Task Force Delta

Not to be confused with Delta Force.

Task Force Delta is a generic military, or quasi-military (police, firefighters, etc), designation for a specific task force — a small temporary unit or detachment configured for a specific purpose or task. (A unit called “Task Force Delta” is often a part of a sequence of Task Forces Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, etc.)

Notable examples of Task Forces Delta include:

A task force consisting of four infantry battalions of U.S. Marines and part of Operation Hastings and Operation Texas (Vietnam) in Vietnam in 1966
An element of the 3rd Battalion, 9th U.S. Marines operating at the Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong in Thailand in 1972
Name (briefly, in the late 1970s) of the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
An ad hoc working group of 300 U.S. Army psychic adepts that met quarterly at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, starting in 1983; organized by Col. Frank Burns
A unit of the Filipino Bureau of Fire Protection
A fictional covert U.S. government agency in the Chase comic book series published by DC Comics

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