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>Project Delta before it became Delta Force
Delta force has no actual relation to Project Delta despite Beckwith being involved with both of them. Project Delta was a reconnaissance unit while Delta force was anti-terror and hostage rescue unit. Beckwith was actually trying to get a Delta force unit stood up before he even went to Vietnam and took over Project Delta.

The names themselves are also coincidental. Project Delta was given its name as part of a project that gave it's parts greek letter codenames, with no relation to anything else. Delta Force was named such (1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta) because the Special Forces was already organized into Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie operational detachments. The new "Operational Detachment Delta" was supposed to camouflage it as some sort of support group to the Special Forces Command.

Veterans of Project Delta were actually organized into Blue Light, which was the temporary counterterror unit that covered the counter-terrorism role for the two years it took Delta Force to get organized and certified. The Blue Light guys actually had a good deal of antipathy towards Delta Force, although some were invited to try out after Blue Light was dissolved.