Special Forces
plural noun
: a branch of the U.S. Army composed of soldiers specially trained in guerrilla warfare
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Vance is speaking to Army service members at Fort Campbell, home to the 101st Airborne Division, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, 5th Special Forces Group, and other Army units.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
Trigger Point follows a group of former Tier One Special Forces Operators who sell their elite skills to the criminal underworld behind the front of a private military contracting firm — and the FBI agent who’s hunting for them.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025
The final previous Special Forces winners are Brody Jenner and Kayla Nicole, who won season 3.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
But regime change would not require any ground deployments of U.S. forces except, at most, Special Forces raids against regime figures who have already been indicted for narcoterrorism by U.S. law enforcement.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2025
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2025
Trigger Point follows a group of former Tier One Special Forces Operators who sell their elite skills to the criminal underworld behind the front of a private military contracting firm — and the FBI agent who’s hunting for them.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025
The final previous Special Forces winners are Brody Jenner and Kayla Nicole, who won season 3.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
But regime change would not require any ground deployments of U.S. forces except, at most, Special Forces raids against regime figures who have already been indicted for narcoterrorism by U.S. law enforcement.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Special Forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Special%20Forces. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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