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  Special Forces

  plural noun

  U.S. Army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise local forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.
• special forces
  special forces

  plural noun

  élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions

Special Forces

American  

plural noun

1. U.S. Army personnel trained to organize, instruct, supply, and supervise local forces engaged in guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency operations, and to themselves conduct unconventional warfare.

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special forces British  

plural noun

1. élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions

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At the time of Abadigga's disappearance, PCT's directors included Maj Gen Herbert Mashego, the then commanding officer of 5 Special Forces Regiment.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Following in the footsteps of his father and elder brothers, he joined the Gurkhas in 2003 at age 18 and joined the UK Special Forces in 2009.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Commandos for the National Guard Special Forces, or FERI, secured the training exercise area and rescued a "hostage" amid a haze of explosions, smoke, and rattling gunfire.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Special Forces to rappel down from helicopters onto the decks of two shadow tankers in the Indian Ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

It was 1966, and Robert was a member of the elite Special Forces of the army, known as the Green Berets for their distinctive headgear.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

The two US troops ejected from the damaged plane, were separated, and had to evade Iranian forces while they awaited rescue from US special forces.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The program opened with Norah O’Donnell’s exclusive interview with the Air Force officer who was shot down over Iran and rescued by special forces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Those experiences shaped their leadership but ultimately instilled an intensely personal approach to building Goruck that’s rooted in a special forces ethos of putting team first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

In recent weeks US special forces have been carrying out joint operations with Ecuador's military.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

There was a lot of Cong activity and the special forces guys in Cambodia were spotting convoys.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers