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[edit] Page too short, sources, etc. =

I added a citation to Beckwith's book, but I am not sure that he (or anyone authoritative) claims that Blue Light still exists. --VAcharon 17:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Temporarily redirected and incorporated into United States Army Special Forces. It'd be good to have a Blue Light article, but when it's written it should be longer that two lines. Any volunteers?

Cheers Buckshot06 01:09, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Blue Light is used for tooth whitening procedures and is significant in a number of scientific areas, this redirect should removed.

Someone had it redirect to a brand of beer, too, when it's already been established that this is about the former military org. So I fixed the redirect back to USASF. Alcarillo 20:07, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I read Rod Lenahan book's Crippled Eagle and its explanation of the purposes of Blue Light are a bit different from Beckwith's point of view. Lenahan reports that the creation of Blue Light was asked by top of the Pentagon when they had just given the order to found Delta because Beckwith estimated that it would take 24 months to set up its unit (BTW, Delta was authorised on 19 nov 77 and passed its final validation exercise on 3-4 nov 79 - same day of the Tehran embassy takeover). The purpose of Blue Light was to provide a immediately available CT unit as long as Delta wasn't operational. Blue Light was desactivated short after Delta done a initial certification exercise in July 1978. Regrettably, no Blue Light member applied to Delta nor was asked by Delta to do so. The Blue Light S-2, Capt. Tim Casey, was latter one of the intel officers assigned to JTF 1-79 which commanded the ill-fated op. Ricebowl / Eagle Claw. Rob1bureau (talk) 20:15, 21 November 2007 (UTC)