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Special Forces   /spˈɛʃəl fˈɔrsɪz/   Listen
Special Forces

noun
1.
A division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting.  Synonyms: U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army Special Forces.






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"Special Forces" Quotes from Famous Books



... have remained still under the supreme control of the General himself. But the urgency of the situation compelled the British Commander not only to detach portions of the army corps, but to improvise hastily, from the general officers and regimental units as they arrived in transports at Cape Town, special forces with hardly any regard to the composition of the divisions as originally fixed by the War Office. Thus to the commander of the 2nd division, Lieut.-General Sir C. F. Clery, who was selected by Sir Redvers Buller to ...
— History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) - Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government • Frederick Maurice



Words linked to "Special Forces" :   U. S. Army, U. S. Army Special Forces, United States Army, army, Green Beret, US Army, USA, division



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