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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 for5 KB (804 words) - 16:24, 30 March 2024
- ...Command|Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC) specialty. To qualify for the special operations mission, airmen must already be expert in [[meteorology]]. On qualification | author = Air Force Special Operations Command1 KB (209 words) - 15:18, 8 April 2024
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- Subordinate to the wartime Ministry of Economic Warfare, the British '''Special Operations Executive''' (SOE) was a cadre for [[guerrilla warfare]] and direct action | title = A Historical Perspective of Special Operations Forces as an Instrument of Strategy5 KB (767 words) - 07:55, 31 March 2024
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- {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}} {{r|Army Special Operations Command}}2 KB (319 words) - 09:07, 28 April 2024
- Part of the [[United States Air Force|U.S.]] [[Air Force Special Operations Command]], this is an additional qualification for weather technicians, suc325 bytes (48 words) - 19:05, 7 August 2008
- ...oided participation for some time. In the Second World War, various Marine special operations units, principally Raider battalions but also a parachute battalion, were c ...The initial organization, now called FMTU is now designated as the Marine Special Operations Advisor Group (MSOAG), was formed to conduct foreign internal defense8 KB (1,236 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...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'' force6 KB (914 words) - 07:31, 18 March 2024
- ...tly at night in adverse weather conditions. Most are operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the "Night Stalkers". They may carry non-Army602 bytes (83 words) - 03:16, 10 March 2024
- ...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.6 KB (903 words) - 07:37, 18 March 2024
- {{r|Air Force Special Operations Command}}208 bytes (23 words) - 17:36, 8 August 2010
- ...em of developing training teams for [[foreign internal defense]] and other special operations missions377 bytes (49 words) - 12:56, 1 September 2008
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- A major subordinate unit of the [[United States Special Operations Command]], which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, us268 bytes (35 words) - 12:35, 6 July 2009
- {{r|United States Special Operations Command}} {{r|Special operations}}303 bytes (38 words) - 10:17, 12 April 2024
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Marine Special Operations Command]]. Needs checking by a human. {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}}606 bytes (79 words) - 18:19, 11 January 2010
- ...{Subpages}}</noinclude>Military [[helicopter]] used by the [[United States Special Operations Command]]115 bytes (13 words) - 21:00, 9 May 2011
- ...operations]] forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification312 bytes (39 words) - 22:04, 12 September 2009
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- ...]] and [[United States Special Operations Command]] for joint conventional-special operations force training325 bytes (40 words) - 20:14, 16 September 2009
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- ...rmy]], Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC); commander, Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) and Director of Operations for [[United States Sou305 bytes (36 words) - 12:01, 19 March 2024
- '''United Kingdom Special Forces''', much like the [[United States Special Operations Command]], are an overall preparedness and doctrine command, at Ministry of Some deniable special operations capability may exist in the [[Secret Intelligence Service]].483 bytes (61 words) - 17:20, 12 June 2010
- ...]] and [[United States Special Operations Command]] for joint conventional-special operations force training325 bytes (40 words) - 20:14, 16 September 2009
- ...U.S. [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] aircraft intended to refuel special operations helicopters, and carry out other clandestine functions such as leaflet drop218 bytes (29 words) - 15:20, 13 August 2008
- ...ted States Special Operations Command#Army Special Operations Command|Army Special Operations Command]] and the school and center for [[United States Army Special Forces353 bytes (51 words) - 04:58, 10 March 2024
- ...ions]] officer, who commanded the [[Auxiliary Units (WWII British)]] and [[Special Operations Executive]]; wrote several books on [[guerrilla warfare]]216 bytes (25 words) - 20:55, 18 February 2010
- ...Command|Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC) specialty. To qualify for the special operations mission, airmen must already be expert in [[meteorology]]. On qualification | author = Air Force Special Operations Command1 KB (209 words) - 15:18, 8 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[United States Special Operations Command#Joint Special Operations Command]]87 bytes (10 words) - 18:03, 23 April 2009
- Assigned to the [[Army Special Operations Command]] of the [[United States Special Operations Command]], a highly skilled, parachute-qualified light infantry unit that c368 bytes (48 words) - 07:23, 31 March 2024
- ...operations]] forces for the geographic commands, and to execute strategic special operations, typically under national orders and high security classification312 bytes (39 words) - 22:04, 12 September 2009
- ...ually among bases, special cases can include long-range [[paratroop]] or [[special operations]] delivery to a combat area307 bytes (43 words) - 10:26, 11 September 2009
- {{r|United States Special Operations Command}} {{r|Special operations}}303 bytes (38 words) - 10:17, 12 April 2024
- ...em of developing training teams for [[foreign internal defense]] and other special operations missions377 bytes (49 words) - 12:56, 1 September 2008
- ...ht and navigation equipment, and infiltrating, exfiltrating, and supplying special operations personnel342 bytes (42 words) - 14:19, 20 August 2008
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- ...iude, and in most weather. Its main missions are delivering and retrieving special operations personnel; replaced by the [[V-22 Osprey|CV-22]]279 bytes (39 words) - 22:07, 12 May 2011
- ...nt arms of service (e.g., [[army]], [[navy]], long-range [[air force]]s, [[special operations]]) acting under common direction, with [[deconfliction]] and mutual support246 bytes (30 words) - 10:39, 25 June 2009
- ...tly at night in adverse weather conditions. Most are operated by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the "Night Stalkers". They may carry non-Army602 bytes (83 words) - 03:16, 10 March 2024
- {{r|Special operations}} {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}456 bytes (62 words) - 19:05, 23 September 2009
- ...ted States Special Operations Command#Army Special Operations Command|Army Special Operations Command]].1 KB (160 words) - 04:58, 10 March 2024
- {{r|Special operations}} {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}311 bytes (41 words) - 18:50, 2 January 2009
- ...ssional background in [[special operations]] including heading the [[Joint Special Operations Command]] and [[75th Ranger Regiment]]; previously Military Fellow, Council413 bytes (46 words) - 12:01, 19 March 2024
- [[Israeli Defense Forces]] elite special operations unit, battlefield or urban, with direct action, [[hostage rescue]] and [[sp191 bytes (22 words) - 07:32, 31 March 2024
- ...operations]] by the [[United States intelligence community]] and military special operations forces255 bytes (32 words) - 11:10, 18 November 2009
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Marine Special Operations Command]]. Needs checking by a human. {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}}606 bytes (79 words) - 18:19, 11 January 2010
- ...Cooperation Aviation|army cooperation aviation]] and [[special operations|special operations forces]]. All combat arms units engage in direct contact with enemy personn412 bytes (53 words) - 11:46, 11 November 2008
- {{r|Special operations}} {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}779 bytes (93 words) - 16:53, 24 February 2024
- ..., [[armor]], [[artillery]], [[combat engineer]]s, [[army aviation]], and [[special operations]], as well as [[combat support]] and [[combat service support]]415 bytes (54 words) - 12:17, 24 April 2010
- A [[special operations]] unit of the [[Israeli Defense Forces]], with roles comparable to the U.K.182 bytes (27 words) - 11:06, 17 October 2009
- A major subordinate unit of the [[United States Special Operations Command]], which takes on the most sensitive covert military operations, us268 bytes (35 words) - 12:35, 6 July 2009
- [under]sea-air-land [[special operations]] organization of the [[United States Navy]], specializing in direct action235 bytes (25 words) - 07:26, 31 March 2024
- Special operations regular and [[Territorial Army]] regiments of the [[British Army]], part of154 bytes (20 words) - 02:34, 26 December 2009
- #REDIRECT [[Marine Special Operations Command]]47 bytes (5 words) - 17:39, 21 August 2008
- ...tes Pacific Command]], and spent much of his earlier career in [[Air Force Special Operations Command]]342 bytes (46 words) - 16:57, 17 March 2024
- #REDIRECT [[United States Special Operations Command]]54 bytes (6 words) - 21:52, 10 August 2008
- Part of the [[United States Air Force|U.S.]] [[Air Force Special Operations Command]], this is an additional qualification for weather technicians, suc325 bytes (48 words) - 19:05, 7 August 2008
- ...Air-Ground Task Force]] headquarters-controlled or part of [[United States Special Operations Command]]236 bytes (27 words) - 16:01, 27 September 2009
- Special operations version of the H-60 Blackhawk helicopter95 bytes (11 words) - 20:59, 16 July 2008
- U.S. special operations doctrine for assisting third-countries in [[counterinsurgency]]123 bytes (13 words) - 14:33, 12 March 2009
- ...{Subpages}}</noinclude>Military [[helicopter]] used by the [[United States Special Operations Command]]115 bytes (13 words) - 21:00, 9 May 2011
- ...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)1 KB (203 words) - 07:37, 18 March 2024
- A generally covert U.S. Army unit in [[Joint Special Operations Command]], specializing in hostage rescue and [[combat search and rescue]],244 bytes (30 words) - 07:26, 31 March 2024
- ...a forward deployed logistics planning and coordination element for [[Army Special Operations Command]].797 bytes (116 words) - 20:03, 14 August 2008
- ...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.1 KB (186 words) - 16:21, 30 March 2024
- {{r|Army Special Operations Command}} {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}616 bytes (82 words) - 09:07, 28 April 2024
- ===Special Operations Component=== *(unacknowledged) Joint Special Operations Command under MG Wayne Downing2 KB (247 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
- ...[[Naval Postgraduate School]];[[Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Capabilities]] 2007-2009; Expert panel, [[Iraq Study Group]]; retired offi360 bytes (43 words) - 22:11, 28 July 2010
- ...whose unit, '''Rogers' Rangers''', is still considered the prototype for [[special operations]] forces conducting direct action and [[special reconnaissance]] behind ene327 bytes (41 words) - 07:32, 31 March 2024
- U.S. [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] variant of the [[V-22 Osprey]] tilt-rotor aircraft132 bytes (17 words) - 11:47, 27 July 2010
- ...t search and rescue]] (HH-53), [[mine (naval)|minesweeping]] (RH-53) and [[special operations]] ([[MH-53 PAVE LOW]]) variants345 bytes (47 words) - 10:07, 10 February 2023
- ...conducts raids and also provides a perimeter for operations of the [[Joint Special Operations Command]].1,016 bytes (155 words) - 20:20, 25 January 2010
- ...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 service3 KB (471 words) - 05:16, 31 March 2024
- {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}} {{r|Marine Special Operations Command}}2 KB (220 words) - 09:07, 28 April 2024
- A U.S. intelligence and special operations officer eventually becoming [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (1973-1976157 bytes (18 words) - 17:32, 1 February 2009
- ...ry of Defence Directorate which also has the capability to provide a Joint Special Operations Task Force Headquarters.166 bytes (23 words) - 19:22, 30 September 2009
- The capability to deploy military forces, even if limited to air and special operations, on short notice over intercontinental ranges169 bytes (23 words) - 06:43, 20 July 2008
- ...military helicopters with many variants, the Army and Air Force ones being special operations but the Navy versions fill general helicopter roles186 bytes (27 words) - 08:25, 9 May 2011
- ....S. Army]] officer specializing in insurgency, [[counterinsurgency]] and [[special operations]] before they were recognized as specialties.213 bytes (25 words) - 06:59, 11 March 2024
- ...asis for a number of [[war crime]]s prosecution, which condemned uniformed special operations personnel operating behind enemy lines210 bytes (29 words) - 23:36, 29 November 2010
- {{r|United States Special Operations Command}} {{r|Joint Special Operations Command||**}}2 KB (306 words) - 10:23, 29 March 2024
- [[Special operations|Special Forces]] of the [[Army of the Republic of Vietnam]]; a paramilitary423 bytes (57 words) - 14:20, 22 March 2024
- ...and highly secret unit of [[United States Navy SEAL]]s, within the [[Joint Special Operations Command]]184 bytes (26 words) - 04:22, 10 May 2011
- {{r|Special operations}}941 bytes (122 words) - 07:22, 31 March 2024
- ...ajumper''' or '''PJ''' has been a [[United States Air Force]] [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] (AFSOC) specialty. The specialty combines medical training at the | author = Air Force Special Operations Command2 KB (315 words) - 01:32, 18 February 2009
- {{r|United States Special Operations Command}} {{r|Special operations}}1 KB (181 words) - 12:01, 19 March 2024
- {{r|Army Special Operations Command}} {{r|Special operations}}800 bytes (107 words) - 16:13, 11 January 2010
- Special operations [[transport aircraft]] primarily intended to support ground forces in denie243 bytes (29 words) - 21:08, 7 August 2008
- {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}} {{r|Army Special Operations Command}}2 KB (319 words) - 09:07, 28 April 2024
- ===Special operations===1,006 bytes (136 words) - 06:57, 11 March 2024
- ...missile submarine]]s, firing the Trident D5; some have been converted for special operations and [[cruise missile]] launch205 bytes (29 words) - 10:44, 11 November 2009
- {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}501 bytes (64 words) - 05:11, 31 March 2024
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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 Command4 KB (553 words) - 08:28, 31 March 2024
- {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}}1,015 bytes (134 words) - 02:21, 1 April 2024
- ...used by the [[United States Marine Corps]] and Israel; [[MH-53 PAVE LOW]] special operations version used by [[United States Air Force]]199 bytes (27 words) - 16:37, 11 February 2009
- ...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)2 KB (225 words) - 14:20, 22 March 2024
- ...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.6 KB (903 words) - 07:37, 18 March 2024
- {{r|Army Special Operations Command}}276 bytes (36 words) - 10:43, 11 February 2024
- A [[United States Air Force|U.S.]] [[Air Force Special Operations Command]] specialty, combining [[paramedic]] level [[emergency medical tech268 bytes (35 words) - 19:30, 7 August 2008
- ...(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 for5 KB (804 words) - 16:24, 30 March 2024
- Senior fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and the [[U.S. Special Operations University]], specializing in U.S. foreign policy, international political252 bytes (33 words) - 00:27, 17 August 2009
- ...capabilities; port-swappable mission modules to optimize for surveillance, special operations274 bytes (33 words) - 10:41, 10 February 2023
- '''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).2 KB (238 words) - 05:25, 31 March 2024
- ...States Special Operations Command, especially the highly classsified Joint Special Operations Command, which is oriented toward counterterrorism rather than counterinsur1 KB (207 words) - 07:37, 18 March 2024
- ...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 Executive3 KB (436 words) - 07:28, 18 March 2024
- ...ion of individuals within its borders and captured either in warfare or by special operations; policies vary over time and Government248 bytes (33 words) - 14:18, 30 September 2009
- ...[9/11]] attack; General, [[U.S. Army]], retired; commanded [[United States Special Operations Command]]300 bytes (34 words) - 16:57, 17 March 2024
- assistant secretary of Defense for special operations, 1993-99; [[Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs]], 1228 bytes (25 words) - 10:33, 31 August 2009
- 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.1 KB (164 words) - 01:55, 27 March 2024
- ...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 pris292 bytes (45 words) - 21:45, 14 June 2010
- ...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. Whi4 KB (551 words) - 15:08, 18 March 2024
- ...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 Pres282 bytes (37 words) - 11:45, 19 March 2024
- ...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 dark322 bytes (47 words) - 10:03, 9 May 2011
- {{r|Air Force Special Operations Command}} {{r|Marine Special Operations Command}}2 KB (241 words) - 05:18, 31 March 2024
- {{r|Special operations}}648 bytes (81 words) - 12:48, 2 April 2024
- ...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'' force6 KB (914 words) - 07:31, 18 March 2024
- {{r|Special operations}}221 bytes (32 words) - 05:25, 31 March 2024
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- {{r|Joint Special Operations Command}}543 bytes (73 words) - 18:36, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Special operations}}1 KB (180 words) - 13:58, 1 April 2024
- ...specialist, as opposed to his replacement, GEN [[Stanley McChrystal]], a [[special operations]] officer383 bytes (55 words) - 12:06, 14 February 2024
- {{r|Special operations}}568 bytes (74 words) - 23:20, 17 August 2009
- Best known as the [[Mossad]], the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations is a civilian agency with a wide range of duties. Comparable organizations1 KB (179 words) - 13:44, 8 August 2010
- ...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 enem3 KB (378 words) - 04:39, 5 April 2024
- {{r|Army Special Operations Command}}549 bytes (73 words) - 16:41, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Air Force Special Operations Command}}208 bytes (23 words) - 17:36, 8 August 2010
- ...is has been controversial when some activities are conducted by military [[special operations]] personnel and not deemed "intelligence" by the Administration.1 KB (148 words) - 18:27, 10 August 2009
- ...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 Nor2 KB (240 words) - 15:17, 24 March 2024
- {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}619 bytes (84 words) - 21:11, 11 January 2010
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- ...te units, or control them directly (e.g., reconnaissance satellites, elite special operations forces)388 bytes (55 words) - 10:06, 5 September 2009
- {{r|Marine Special Operations Command}} {{r|United States Special Operations Command}}2 KB (224 words) - 12:08, 1 May 2024
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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 Charle3 KB (443 words) - 07:27, 18 March 2024
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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 Pr4 KB (646 words) - 08:34, 31 March 2024
- {{r|U.S. Special Operations University}}372 bytes (55 words) - 03:00, 21 March 2024
- ...], [[air force]] (other than air elements under direct army control) and [[special operations]]. [[Coalition warfare]] goes a step farther, in involving different arms2 KB (336 words) - 13:07, 8 February 2011
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- ...-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 blitz4 KB (625 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
- ...ationship to the President, to bring previously scattered intelligence and special operations organizations under a single chain of command. His postwar service was limi971 bytes (143 words) - 16:57, 17 March 2024
- ...ntions abroad. He is a fellow at the [[Hoover Institution]] and the [[U.S. Special Operations University]].413 bytes (64 words) - 02:59, 21 March 2024
- ...for littoral operations including surveillance, anti-submarine warfare and special operations support1 KB (180 words) - 12:16, 14 July 2009
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- ...is a signals intelligence collection system originally intended for use by special operations personnel, typically performing special reconnaissance. While it is primari | title = Army Special Operations Forces Intelligence3 KB (385 words) - 18:08, 1 April 2024
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- ...jor; the latter is especially common in Commonwealth countries and in U.S. special operations forces.1 KB (174 words) - 16:21, 30 March 2024
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- ...Bush administrations; principal deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict in the [[George H. W. Bush]] Administration; dir658 bytes (83 words) - 22:24, 25 March 2024
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- ...ludes the airdrop of leaflets. AFSOC is the air component of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). ...is a modified transport aircraft that can, by airdrop or landing, support special operations personnel on the ground, usually at night. Its missions are intended to be2 KB (335 words) - 16:22, 30 March 2024
- ...dvanced parachuting skills, however, continue to have an important role in special operations. HALO and HAHO are not used for large units, but for small special operations teams, or even individuals.4 KB (627 words) - 16:23, 30 March 2024
- ...ation]]. It had both intelligence and operational functions, although the "special operations" suffix was classified for some time. Established by [[Director of Central For some time, the suffix "Special Operations", in CTC/SO, was classified. The SO function directed CIA field activities4 KB (497 words) - 14:03, 1 April 2024
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- ...user was United States Army Special Forces, then the overall United States Special Operations Command, United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps, and then more genera1 KB (150 words) - 18:08, 1 April 2024
- ...ad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim'' or Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations, the main external intelligence and covert action organization of [[Israel] * "Planning and carrying out special operations beyond Israel’s borders".5 KB (731 words) - 06:17, 24 March 2024
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- ..." helicopters (i.e., UH-60M utility, HH-60M medical evacuation, and MH-60M special operations) have comparable performance to the "L" models, but with improved "system i ==Special operations==6 KB (883 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- Subordinate to the wartime Ministry of Economic Warfare, the British '''Special Operations Executive''' (SOE) was a cadre for [[guerrilla warfare]] and direct action | title = A Historical Perspective of Special Operations Forces as an Instrument of Strategy5 KB (767 words) - 07:55, 31 March 2024
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- ...on [[Guam]], this is the headquarters for the U.S. [[Navy SEAL]] and other special operations units. It is commanded by CAPT Stephen Grzeszczak.3 KB (430 words) - 15:42, 8 April 2024
- ...ticle/2009/05/11/AR2009051101864_pf.html}}</ref>. McChrystal comes from a special operations background, as opposed to McKiernan's in armor; Gates is reported to have f3 KB (490 words) - 07:29, 18 March 2024
- ...rce Special Operations Command (AFSOC), the air component of United States Special Operations Command. ...are equipped with aerial refueling pods to provide in-flight refueling of special operations forces and combat search and rescue helicopters. They can also accept fuel3 KB (448 words) - 07:32, 18 March 2024
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- ...a long career, was a specialist in insurgency, [[counterinsurgency]] and [[special operations]] before that was recognized as a specialty, and certainly before it was a ...hich became the 11th Philippine Infantry Regiment, along with another U.S. special operations legend, [[Russell Volckmann]]. He later explained that he managed the stres7 KB (1,075 words) - 08:38, 31 March 2024
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- ...s given to the CIA, with most of the uniformed force coming from the Joint Special Operations Command. The assaulters were Navy SEALs. ...d was under the control of the CIA, with military personnel from the Joint Special Operations Command of which the Navy SEALs are assigned. CIA control does present som5 KB (814 words) - 03:24, 10 March 2024
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- ...EALs]] are quite capable of boarding and security, but they are an elite [[special operations]] unit expected to carry the fight to the enemy. [[United States Marine Co1 KB (224 words) - 15:41, 8 April 2024
- Fatah formed a deniable special operations unit, named Black September, not simply to carry out terror operations, but4 KB (569 words) - 12:25, 24 March 2024
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- ...satellites between 225.000 to 399.995 MHz. Its initial users were in the Special Operations community, with interoperability among the services. For the Army, it repl2 KB (248 words) - 18:08, 1 April 2024
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- ...and have either a geographic (e.g., Pacific, Central) or functional (e.g., Special Operations, Transportation) responsibility. Jointly, the President and SecDef form the4 KB (590 words) - 10:23, 29 March 2024
- ...ers of operations, field army and larger units on land, special operations|special operations forces under high-level command, long-range aviation and missiles, Alfred T ...us example are long-range bomber aircraft|bombers and guided missiles, but special operations forces can carry out strategic missions, and either exfiltrate, or stay beh14 KB (2,120 words) - 16:23, 30 March 2024
- ...ptember of that year, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) established the Humanitarian Demining T2 KB (298 words) - 22:17, 23 April 2009
- ...as a distinguished "heavy" armored force commander, his career has been in special operations and infantry — a "lightfighter". McChrystal was the personal choice He had headed the highly classified Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) from 2003 to 2008, when he took over as Director of the Join11 KB (1,678 words) - 07:36, 18 March 2024
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- ...]], when he became an intelligence officer from 1940 through 1947 in the [[Special Operations Executive]], frequently going behind enemy lines. He attained the rank of l2 KB (311 words) - 18:17, 31 January 2010
- ...ng as Ranger School may be, it is considered preparation for some of the [[special operations]] selection courses, as for [[Delta Force]]. [[United States Army Special F5 KB (686 words) - 14:30, 19 March 2023
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- ...theater-level concept was ready, Franks tasked his subordinate land, air, special operations and naval commanders to go to the next level. ...asion, with increased air strikes in the no-fly zones and early staging of special operations forces; prestaging of approximately 160,000 troops20 KB (3,015 words) - 02:21, 1 April 2024
- ...whose unit, '''Rogers' Rangers''', is still considered the prototype for [[special operations]]. The Rangers, in modern terminology, conducted direct action and [[speci3 KB (527 words) - 07:32, 31 March 2024
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- A [[special operations]] party of the [[Royal Navy]], led by Sublieutenant John Godwin, was impris3 KB (368 words) - 05:35, 29 December 2010
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- ...he [[United States Marine Corps]] modified selected M1911A1's for use by [[special operations]] forces. Customized Marine pistols were fine-tuned by gunsmiths for except3 KB (406 words) - 12:24, 28 May 2011
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- ...s for targeted killings in areas of Pakistan. Whether or not there are any special operations troops on the ground, or even working with Pakistani intelligence, is a mat10 KB (1,427 words) - 16:57, 29 March 2024
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- ...nce Command, actually only partially under MACV control. By its real name, Special Operations Group, it reported to the Special Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Speci9 KB (1,356 words) - 02:48, 8 April 2024
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- ...evelopment and State Department, taken together. Even within United States Special Operations Command, the bulk of funds are committed to direct action rather than milit15 KB (2,223 words) - 07:28, 18 March 2024
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- ...egraphy is now obsolescent in the western world, although possibly used by special operations forces. Such forces, however, now have portable cryptographic equipment. Mo12 KB (1,821 words) - 06:04, 8 April 2024
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- ...ognized the need for deploying small units, especially under the rubric of special operations. Nevertheless, the Restructuring is focused at large units -- but smaller Especially with special operations forces, it is also examining its cultural readiness to change and adapt, op34 KB (5,015 words) - 08:09, 20 March 2024
- ...t any clandestine recovery missions would also involve the [[United States Special Operations Command]] (USSOCOM).27 KB (3,893 words) - 20:45, 2 April 2024
- ...ns or forces? Precision-guided munitions, up-close-and-personal action by special operations forces, electronic attack, etc., all offer the potential of defeating an en17 KB (2,545 words) - 05:11, 31 March 2024
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- ...missile strikes, and on 14 September 2009 a short-duration raid by [[Joint Special Operations Command]] helicopters, on targets suspected of involvement with terrorist g United States [[Joint Special Operations Command]] forces carried out a raid, on 14 September 2009, against Al-Shaba13 KB (1,950 words) - 02:59, 21 March 2024
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- ...the problem of not having skylight never occurs. Pilots of MH-53 PAVE LOW special operations helicopters often wear NVG.8 KB (1,131 words) - 12:20, 22 March 2024
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- ...r spending several days moored pierside, ''Union'' departed on 6 April for special operations at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. On 14 April, the ship anchored at Danang, South Vi ...only to sail again four days later for Chu Lai harbor, Vietnam, conducting special operations en route. On 27 May, she arrived at Danang harbor, South Vietnam, and proce35 KB (5,398 words) - 17:14, 7 March 2024
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- ...for combat, the "flash-bang" is used for police hostage rescues, military special operations, etc. It disorients with an extremely bright light and loud noise, but rare5 KB (854 words) - 17:55, 30 November 2010
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- ...especially in an area where it is isolated from combat forces, a raid, by special operations forces, can be mounted to physically remove as much as possible, then measu16 KB (2,467 words) - 12:10, 31 March 2024
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- ...cil employees such as John Poindexter and Oliver North, as well as retired special operations personnel such as John K. Singlaub and Richard Secord ...activities, such a Finding and notification is not necessary for military special operations forces, especially if the activity is termed "preparing the battlefield."27 KB (4,242 words) - 05:25, 31 March 2024
- ...that, possibly in combination with military units from the [[United States Special Operations Command]] (USSOCOM), may take direct action against terrorist groups outsid32 KB (4,652 words) - 11:55, 31 March 2024
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- | title = Chapter 3: Special Operations in the European Theater ...an governmental clandestine or covert operations. On a number of cases, US special operations forces had to wait for Presidential authorization to make an attack, or eve37 KB (5,702 words) - 07:28, 18 March 2024
- ...B" of the Fifth Air Force supported air support for both military and CIA special operations. When CIA guerrillas were attacked in 1951-1952, the air unit had to adapt18 KB (2,764 words) - 12:48, 2 April 2024
- ...he [[United States Department of Defense]] was given additional budget for special operations. There has been more of an emphasis on the military running larger paramili ...he [[Intelligence Support Activity]] (ISA) are part of the [[United States Special Operations Command]], where their classified names and special access program designat54 KB (7,778 words) - 08:57, 23 April 2024
- ...lower aircraft more exposed to the ground, such as helicopters (especially special operations helicopters such as the MH-53 PAVE LOW), gunships such as the AC-130, and a8 KB (1,281 words) - 07:02, 4 April 2024
- ...forms, and communications gear. DOD also provided $300,000 for training in special operations, rural patrol, field survival, and surveillance, as well as technical cours50 KB (7,291 words) - 14:04, 1 April 2024
- ...021)|Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. In Iraq, he was in Force Reconnaissance, a special operations unit. He left as a captain (land forces)|captain, dissatisfied with command7 KB (1,129 words) - 07:33, 18 March 2024
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- ...had, respectively, been under the control of the semi-autonomous Office of Special Operations and Office of Policy Coordination, covert actions may have been launched wi ...rved at a lower level in the CIA. Helms became Director of the [[Office of Special Operations]], a pre-CIA espionage organization, after [[Second World War]] OSS service41 KB (6,055 words) - 16:57, 29 March 2024
- ...ing to contest the coalition force coming from the south. This combined US Special Operations and Kurdish force soundly defeated Saddam's Army, a major military success, ...ole" said Robert Andrews, former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict. "They can't be denied a role anymore."<ref name42 KB (6,527 words) - 07:38, 18 March 2024
- ...ef of Staff GEN Peter Schoomaker, himself from the light infantry side and special operations, to select him to take command in 2007. <ref>Ricks, ''Gamble'', p. 23</ref> ...a, prior to the surge, tended to operate in larger units, often supporting Special Operations forces making raids on time-sensitive enemy targets. As the surge began, th49 KB (7,606 words) - 11:02, 10 March 2024
- ...ingly active, although covert, role. In October, a United States Air Force special operations squadron,, part of the 4400th CCTS deployed to SVN, officially in a role of ...overt name was "MACV Studies and Operations Group". In reality, it was the Special Operations Group, with CIA agent programs for the North gradually moving under MACV co67 KB (10,278 words) - 01:06, 8 April 2024
- After a buildup by special operations forces and an intensification of air attacks under the Operation NORTHERN W ...Coalition Land Forces Component commander LTG David McKiernan. Substantial special operations forces, both overt and covert, operated in coordination, but under a differ62 KB (9,779 words) - 05:20, 31 March 2024
- ...f> On receiving Hitler's [[Commando Order]], he tore it up. When a British special operations team attempted to assassinate him in his headquarters, he had the survivors11 KB (1,830 words) - 16:45, 10 February 2024
- {{r|Special operations}}23 KB (3,211 words) - 14:03, 1 April 2024
- ...ld War II]], probably with SIS ([[Secret Intelligence Service]]} or SOE ([[Special Operations Executive]]). An elliptical reference to climbing Gothic church spires, a t15 KB (2,473 words) - 07:52, 31 May 2009
- ...ed by Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, led to the target by Air Force Special Operations MH-53 PAVE LOW helicopters with advanced low-level navigation.18 KB (2,744 words) - 04:39, 5 April 2024
- ...Civilian Irregular Defense Groups were disbanded. They were not, however, special operations forces as are Rangers in other countries.42 KB (6,823 words) - 02:49, 8 April 2024
- ...rations Command, especially: *recruiting and retention programs within the special operations community to determine challenges that confront field commanders79 KB (11,444 words) - 16:56, 29 March 2024
- ...i; bin Laden was killed in, in Pakistan, by a raid on Osama bin Laden|U.S. special operations raid in May 2011. As opposed to the Taliban and other extreme Salafists, th46 KB (6,965 words) - 16:35, 24 March 2024
- ...ear Kandahar, coded Objective Rhino, on the night of 19-20 October, while Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers attacked Taliban headquarters in Kandahar.<ref name=O ...attacked there by the Northern Alliance and U.S. aircraft, as well as U.S. special operations forces operating from at least November 13, a U.S. Marine unit arrived on t56 KB (8,494 words) - 16:37, 24 March 2024
- ...ctory mode. One of its roles is to bring long-range strike to Infantry and Special Operations Forces, which do not have long-range precision fires capability without aug31 KB (4,588 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- | title = Apollo’s Warriors: US Air Force Special Operations during the Cold War58 KB (8,909 words) - 13:42, 6 April 2024
- *'''naval special operations support''': "mothership" for special reconnaissance, raids, deception, plac ...ital ship, amphibious command ship|command ship, mine warfare|minelayer or special operations roles. <ref>{{citation49 KB (7,489 words) - 02:18, 7 April 2024
- French and British HUMINT was strong, along with US Special Operations Forces. OSINT (open source intelligence) provided indications and warning Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA Paramilitary Operations: Issues for Congress | date =60 KB (8,909 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...2021), where large U.S. ground forces were not used, but instead extensive special operations working with Afghan forces and using air power. Every war is different, how ...model, operational fires are strikes by aircraft, artillery, and missiles. Special Operations Forces operations are principally special reconnaissance and direct action84 KB (12,644 words) - 05:16, 31 March 2024
- ...nd [[Naval Security Group]]. Some SIGINT personnel were assigned to covert special operations and intelligence units.<ref name=Gilbert>{{cite book ...deword SECRET information. The first step in WHITEBIRCH was the 400th ASA Special Operations Unit (Provisional), operating under the cover name of the 3rd Radio Researc74 KB (11,149 words) - 11:11, 4 April 2024
- ...ed for many more years. Smaller organizations, such as the [[United States Special Operations Command]] organization originally called the [[Intelligence Support Agency] ...time were the 509th Radio Research Group and 403d RR (Radio Research) SOS (Special Operations Detachment)<ref name=Gilbert />72 KB (10,689 words) - 05:49, 8 April 2024
- ...O) forces: the International Security Assistance Force. 8,000 US and other special operations forces make up the balance. To manage this turmoil, over 40,000 foreign tro61 KB (9,201 words) - 05:11, 31 March 2024
- ...Fifth Air Force. This unit provided air support for both military and CIA special operations. When CIA guerrillas were attacked in 1951-1952, the air unit had to adapt ...d later be involved in forming United States Army Special Forces and other special operations activities were stay-behind guerrillas in the Philippines, including Wendel76 KB (11,669 words) - 07:05, 16 March 2024
- ...f United States Navy SEAL|US Navy SEALs, in helicopters flown by the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). The compound, near the Pakistani military aca ...Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), with military personnel from the Joint Special Operations Command of which the Navy SEALs are assigned. CIA control does present som62 KB (9,765 words) - 16:34, 24 March 2024
- ...ed States Marine Corps]] boot camp (to say nothing of far more difficult [[special operations]] selection, or the ordeal of medical residency), as opposed to lining up f18 KB (2,686 words) - 15:46, 8 February 2011
- ...rter'' also is of extended length, presumably for intelligence systems and special operations. Seawolf and Los Angeles classes were directed at a Soviet threat, so the14 KB (1,936 words) - 09:03, 9 August 2023
- ...24-hour operation for 60 days. The RMWS can also go in with US Air Force Special Operations combat weathermen <ref name=Gourley2003>{{cite web | title = Storm Warnings: A look at U.S. Air Force special operations combat weathermen75 KB (10,990 words) - 12:11, 31 March 2024
- {{seealso|United States Special Operations Command}}60 KB (9,352 words) - 04:34, 21 March 2024
- ...ic name), such as [[Israel Defense Forces]] and intelligence & nonmilitary special operations (e.g., [[United States intelligence community]]28 KB (4,595 words) - 18:42, 3 March 2024
- Kennedy was fascinated by special operations forces, far more than had been Eisenhower, the commander of vast convention43 KB (6,797 words) - 01:04, 8 April 2024
- ...through June and July 1940, Churchill ordered the formation of both the [[Special Operations Executive]] (SOE) and the [[British Commandos|Commandos]]. The SOE was orde171 KB (25,041 words) - 09:26, 5 April 2024