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...ssional background in [[special operations]] including heading the [[Joint Special Operations Command]] and [[75th Ranger Regiment]]; previously Military Fellow, Council

[[Israeli Defense Forces]] elite special operations unit, battlefield or urban, with direct action, [[hostage rescue]] and [[sp

...operations]] by the [[United States intelligence community]] and military special operations forces

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...Cooperation Aviation|army cooperation aviation]] and [[special operations|special operations forces]]. All combat arms units engage in direct contact with enemy personn

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..., [[armor]], [[artillery]], [[combat engineer]]s, [[army aviation]], and [[special operations]], as well as [[combat support]] and [[combat service support]]

A [[special operations]] unit of the [[Israeli Defense Forces]], with roles comparable to the U.K.

A major subordinate unit of the [[United States Special Operations Command]], which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, us

[under]sea-air-land [[special operations]] organization of the [[United States Navy]], specializing in direct action

Special operations regular and [[Territorial Army]] regiments of the [[British Army]], part of

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...Air-Ground Task Force]] headquarters-controlled or part of [[United States Special Operations Command]]

U.S. special operations doctrine for assisting third-countries in counterinsurgency

Special operations version of the H-60 Blackhawk helicopter

...{Subpages}}</noinclude>Military [[helicopter]] used by the [[United States Special Operations Command]]

...CCs), organized either on geographic (e.g., Pacificl) or functional (e.g., Special Operations, Strategic) lines. The line of command of the UCC goes from its four-star c {{r|United States Special Operations Command}} (USSOCOM)

A generally covert U.S. Army unit in [[Joint Special Operations Command]], specializing in hostage rescue and [[combat search and rescue]],

...a forward deployed logistics planning and coordination element for [[Army Special Operations Command]].

...mbat engineers, Air, artillery and missile defense, and special operations|special operations forces. Different nations, at different times, have had different names fo "Special operations" and "special operations forces" again have meanings specific to times and places.

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===Special Operations Component=== *(unacknowledged) Joint Special Operations Command under MG Wayne Downing

...[[Naval Postgraduate School]];[[Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Capabilities]] 2007-2009; Expert panel, [[Iraq Study Group]]; retired offi

...whose unit, '''Rogers' Rangers''', is still considered the prototype for [[special operations]] forces conducting direct action and [[special reconnaissance]] behind ene

U.S. [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] variant of the [[V-22 Osprey]] tilt-rotor aircraft

...t search and rescue]] (HH-53), [[mine (naval)|minesweeping]] (RH-53) and [[special operations]] ([[MH-53 PAVE LOW]]) variants

...conducts raids and also provides a perimeter for operations of the [[Joint Special Operations Command]].

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...Tuesday, June 17, 2008. His previous assignment was as deputy commander of Special Operations Command Europe (Airborne).<ref>{{citation | publisher = Army Special Operations Command news service

A U.S. intelligence and special operations officer eventually becoming [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (1973-1976

The capability to deploy military forces, even if limited to air and special operations, on short notice over intercontinental ranges

...ry of Defence Directorate which also has the capability to provide a Joint Special Operations Task Force Headquarters.

...my|U.S. Army]] officer specializing in insurgency, counterinsurgency and [[special operations]] before they were recognized as specialties.

...military helicopters with many variants, the Army and Air Force ones being special operations but the Navy versions fill general helicopter roles

...asis for a number of [[war crime]]s prosecution, which condemned uniformed special operations personnel operating behind enemy lines

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[[Special operations|Special Forces]] of the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]]; a paramilitary

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...and highly secret unit of [[United States Navy SEAL]]s, within the [[Joint Special Operations Command]]

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Special operations [[transport aircraft]] primarily intended to support ground forces in denie

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...missile submarine]]s, firing the Trident D5; some have been converted for special operations and [[cruise missile]] launch

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...ial Operations Command]]. Prior to that assignment, he commanded the overt Special Operations component command of [[United States Central Command]], and directly comman | publisher = U.S. Army Special Operations Command

...used by the [[United States Marine Corps]] and Israel; [[MH-53 PAVE LOW]] special operations version used by [[United States Air Force]]

...WII, it competed, with an ''ad hoc'' covert operations organization, the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE), dissolved at the end of the war with some functions reve Much as the CIA can call for assistance from the [[United States Special Operations Command]], SIS has a working relationship with [[UK Special Forces]] (UKSF)

...atant Command with the mission statement <blockquote>Provide fully capable Special Operations Forces to defend the United States and its interests. Plan and synchronize ...atant Commands, or, when ordered to do so, may keep operational control of Special Operations units on strategic missions.

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...(i.e., all means of affecting other nations including military means), '''special operations''' produce effects in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive areas. Most ...ations, the special operation may be the only action by the government, or special operations may support conventional operations. They may involve joint action with for

Senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and the [[U.S. Special Operations University]], specializing in U.S. foreign policy, international political

...capabilities; port-swappable mission modules to optimize for surveillance, special operations

'''Operation EAGLE CLAW''' was a failed U.S. [[hostage rescue]], by military special operations forces, to recover U.S. personnel taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in [[Te ...States Special Operations Command]], and, within USSOC, the standing 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (SOAR).

...States Special Operations Command, especially the highly classsified Joint Special Operations Command, which is oriented toward counterterrorism rather than counterinsur

...ajor-General Sir '''Colin Gubbins''', KCMG, DSO, MC, (1896-1976) commanded Special Operations Executive (SOE), a Britain|British guerrilla warfare|guerrilla and direct a | title = Undercover, the men and women of the Special Operations Executive

...ion of individuals within its borders and captured either in warfare or by special operations; policies vary over time and Government

...[9/11]] attack; General, [[U.S. Army]], retired; commanded [[United States Special Operations Command]]

assistant secretary of Defense for special operations, 1993-99; [[Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs]], 1

When mobilized, these units are gained by Air Combat Command, Air Force Special Operations Command, Pacific Air Forces, Air Force Space Command and the Air Education *919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Fla.

...ion, Rescue and Escape, given, at various levels of intensity, to aircrew, special operations, and other personnel at high risk of being behind enemy lines or taken pris

...special operators from other services attached to it, especially Air Force Special Operations Command#Special Tactics|Air Force Special Tactics and Navy SEALs. ...rs come from a background in the United States Army Special Forces or Army Special Operations Command#75th Ranger Regiment|Rangers, Delta missions differ from both. Whi

...ir Force]]l retired as Comptroller of the Air Force; 7,000 flight hours in special operations and airlift; advisory board, Center for Military Readiness; served as Pres

...lackhawk]], naval rescue and surface/subsurface warfare, and the [[MH-60]] special operations variant that is not really a Black Helicopter but instead very, very dark

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...focuses on much more secret operations than the rest of the United States Special Operations Command, its parent headquarters. It provides task forces called Special Mi ...r than the tasks for which it was designed. Further, there were no trained special operations aviation or other support assets to deliver it to Iran. An ''ad hoc'' force

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...specialist, as opposed to his replacement, GEN [[Stanley McChrystal]], a [[special operations]] officer

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Best known as the [[Mossad]], the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations is a civilian agency with a wide range of duties. Comparable organizations

...ppable unmanned weather stations, and portable weather stations carried by special operations weather personnel. ...nges, such as artillery and aircraft performance, for which U.S. Air Force special operations weather personnel can provide information at the battlefront or behind enem

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...is has been controversial when some activities are conducted by military [[special operations]] personnel and not deemed "intelligence" by the Administration.

...literature, until fairly recently. It now is defined by the United States Special Operations Command as <blockquote>Non-intelligence activities conducted prior to D-Day ...ce Agency teams, under the Counterterrorism Center|Counterterrorism Center/Special Operations that made initial contact with potential guerrilla allies in the Afghan Nor

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...te units, or control them directly (e.g., reconnaissance satellites, elite special operations forces)

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...leveland''' is a major general in the United States Army, who commands the Special Operations Component of United States Central Command. ...s could operate from Turkey, He established Task Force Viking, to be Joint Special Operations Task Force-North. Its core was the 10th Special Forces Group, under Charle

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It grew out of an earlier function in OSD, the [[Office of Special Operations]] (OSO).<ref name=Prouty->{{citation | title = Understanding Special Operations And Their Impact on The Vietnam War Era, 1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Pr

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...], [[air force]] (other than air elements under direct army control) and [[special operations]]. [[Coalition warfare]] goes a step farther, in involving different arms

...-range bomber aircraft|bombers and guided missiles, but special operations|special operations forces can carry out strategic missions, and either exfiltrate, or stay beh ...ed arms forces, and attacks in the enemy's rear by Strategic strike|air or special operations forces, the most common start of this phase is associated with German blitz

...ationship to the President, to bring previously scattered intelligence and special operations organizations under a single chain of command. His postwar service was limi