Special Forces

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plural noun

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

Also called Green Berets.

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Instead, he moved constantly, meaning the special-forces team would be going into a location that they knew little about.
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Richard Miniter
September 30, 2011
But the burden of much of the campaign has fallen to special-forces units, supported by Predators.
America’s Secret Libya War
John Barry
August 30, 2011
And here I found the last piece of my narrative, in the British special-forces capability known as “The Increment.”
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May 29, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for special forces

special forces

pl n

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

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