Editing Delta Force (section)

== The term "operator" ==
[[File:Code of the Special Forces Operator.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Example of the "Code of the Special Forces Operator", dated 1959. This example pre-dates Delta.]]

In ''Veritas'', the Journal of Army Special Operations History, Charles H. Briscoe stated that "SF did not misappropriate the appellation. Unbeknownst to most members of the ARSOF (Army Special Operations Forces) community, that moniker was adopted by Special Forces in the mid to late 1950s." He goes on to state that all qualified enlisted and officers in Special Forces had to "voluntarily subscribe to the provisions of the 'Code of the Special Forces Operator' and pledge themselves to its tenets by witnessed signature."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Briscoe |first=Charles H. |date=2018 |title=The Special Forces Operator |url=https://arsof-history.org/articles/v14n1_creed_page_1.html |magazine=Veritas |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=63–64 |issn=1553-9830 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217072354/https://arsof-history.org/articles/v14n1_creed_page_1.html |archive-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>

Inside the [[USSOCOM|United States special operations]] community, an operator is a Delta Force member who has completed selection and has finished OTC (Operator Training Course). "Operator" was used by Delta Force to distinguish between operators (assaulters and snipers) and combat support assigned to the unit.{{sfn|Haney|2002}}