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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 soldier, who allegedly bet on the capture of Venezuela’s then-President Nicolás Maduro, was arrested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

You are to come with us on authority of the Psi Special Forces commander, Joseph Traylor.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

When Mathipa was assigned to the case a month later, he issued a subpoena to special forces to force them to hand over full details of this alleged training exercise and all the personnel involved.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

He went on to join the British Army’s special forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The UK government closed Arap to new applications in 2025, but the report said the government had a "special responsibility" to the Afghan special forces it had wrongly rejected.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

At 34, Captain Bustamante is the oldest among them and moves like the special forces officer he used to be.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

They waded through burning waters and debris and lumbered ashore like nightmarish special forces.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia