Special Forces

Special Forces

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

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Main Entry:  special forces
Part of Speech:  n, adj
Definition:  See special ops
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