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Red Teams or Red Cells are U.S. government parlance for teams or units designed to test the effectiveness of U.S. tactics or personnel. "Red Cell" is purported to be a U.S. Navy SEAL team which has been organized to attempt to infiltrate and otherwise test the security of U.S. military bases and other installations sensitive to U.S. security interests. For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. ... Human Resources has at least two meanings depending on context. ... SEALs in from the water. ...


Red cell was shutdown in 1991. There are many reasons that Red Cell was shutdown. Some are listed below: 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • The move to shutdown Red Cell was spearheaded by a lawsuit initiated by a base worker who claimed to have been abused by Red Cell's overzealous operators
  • Admiral Lyons, a staunch proponent of Red Cell, was promoted out of his job in Washington to become Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT). While this was indeed a promotion for Admiral Lyons, Richard Marcinko, and as a result, Red Cell, lost their main defender in the Pentagon (Admiral Lyons often handled phone calls concerning the behavior of Red Cell as well as Marcinko).

Despite that, many people believe Red Cell is still active; if so, their primary usage would likely be similar to that of SEAL Team SIX and Delta Force. Richard Marcinko as seen in the dust jacket photo for Rogue Warrior Richard Dick Marcinko (born November 21, 1940 in Lansford, Pennsylvania), who often calls himself the Rogue Warrior (also the title of his best-selling book), is one of the United States most accomplished and recognized special operations experts... Seal team SIX patch SEAL Team SIX, is the U.S. Navys main counterterrorist unit, where operatives are drawn from the current SEAL ranks. ... Official Names 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne) 1st SFOD-D (A) Combat Application Group (CAG) Nicknames Delta Force D-boys Delta boys Deltas Delta Operators Combat Applications Group (CAG) Branch U.S. Army Chain of Command USASOC Department of Defense Description Versatile Special Operations Force, mainly trained for...


See also

SEAL Team SIX Seal team SIX patch SEAL Team SIX, is the U.S. Navys main counterterrorist unit, where operatives are drawn from the current SEAL ranks. ...


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