Nearly all Ghost Teams have multiple designations, but regardless, the covert unit commanded and administrated by JSOC, often serving as the United States' first line of offense in terms of conducting highly classified covert operations. Similarly to all units operating under the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), all military operations conducted by Ghost Recon are highly-classified. See: Notable Members Ghost Recon, also known as "The Ghosts", formerly known as Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group, is a Tier-1 Special Missions Unit of the US Army, formerly a detachment of the United States Army Special Forces, colloquially known as the "Green Berets".