Gray Fox was a strange animal. Formed in 1981, it specialized in gathering human and signals intelligence for the Pentaton under the most challenging circumstances, often working with Delta’s aviation squadron to get behind enemy lines. It had about 200-250 operators, divided into squadrons. Many, but by no means all, of the operators were drawn from Special Forces, because of SF soldiers’ reputation for self-sufficiency and independence. During the war in Afghanistan, Gray Fox worked directly for CENTCOM, which attached Gray Fox personnel to AFO from the start of the conflict. Four of the six AFO teams in Afghanistan included a Gray Fox operator, which was how Jason now found himself sitting in a Toyota pickup truck with his secret equipment, concentrating intently as he scanned frequencies for any suspicious broadcasts from the mountains. Jason was a linguist, but his ability to track the frequencies of Al Qaida broacasts was arguably more critical than his ability to translate them. Once he identified a frequency on which the enemy was broadcasting, it could be passed up the military intelligence chain of command so that spy planes and satellites with more sophisticated listening equipment could monitor it twenty-four hours a day, or help him triangulate the source of the broadcast. When a Gray Fox element joined a black special ops task force, it was known as Task Force Orange.
— Sean Naylor, Not a Good Day to Die.
good, quick peek into the field activities of Gray Fox members, a secret unit within the US Army tasked with collection of actionable intelligence in preparation of special forces missions. created, like many secret/SF units within the US military, in the wake of the Tehran hostage crisis.
good, quick peek into the field activities of Gray Fox members, a secret unit within the US Army tasked with collection of actionable intelligence in preparation of special forces missions. created, like many secret/SF units within the US military, in the wake of the Tehran hostage crisis.
