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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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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

I have a relatively low stress response that "is almost Special Forces... you really are a cool customer I must say", says Bailey.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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

Army Special Forces, made a series of bets on the Polymarket prediction market using his knowledge of what was called Operation Absolute Resolve, according to an indictment made by federal authorities.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

“Being Special Forces, the beret symbolized something just a little bit more. We were like peacocks; we strutted around and did the whole thing. Just full of oats.”

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

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

Her sense of adventure, she says, came from her late father, Ralph Crathorne, a former British special forces soldier who died in an accident on Ben Nevis earlier this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Mexican special forces captured one of Guzmán López’s brothers, Ovidio, in 2023, and the other two brothers are still at large.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

The helicopter was transporting 25 intelligence experts and four special forces crew from RAF Aldergrove in Northern Ireland to Fort George near Inverness when it crashed in foggy weather.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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