USAF SPECIAL OPERATIONS TRAINING UNIT BERET BADGE
Possible worn by AFSOC's Spec.Ops instructors at Hurlburt Field, AFB before 1993.
Does anyone know what is that ¨AM¨ on the background of the badge?
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I have this same badge and was doing some research with no results but finally came across the info I will paste below. Looks like this is a Texas A&M ROTC badge.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about this badge. It surfaced last year or the year before. AM is meant to identify training unit as being part of Texas A&M. The special ops training unit does exist there. As I said I never followed through and contacted the ROTC programs for more info.
However it does seem AF ROTC detachments heve incorporated elite Air Force Special Operations preparation teams or clubs as part of their program. Some cadets in some programs are eating it up as making them some sort of mission qualified BTDT member.
Special Operations Training Unit (http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/online/organization/OTUzOTkw/profile#profile-public)
The purpose of Special Operations is to train cadets in U.S. Special Operations tactics and weapons training, following the basic principles of Air Force Special Operations and challenge cadets through intense physical training to develop a higher level of physical fitness.
Texas A&M Student Activities (http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/online/search/index?search=category&q=Military)
Pararescue Club pushes students mentally, physically (http://media.www.eraunews.com/media/storage/paper917/news/2007/10/22/News/Pararescue.Club.Pushes.Students.Mentally.Phsically-3048502.shtml)
Cornell University AF ROTC (http://www.afrotc.cornell.edu/Organizations.html):
The Joint Special Operations Club prepares cadets and midshipmen for today's deployed environment. They learn expeditionary skills such as map reading, land navigation, survival, and tent construction.
Air Force Special Operations Preparation Team (http://www.af.vt.edu/det875.html):
AFSOPT's main goal is to provide an organization that has a higher standard of physical training and excels in the skills necessary for survival in combat situations
• Strives to induce others to set high standards for PT and to meet them
• Any VTCC cadet is welcome to join
• Wing Physical Fitness Officer (WPFO) each semester is a junior member of AFSOPT
• responsible for planning, organizing, and executing the Warrior Competition and Survival Weekend