| 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. |
Spe·cial Forces  (spěsh'əl)  pl.n. A branch of the U.S. Army composed of soldiers specially trained in guerrilla fighting. |
| Main Entry: | special forces |
| Part of Speech: | n, adj |
| Definition: | See special ops |
