Eric L. Haney | |
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![]() Eric Haney in 2003
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Born |
Lindale, Georgia, U.S. |
August 22, 1952
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Years of service | 1970–1990 |
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Other work | Security consultant, news commentator, author, screenwriter, actor |
75th Ranger Regiment
Delta Force
Eric L. Haney (born August 22, 1952) is a retired member of the United States Army counterterrorist unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), more commonly known as Delta Force. In recent years he has been writing on terrorism, guerrilla warfare, and special operations. Haney is the author of Inside Delta Force, a memoir of his time in the elite unit, in which he also writes about his participation in the aborted 1980 Operation Eagle Claw mission to Iran to free American hostages.