{"id":52361,"date":"2023-07-12T21:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T19:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=52361"},"modified":"2025-07-12T00:52:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T22:52:05","slug":"the-training-of-the-green-berets-of-the-armies-of-spain-and-the-us-in-alicante","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/07\/12\/the-training-of-the-green-berets-of-the-armies-of-spain-and-the-us-in-alicante\/","title":{"rendered":"The training of the 'green berets' of the Armies of Spain and the US in Alicante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NATO special operations forces carry out frequent joint training, and that includes Spanish units.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/04\/02\/the-images-of-spanish-military-shooters-in-the-home-of-the-united-states-special-forces\/\">The images of Spanish military shooters in the home of the United States Special Forces<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2023\/03\/14\/the-black-house-of-the-emmoe-an-excellent-video-of-the-kill-house-of-the-elite-of-the-spanish-army\/\">The black house of the EMMOE: an excellent video of the 'kill house' of the elite of the Spanish Army<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>10th Special Forces Group (Airborne, 10 SFG), 10th SFG (A),<\/strong> of the US Army has participated this year in several joint training sessions with the <strong>Special Operations Group \"Valencia\" III (GOE III)<\/strong> of the Spanish Army, at the \"Alf\u00e9rez Rojas Navarrete\" Barracks in Alicante, headquarters of the Special Operations Command (MOE). <strong>Both the American unit and the Spanish unit have the green beret as their distinctive garment<\/strong>, which is why their operators are known in this way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The US Army released today the images of these training sessions<\/strong>, including two videos that you can see merged here: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boinas verdes de Espa\u00f1a y EEUU en Alicante\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FF0Q1lkRV4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some <strong> photos of this training that have been published by the US Army.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041718293_21b71b55f5_h.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two operators of the 10th SFG (A) during a training session <\/strong> carried out at the end of March. The soldier in the foreground carries an M4A1 URGI carbine.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041622595_0bcf0fbfeb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The vest of one of the American soldiers.<\/strong> He has three spare chargers, a mobile phone holder and two radio sets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041718583_1c2419a4d5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The training tower of the \"Alf\u00e9rez Rojas Navarrete\" barracks of the MOE.<\/strong> In front of it we see three General Dynamics Flyer special operations vehicles of the 10th SFG (A), with three-color NATO camouflage (black, brown and olive green).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041622710_3f48a7b85a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Four Spanish GOE III operators during this training.<\/strong> They wear Heckler & Koch G36KV assault rifles and Multicam camouflage uniforms, incorporated by MOE units a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53040647017_7181695774_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>An American operator from the 10th SFG (A) rappelling <\/strong> from the training tower of the \"Alf\u00e9rez Rojas Navarrete\" Barracks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041622515_f4a207b5fa_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A member of GOE III (right) <\/strong> watching an operator from the 10th SFG (A) rappel exercise.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041420424_328d5d7b93_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another moment of the rappelling exercise.<\/strong> The American soldier we see on the right is wearing an M4A1 URGI carbine. On the left we see two Spanish GOE III operators, in this case wearing pixelated wooded M09 camouflage uniforms, the regulation pattern of the Army.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041622450_de2c0d461e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish GOE III operator during a combat exercise in closed places <\/strong> carried out together with the US Special Forces at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041718693_97a92a3cd8_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two Uro VAMTAC ST-5 tactical vehicles from GOE III<\/strong> in training carried out by the \"green berets\" of Spain and the US in Alicante at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041718578_34b790333e_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>American soldiers of the 10th SFG (A) <\/strong> securing some stairs during this training, carried out in an abandoned building.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041718673_8a8918bdbd_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Spanish GOE III operator during the exercise in the abandoned building.<\/strong> He is carrying a G36KV assault rifle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53041718543_a928351785_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0; border:0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two American soldiers from the 10th SFG (A) <\/strong> at the exercise in the abandoned building. Both are armed with M4A1 URGI carbines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO special operations forces carry out frequent joint training, and that includes Spanish units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,17021],"tags":[15829,14681,1958,19697,19695,1524,19696,10557,17685,14034,1602,318],"class_list":["post-52361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-special-forces","tag-10th-special-forces-group-airborne","tag-acuartelamiento-alferez-rojas-navarrete","tag-alicante","tag-general-dynamics-flyer","tag-grupo-de-operaciones-especiales-valencia-iii","tag-heckler-koch-g36","tag-m4a1-urgi","tag-spanish-army","tag-special-operations-command-moe","tag-united-states-special-forces","tag-uro-vamtac","tag-us-army"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-11 23:28:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}