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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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In response, the inquiry said it remained committed to the welfare and safety of UK Special Forces personnel, and a timely conclusion to the inquiry was in everyone's interest.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

As HUR chief, Ivashchenko now also oversees the agency’s Timur Special Forces, an elite paramilitary organization with thousands of experienced soldiers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

Given the core objective in play, the President would also be justified in taking a risk to launch a Special Forces operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

She glanced over at the Special Forces area, then turned and walked quickly across the compound toward her own bunker.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

The discovery of 97 million documents more than three years into an inquiry investigating allegations that UK special forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan was a "regrettable failure", the Ministry of Defence has said.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But planes and helicopters needed to evacuate became stuck in the desert sand and needed to be destroyed while special forces awaited a backup rescue crew.

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

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