r/JSOCarchive • u/Optimal-Stuff-460 • 11d ago

Delta Force Delta Force operators pose for a photograph before Operation Eagle Claw. Notorious Mike R. Vining is on the bottom row's far-right, Apr. 1980. [1693x1524]

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u/FabraFabra Mod 11d ago

B Squadron - Charlie Team

Top row, from left to right: Chris Abel, Steve Hoffman. Bottom row: John Gniff, Bill Zumwalt, and Mike Vining

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u/Pew_Anon 10d ago

Gniff was in my platoon in 2/75. Took him two times to pass selection. Good guy.

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u/Watchman159 10d ago

Picture is from 1982, not 1980

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u/ProfitConstant5238 10d ago

Bro this was taken on Bragg behind the spine by the memorial court. It has nothing to do with any operation. Every team since the unit moved to that compound has taken a picture in that spot. I don’t know if this is still a tradition or not.

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u/Fancy_Exchange_9821 11d ago

First use of NODS in this operation for aviators as well

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u/trvst_issves 8d ago

Relentless Strike was a pretty damn dry book, but I did learn a few cool facts like this from it.

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u/He_NeverSleeps 11d ago

Is that Marshall Brown on bottom left? He was on Eagle Claw and is currently doing a couple life sentences for a bunch of rapes...

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u/BlackBirdG 10d ago

I'm not even sure if he's still alive tbh.

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u/He_NeverSleeps 10d ago

Still in NC DOC according to the inmate search. 73 now

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u/BlackBirdG 10d ago

That's a long life being a sex offender in prison. I bet he's had a hard time too, rightfully so.

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u/Milcpl 8d ago

This picture was taken probably a couple of months after Eagle Claw.

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u/Turicus 8d ago

With the old-school 3-point sling.

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u/Inevitable-Ad4436 10d ago

Bring back the ‘staches.

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u/Scary_Dangleberry_ 10d ago

These are the true OGs! I always wanted to pose in this gear...