Special Forces
plural noun
: a branch of the U.S. Army composed of soldiers specially trained in guerrilla warfare
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The tenacious ex–Special Forces vet can be found tracking killers and trading barbs with his partner Jerry (Jamie Hector) in this long-running series drawn from Michael Connelly’s crime novels.
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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Army Special Forces soldier who must find a way to return to civilization after his small plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness.
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Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The charges against Spagnuolo come just a little more than a month after a US Army Special Forces master sergeant was charged with using classified information about the operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to make $400,000 betting on Polymarket.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
How Antler got started After a stint as a soldier in Norway’s Special Forces and a consultant in McKinsey, Grimeland became a startup founder, moving to Singapore to set up Zalora, Southeast Asia’s first major fashion e-commerce platform, in 2013.
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Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
Pitt plays James Belmont, a former Army Special Forces soldier who must find a way to return to civilization after his small plane crashes deep in the Alaskan wilderness.
—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
11 June 2026
The charges against Spagnuolo come just a little more than a month after a US Army Special Forces master sergeant was charged with using classified information about the operation to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to make $400,000 betting on Polymarket.
—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
How Antler got started After a stint as a soldier in Norway’s Special Forces and a consultant in McKinsey, Grimeland became a startup founder, moving to Singapore to set up Zalora, Southeast Asia’s first major fashion e-commerce platform, in 2013.
—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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“Special Forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Special%20Forces. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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