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Officially inaugurated in December 1980, Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta was intended to be

a small, echelon-above-corps, clandestine, counter-terrorist unit under the direct control of the

RDJTF (Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force) Special Staff Officer for Counter-Terrorism, BG

Lawrence J. Flagg.1 Personnel were primarily drawn from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, the

1st Ranger Battalion, and the 2nd Ranger Battalion. After Flagg's murder at the hands of Cobra

Command terrorists, control of the unit was formally handed over to the CENTCOM Commander

in December 1983.

Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta (code name: G.I. Joe) Order of Battle, January 1982

Headquarters

Commander

LTC Abernathy, Clayton M. (code name: Hawk)

Unit NCOIC

MSG Craig, Judith F. (code name: Shooter)2

Radiotelephone Operator-Repairer

SP4 Verdi, Alessandro D. (code name: Sparks)3

Special Intelligence Collection Team

Counterintelligence Special Agent

SGT O'Hara, Shana M. (code name: Scarlett)

Scout-Raider (Countertracker/Security Man)

SGT Light, Robert (code name: Snake-Eyes)

Cryptologic Linguist (Radiotelephone Operator)

CPL Kibbey, Alvin R. (code name: Breaker)

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Assault-Reconnaissance Squad

Mounted Element

APC Crew

Mechanized Scout Officer/Squad Leader (Vehicle Commander)

2LT Pulaski, Ralph W. (code name: Steeler)

Scout-Raider (Driver)

CPL Steinberg, Lance J. (code name: Clutch)

Dismount Element

Scout-Raider Team

Senior Scout-Raider (Dismount Element Leader)

SFC Wilkinson, Lonzo R. (code name: Stalker)4

Scout-Raider

SGT McConnell, Craig S. (code name: Rock 'n' Roll)

Scout-Raider

CPL Gambello, Anthony S. (code name: Flash)

Scout-Raider

CPL Graves, Robert W. (code name: Grunt)

Sapper

CPL Melendez, Rafael J. (code name: Zap)

Forward Observer Team

Forward Artillery/Mortar Observer

SGT Barney, James J. (code name: Grand Slam)

Forward Artillery/Mortar Observer

CPL Freistadt, Eric W. (code name: Short-Fuze)

1. KIA (20 November 1983) during an attack on Fort Wadsworth by Cobra Command terrorists.

2. KIA (4 April 1982) during a clandestine hostage rescue mission (Operation Lady Doomsday) on the island ofPetite Martinique against Cobra Command terrorists harbored by the People's Revolutionary Government of

Grenada.

3. Voluntarily separated from the Army in June 1982 after completion of active duty terms of service.

4. Served as the Unit NCOIC after the death of MSG Craig.