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.He was a co-executive producer of the CBS television series The Unit, created by David Mamet and inspired by Haney's special operations experiences. Previously, Haney was a technical consultant on Mamet's 2004 film Spartan, starring Val Kilmer.
Joined the army at the age of seventeen, serving in the infantry for six years. The then served as a platoon leader in the Rangers for two years, before being selected for Delta Force selection. After having passed the grueling process, where only 12 out of the original 163 were assigned to the outfit, he spent 8 years in the covert counter-terror unit. He served at Desert-One, the failed hostage-rescue atempt in Iran in 1980. He served as a bodyguard fo the U.S ambassador to Beirut, in 1981. He participated in the war on Grenada and in a number of covert missions in South and Central America, Africa and the Middle East. He was action during the Houduran-Nicaraguan conflict, he trained South Korean and Egyptian anti-terror forces and he responded to more than two dozen airplane high-jackings. After having been the youngest man ever to be promoted to Sergeant Major he left Delta for the 193rd Infantry Brigade. He later fought in Operation Just Cause, the 1989 invasion of Panama.
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Founding member/operator of Delta Force, the Army's elite counter-terrorist unit.
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The Unit
TV Series book "Inside Delta Force" - 66 episodes, 2006 - 2009 written by - 7 episodes, 2006 - 2007
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