Task Force 121

Task Force 121
TF121
Active2003 – 2006?
CountryUnited States United States of America
TypeUnited States Department of Defense special operations task force
RoleMulti-service force for apprehension of high-value targets
Part ofUnited States Army
Delta Force
75th Ranger Regiment
160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
United States Navy
Naval Special Warfare Development Group (SEAL Team Six)
United States Air Force
Special Operations Command
Pararescue
Special Operations Weather Team (SOWT)
Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group (AvTEG)
Joint Communications Unit
Central Intelligence Agency
Special Activities Division
Engagements
Samir, an Iraqi-American military interpreter of Task Force 121, helped find Saddam Hussein by pulling him out of hideaway in December 2003.
House of Uday and Qusay Hussein in Mosul, Iraq destroyed by members of Task Force 121 in July 2003

Task Force 121 was a United States Department of Defense special operations task force. TF121 was a multi-service force from Joint Special Operations Command, made up of operators from the U.S. Army's Delta Force, 75th Ranger Regiment, and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, the U.S. Navy's SEAL Team Six, the CIA's Special Activities Division, U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers, Pararescuemen, Tactical Air Control Party operators, and Special Operations Weather Technicians, the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group (AvTEG), and the Joint Communications Unit. Two companies of armor from the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division and later two cavalry troops from 1/1 Cav 1st Armored Division provided armor support.