Able Team has a rather colorful past leading to becoming part of Stony Man. The group began during the Vietnam War as a penetration team assigned to deal with the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. The name itself comes from a U.S. Army designation of groups of soldiers designated team A, team B and team C. Instead of calling the teams A, B and C, words are attached to each to refer to the team. Team A is typically called Team Able, B is typically called Team Bravo and C is called Team Charlie. After Vietnam, members of Team A ran a private investigation company called Able Group, before being recruited to Stony Man.