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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
plural noun
- élite, highly trained military forces, specially selected to work on difficult missions
Example Sentences
UK Special Forces officers appear to have rejected every application from a former Afghan commando referred to them for sponsorship, despite the Afghan units having fought with the British on life-threatening missions against the Taliban.
There was particular frustration around UK Special Forces obstructing attempts by the RMP to obtain a server which held all of the SAS's operational paperwork.
"They scattered from the truck but Lewes lingered," says Ms Amonds-Windmill, who devotes a chapter to the incident in her book Gentleman Jim: The Wartime Story of a Founder of the SAS and Special Forces.
He agreed that there had been a "massive failure of leadership" by UK Special Forces.
Mr Livelsberger was a decorated Special Forces intelligence sergeant who was serving in Germany, but was on approved leave at the time of the blast.
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