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He is officially known as the Operations Sergeant and the senior enlisted member of the detachment. A battalion of fifteen A-Team can recruit, organize, train, and field fifteen battalions of indigenous troops. Note that this aligns with Special Forces’ primary mission of being a force multiplier. Two Communications Sergeants (E-5 to E-7)Ī captain who exercises command of the detachment can command/advise an indigenous combat force up to battalion level.Operations/Intelligence Sergeant, (E-7), Assistant NCO in Charge of the Team.

Team Sergeant, Master Sergeant (E-8), NCO in Charge of the Team.

Team Technician, Warrant Officer (W-1 to W-3) Second in Command.

Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) structure (Photo: X.Y.)Īn ODA consists of twelve men as follows: Also called an “A-Team,” it consists of two weapons sergeants(18B), two comms sergeants (18E), two medics (18D), two engineers (18C) (demo experts), one intel specialist (18F), one operations sergeant(18Z), a warrant officer (180A), and a team leader (a captain, 18A). Army Special Forces Organizational Chart (Photo: American Special Ops) Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) structureĪn Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) is a Green Beret tactical team (in laymen’s terms). There are three B-teams, thus fifteen A-teams, in each Special Forces Battalion.

Above that is the C-Team, Operational Detachment Charlie, or ODC. Its higher command is a B-Team, Operational Detachment Bravo, or ODB. Special Forces Group Organizational ChartĪ-Team is taken from Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha, or SFOD-A, usually shortened to ODA, and then to A-Team.