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United Kingdom Special Forces ( UKSF) is a directorate comprising the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing.
The United Kingdom's Special Forces have featured prominently in British military campaigns since 2001 and, indeed, have been the main ground forces engaging the enemy in many of them. They have also been largely unaffected by the sometimes-severe cuts in defence spending in the UK since 1989.
The Army Special Operations Brigade role is to operate discreetly in complex, high threat environments, deterring adversaries and contributing to collective deterrence by training, advising, assisting, enabling and when required, accompanying partners in support of our national interests.
[88] first consideration was to release British troops for service in the Middle and Far East, the second was to encourage the British people and to improve relations with Ireland, an obvious...
Oct 20, 2016 · The most obvious of these would be special forces themselves: highly trained infantry and marines capable of undertaking covert, deep-penetration, long-endurance missions against an ill-defined...
- Ian Shields
The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of the United States Army. Although technically an Army branch, the Special Forces operates similarly to a functional area (FA), in that individuals may not join its ranks until having ...
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United States special operations forces (SOF) are the active and reserve component forces of the United States Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force within the US military, as designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations.
