She then notes that the symbolic meaning of the sparrow includes creativity, simplicity, joy, protection, friendliness, community, and productivity. âSparrows derive power from their numbers.â. In other words, the sparrow is a communal bird that works for the benefit of its group.
However, there is only one real Special Forces, and that's the United States Army Special Forces, sometimes referred to as the Green Berets.. The other elite military groups are more properly referred to as Special Operations Forces, or Special Ops.. It may interest you to know that many Special Forces soldiers don't like the nickname Green Beret.. As more than one has told me, A Green Beret is a hat.
Delta Force is often referred to as Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta. It's also known as the Combat Applications Group (CAG). While it often draws its ranks from the Army Special Forces (the Army Green Berets) and shares Fort Bragg, N.C. , headquarters with them, it isn't an Army Special Forces detachment. Delta Force is a unit unto itself, composed of members from all branches of the military. They're not called soldiers, but operators and are said to shun the traditional philosophies of military life. They wear civilian clothes. They work for whomever needs them -- for the Army, the FBI and the CIA.