Guy McCardle’s “Discover the Secret World of CIA’s Elite Paramilitary Operatives,” published on SOFREP, pulls back the curtain on the CIA’s Special Activities Center (SAC) and its role as the principal instrument of American covert action abroad. The SAC traces its lineage directly to the OSS, inheriting the doctrine of sabotage, subversion, and intelligence collection behind enemy lines that shaped modern unconventional warfare.
The SAC is divided into four principal branches: the Ground Branch, staffed by veterans of units like Delta Force and the SEAL Teams; the Air Branch, which historically ran operations through front companies like Air America during Vietnam; the Maritime Branch, drawing from naval special warfare; and the Political Action Group, which executes psychological operations and covert influence campaigns. Candidates who fill these billets have typically “served in a Special Operations unit for longer than four years and have seen combat,” reflecting a deliberate selection standard that places fieldcraft and hard experience above all else.
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