forces
• U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) The quiet professionals. Masters of unconventional warfare.
• Delta Force (CAG) The Army's elite counter-terrorism experts.
• 75th Ranger Regiment Army Rangers lead the way.
• 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment The Night Stalkers - elite helicopter flyers
• Intelligence Support Activity Top secret intelligence gatherers
• see all U.S. Army Special Operations Forces
Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Units
• Navy SEALs America's renowned naval commandos
• SEAL Team Six The US Navy's secretive special mission unit, otherwise known as DEVGRU
M14 DMR The Designated Marksman Rifle (DMR) - a 7.62mm medium sniper rifle based around the M14 rifle info : Designated Marksmanship Rifle
M39 EMR The Enhanced Marksmanship Rifle (EMR) - a 7.62mm medium sniper rifle used by MARSOC and other USMC units more info : Enhanced Marksmanship Rifle
SPR (MK 12) 5.56mm sniper rifle used by the SEALs, Rangers and Special Forces more info : SPR
M24 SWS US Army bolt-action 7.62mm sniper rifle more info : M24 SWS
XM2010 enhanced Sniper Rifle (ESR) New and improved U.S. Army sniper rifle configured to use the .300 Win Mag cartridge more info : XM2010 ESR
M40A3 Bolt-action 7.62mm sniper rifle used by USMC Special Ops, among others more info : M40A3
M40A5 A new 7.62mm sniper rifle in use with the USCM more info : M40A5
Naval Special Operations helicopter... more info : HH-60H Rescue Hawk
CIA Special Operations Aircraft
Info on the various aircraft operated by the CIA Speciial Activities Division... more info : CIA SAD Air Branch aircraft
Special Operations Aircraft - Resources
• USAF special ops aircraft photo gallery • 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment photo gallery
Special Operations - Missions
Here you can find a master list of all the accounts of operations / missions detailed on this site.
160th SOAR - Operation Prime Chance The Night Stalkers join a Navy task force in the Persian Gulf features : 160th SOAR, Navy SEALs more info: 160th SOAR - Operation Prime Chance 160th SOAR - Operation Just Cause The 160th fly attack and insertion/extraction missions in Panama features : 160th SOAR, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, Rangers more info: 160th SOAR - Operation Just Cause SCUD Hunting Delta Force and British SAS hunt Saddam's missiles in the desert, 1991 features : Delta Force, SOAR, AFSOC more info: SCUD Hunting SOF - Operation Enduring Freedom In-depth feature on US SOF during the early months of OEF, Afghanistan features : CIA SAD, 160th SOAR, Delta Force, Navy SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, AFSOC
more info: SOF - Operation Enduring Freedom Delta Force / Rangers - October 2001 Delta and the Rangers carry out airborne raids into the heart of Taliban country features : Delta Force, Rangers, CCTs, Psyops more info: Delta Force / Rangers - October 2001 Delta Force - Hunt For Bin Laden A look at the 2001 Delta Force mission to find and kill Osama Bin Laden features : Delta Force, CIA SAD, Special Forces more info: Delta Force - Hunt For Bin Laden SOF - Operation Iraqi Freedom A report on the activities of the various US SOF that took part in the 2003 liberation of Iraq features : special forces, rangers, navy seals, swcc, special tactics, delta force, usaf special ops, isa more info: SOF - Operation Iraqi Freedom Delta Force - Baghdad Airstrike An attempt in the early stages of Operation Iraqi Freedom to cut off the head of the snake features : delta force, usaf special ops, isa more info: Delta Force - Baghdad Airstrike WMD complex A task force swoops on a suspected WMD site in the Iraqi desert during Operation Iraqi Freedom features : JSOC special mission teams, rangers, 160th SOAR more info: WMD complex Delta Force - Saddam capture A bloodless but expertly handled operation to take the ousted Iraqi dictator into custody features : delta force, usaf special ops more info: Delta Force - Saddam capture Iraq Hostage Rescue US SOF swoop on a compound in Iraq to rescue 4 foreign hostages features : unspecified SOF, 160th SOAR, isa
more info: Iraq Hostage Rescue SEALS - Operation Red Wing An ill-fated SEAL recon mission in the mountains of Afghanistan features : SEALs, 160th SOAR, Rangers, Special Forces more info: SEALS - Operation Red Wing Syria Commando Raid The controversial incursion into Syria, October 2008 features : Special Mission Units, 160th SOAR more info: Syria Commando Raid SEALs Rescue Capt. Phillips April 2009 - Navy SEALs rescue a US ship's Captain from pirates features : SEALs more info: SEALs Rescue Capt. Phillips Operation Celestial Balance September 2009 - A SOAR / SEAL Team 6 raid into Somalia nabs a wanted terrorist features : 160th SOAR, DEVGRU more info: Operation Celestial Balance Failed Hostage Rescue - Afghanistan October 2010 - the attempt by DEVGRU to rescue Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove goes badly wrong features : DEVGRU, 160th SOAR, Rangers more info: Linda Norgrove Rescue Bid Hostage Rescue - Somalia January 2012 - DEVGRU rescue 2 western hostages, including American, Jessica Buchanan, from Somali pirates in a daring desert raid features : DEVGRU, 160th SOAR, FBI HRT, AFSOC more info: Somali Hostage Rescue Abu Anas al-Libi Capture October 2013 - Delta Force, along with FBI Hostage Rescue Team and CIA operators, capture an Al Qaeda terrorist in Tripoli features : Delta Force, FBI HRT, CIA SAD
more info: Abu Anas al-Libi Capture DEVGRU Barawe Operation October 2013 - DEVGRU attempt, and fail, to capture an al-Shabaab commander from his house in Barawe, on Somalia's east coast features : DEVGRU more info: DEVGRU Barawe Operation MV Morning Glory March 2014 - Navy SEALs intercept an oil tanker held by Libyan militia features : SEALs more info: MV Morning Glory Abu Khattala Capture June 2014 - Delta Force lead a multi-agency operation to capture one of the 2012 Benghazi attack masterminds features : Delta Force, FBI HRT more info: Abu Khattala Capture Abu Sayyaf Killed May 2015 - Delta Force carry out a raid in Syria that kills a senior IS financier features : Delta Force, Night Stalkers, AFSOC more info: Abu Sayyaf Operation
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