Logan Melgar, a Special Forces soldier assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group.
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US Special Forces are working with Turkish Special Forces to help train the Syrian volunteers.
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The Special Forces tab is awarded upon graduation of the Army's grueling Special Forces Qualification Course.
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For example, the special forces has its own Special Forces Command, while AFRICOM looks after African centric military operations.
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There are currently 8,000 US special forces deployed in more than 80 countries — up from roughly 2,900 special forces in 2001.
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The Special Forces from 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and airmen from Kadena Air Force base train to win.
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"They will look and act, in many ways, and be trained similar to Special Forces, but they are not Special Forces," Milley said.
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The story also previously said three special forces soldiers were killed, when in fact two special forces soldiers and two support personnel were killed.
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"Recently, a female successfully completed Special Forces Assessment and Selection and was selected to attend the Special Forces Qualification Course," USASOC spokesman Lt. Col.
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"Recently, a female successfully completed Special Forces Assessment and Selection and was selected to attend the Special Forces Qualification Course," Bymer said in a statement.
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"A lot of Special Forces guys, their identity is totally wrapped up in their work," said a Special Forces soldier who served with Sergeant Bellino.
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It's been a deadly year for the Special Forces community — every active-duty Special Forces Group has lost a soldier in Afghanistan or Syria this year.
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Individuals that receive a National Guard Special Forces contract are required to go through the same Special Forces Qualifications Course (SFQC) as their active-duty counterparts.
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Goble was a member of the Army's Special Forces, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
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That included four Afghan Special Forces soldiers and two Americans with a Special Forces unit, all killed in the same operation in Kunduz Province in the north.
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And in March, two members of an American special forces unit and four Afghan special forces soldiers were killed during an operation on the outskirts of Kunduz.
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He is also the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs in nearly 20 years with a special-forces background, having graduated the Army's grueling Special Forces Qualification Course.
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In Senegal, for instance, Estonian alpine experts are training Senegalese special forces; Italian commandos are working with troops from Chad; and Austrian special forces are also with Senegalese soldiers.
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The Green Berets of US Special Forces 5th Group -- known as "the Legion" -- who led the anti-Taliban campaign represent a textbook case of a successful Special Forces campaign.
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A scenario mapped out in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet saw Turkish special forces deploying alongside U.S. special forces, FSA groups, Arab components of the SDF, and Iraqi Kurdish forces.
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There will be a division headquarters in Poznan, a squadron of Reaper drones in Lask, a helicopter brigade and special forces in Powidz and more special forces in Lubliniec.
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A female soldier completed the Special Forces Assessment and Selection for the first time in the history of the United States Army Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets.
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Special forces group Melgar, a native of Lubbock, Texas, enlisted in the US Army in 2012 and began Special Forces training in 2013, according to the US Army Special Command statement.
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Last month, two members of an American Special Forces unit and four Afghan Special Forces soldiers were killed during a joint operation in Gul Tepa District, on the outskirts of Kunduz city.
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In addition to the two American Special Forces soldiers who were killed, three Afghan Special Forces soldiers died in the fighting and seven other soldiers of both nationalities were wounded, he said.
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Several dozen Special Forces members were waiting there to receive the casket, according to Beth Riordan, director of public affairs for the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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He is a conservative lawmaker and former special forces soldier.
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I laugh again at what weenies the Special Forces are.
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Police special forces stormed the building and shot the gunman.
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"We are the special forces," said one Yemeni fighter proudly.
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Russian special forces are also on the ground in Syria.
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"We are facing tough resistance," one special forces officer, Capt.
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Fadhil Barwari, a special forces commander, said in an interview.
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At this point, Wilder had left Fifth Special Forces Group.
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"I was part of the Special Forces family," he said.
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Bradley and three other Special Forces soldiers provided supporting letters.
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Afghan special forces had arrived at the scene, Rahimi added.
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One was an airborne ranger, and one was Special Forces.
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He completed the Special Forces Qualification Course to become a Green Beret in 2005 and deployed to Iraq with the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010, the US Army said.
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The death toll includes one woman and one special forces member.
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Josh Thiel from the U.S. First Special Forces Group told Reuters.
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Hats off to the US special forces who made it happen.
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In Mosul, Iraqi special forces are mostly in lightly-armored Humvees.
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There were no casualties among civilians or special forces, it said.
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Brian R. Rauen, the commander of 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
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Somali special forces were deployed on Friday to flush them out.
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That's the one where Special Forces took out the terror leader.
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The soldier was a Special Forces operator, Salvin told Reuters separately.
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American special forces go discreetly into action with their Afghan counterparts.
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A Special Forces major arrived in the middle of the attack.
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By 2016, the support had expanded to involve U.S. special forces.
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Bryan Black, 35, was a Special Forces medic from Puyallup, Washington.
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"We [at Bumblebee] feel like special forces, we're pirates," he explained.
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Members of a special forces team then arrived in two helicopters.
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Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, using Russian special forces.
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Above, Iraqi special forces in a quiet moment during the advance.
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France has up to 200 special forces troops in the country.
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Most conveniently of all, the special forces operative has total authority.
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He was arrested by U.S. special forces in Liberia in 2010.
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One member of police special forces was killed in the clashes.
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But he quit the sport to enlist in Israel's Special Forces.
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Over time, two thousand Special Forces soldiers were deployed in Syria.
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The president also pardoned Major Golsteyn of the Army Special Forces.
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Its ambition is much different, obviously, from escapist special-forces dramas.
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Last week, two Special Forces soldiers were killed in Faryab Province.
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He was assigned to the First Battalion, Seventh Special Forces Group.
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Last week, two Special Forces soldiers were killed in Faryab Province.
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And he's used two Army officers he pardoned – Special Forces Maj.
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Soon, a small patrol of American and French Special Forces arrive.
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I stayed until '86, and I tried to join Special Forces.
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Turkish special forces and artillery also took part in the operation.
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British special forces operators also continued to mentor Yemen's intelligence agencies.
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Karwan, the special forces commander killed Thursday, was stationed in Afghanistan&aposs restive eastern province of Paktika, where he worked closely with U.S. special forces, said Mohammad Nader Katawazi, a member of parliament from the province.
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A spokesman for the special forces of the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA), Milad al-Zwai, said jets had bombed the buildings and three special forces soldiers had been killed and three wounded in clashes.
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"SOF coalition force integration is a large part of this exercise for us," said a US Army Special Forces soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), acting as an Observer Coach Trainer for the exercise.
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Last February, Afghan special forces captured a prominent Taliban drug lord while, last December, Afghan police officers alongside DEA special agents and American special forces seized twenty tons of opium, the largest such seizure in modern history.
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"I cut off his head," said a special forces officer, smiling proudly.
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Here we see the Chinese special forces taking doors and clearing rooms.
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Ambulances and special forces police were sent to the area, it added.
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Antonio R. Rodriguez of Seventh Special Forces Group — and one Afghan soldier.
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Another was a special forces sergeant in the Maryland Army National Guard.
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La David Johnson of the 3rd Special Forces Group were killed Oct.
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American special forces reconnoitring IS positions around the city are even closer.
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Special forces units sweeping in from the east have made fastest progress.
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However, should a major incident erupt, then Special Forces will take control.
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Maan al-Saadi, commander of Iraqi counter-terrorism special forces, told CNN.
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Israeli Special Forces veteran Aaron Cohen provides insight on 'Fox & Friends First.
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Some 300 police officers and special forces were involved in the operation.
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France normally has up to 200 special forces troops in the country.
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Heavily armed special forces arrived later wearing face masks and body armor.
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The Iraqi forces include army, special forces, Kurdish peshmerga and Shi'ite militias.
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But those grids were passed to the Special Forces at 6 p.m.
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Emirati troops have also been fighting al-Qaeda alongside US special forces.
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Black enlisted in 2009 and served as a special forces medical sergeant.
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But with Raqqa liberated, America will probably pull back its special forces.
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However, he confirmed that French special forces were present in the country.
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Read more: Philippines special forces are on the hunt for ISIS militants
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The Special Forces team at Mission Support Site Jones, named after Capt.
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U.S.-trained Iraqi special forces and local police patrolled to maintain order.
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American Special Forces were not involved, a second United States official said.
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The Afghan government sent in its Special Forces to combat the threat.
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Special forces troops rescued more than 50 hostages, state news outlets reported.
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Raymond Thomas and overseeing thousands of special forces deployed around the world.
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Afghan special forces also arrived at the scene and joined the battle.
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They were quickly rounded up by special forces but released soon after.
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It's unlikely to have happened if U.S. special forces were there, watching.
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Cameroonian special forces joined the convoy, and local gendarmes lined the road.
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Others, including deploying additional special forces in limited operations, were closer calls.
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I was embedded with a special forces unit, led by Staff Col.
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They were usually special forces and known for their extremely high body count.
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On the upside, Iraqi special forces gained hard-won experience in the east.
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The president also defended the special forces strike that killed Owens in Yemen.
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"We understand the circumstances," says Commander Oscar Chamorro, who heads SENAD's special forces.
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Even the US special forces withdrawal was complicated by their commander in chief.
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In 2014, Algerian special forces killed the leader of Islamic State local branch.
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Under current rules, U.S. participation is largely limited to supporting Afghan special forces.
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In one, Geralt can side with Vernon Roche and his Temerian Special Forces.
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U.S. special forces carried out the strike against Haji Iman, officials told Reuters.
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Regular drone strikes and special forces operations have hit it hard this year.
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Special forces were still working to track down other militants, the committee said.
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Moon Jae-in is a former special forces soldier and human rights lawyer.
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Sixteen people were killed, including seven Marine special forces members from Camp Lejeune.
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Belarus Interior Ministry special forces soldiers wrestle during a competition near Minsk, Belarus.
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Pentagon officials estimate the special forces and commandos perform 70% of offensive operations.
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Special forces, the police, and the army shut down the entire city center.
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Nothing says "recruitment" like a squad of special forces stormtroopers at your back.
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The description provided by the American Special Forces on the ground was vague.
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DeChristopher is a 9-year veteran of the United States Army Special Forces.
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In one, Geralt can side with Vernon Roche and his Temerian Special Forces.
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Hamdok is guarded by a troops of army special forces during his visit.
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Turkish special forces units also were operating along the border, CNN Turk reported.
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Police special forces rushed to the scene, and sporadic gunfire could be heard.
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Michael Waltz of Florida, a US Army Special Forces veteran, said on Sunday.
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Yet last week, night after night, locals have clashed with police special forces.
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Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group based at Fort Carson, Colo.
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Obama had degraded them with drones and special forces before Trump became president.
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Maan al-Saadi, commander of Iraqi counterterrorism special forces, told CNN on Friday.
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Most of those were Special Forces troops and people with certain medical conditions.
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He said he expects a strengthening of command capabilities, logistics and special forces.
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The Special Forces teams paired with indigenous mercenaries who opposed the North Vietnamese.
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A French parliamentary source recently told Reuters French special forces were in Yemen.
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He was assigned to 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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A Special Forces soldier died in a vehicle accident in Niger in February.
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La David T. Johnson, a Special Forces soldier killed in action this month.
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His special forces are active in Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Egypt's North Sinai.
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Schoolchildren and residents fled as Afghan special forces arrived to engage the militants.
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This information was consistent with equipment used by U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan.
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"We consider this the birthplace of modern-day special forces," Mr. Starbuck said.
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Glad to have an alternative to the Sherzais, the Special Forces welcomed him.
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She proudly wore her Special Forces tab for the remainder of her career.
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He was in charge of ISIS Special Forces, intelligence and its international operations.
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Butler was assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Camp Williams, Utah.
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First Class Jeremy W. Griffin, 20163, a Special Forces soldier from Greenbrier, Tenn.
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Afghan Special Forces with U.S. military support are actively going after Taliban forces.
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The skepticism of the SFAB mission, come particularly from the special forces community.
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U.S. special forces were working "side by side with our forces", he said.
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In the Marmaris case, 37 of the 46 defendants were special forces commandos.
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Edwin J. Deedrick Jr., the commanding officer of the First Special Forces Command.
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This officer was also supportive of women working within the Special Forces community.
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Special forces make use of smartphones currently as a battlefield situational awareness tool.
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The Russian Defence Ministry said the SDF had taken up positions on the eastern banks of the Euphrates with U.S. special forces, and had twice opened fire with mortars and artillery on Syrian troops who were working alongside Russian special forces.
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"My team was informed that we were going to be the first Special Forces team deployed from the Special Forces Group into a mission that we didn't fully know what it was going to be at that point," Nutsch said.
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The Afghan government responded by deploying special forces backed by airstrikes to the area.
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Iraqis. We have special forces in Syria, and they're shoulder to shoulder with who?
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Counterterrorism special forces at London Bridge on June 3 after a van hit pedestrians.
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General Healy commanded Special Forces for nearly 20 months, receiving a Distinguished Service Medal.
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McCLINTOCK, Matthew Q., 30, Staff Sergeant, Army; Albuquerque; First Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group.
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An increased level of special forces is just one of a number of possibilities.
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One special-forces soldier says he has been on operations constantly for four years.
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He finds it widespread in elite special-forces units, such as the Navy Seals.
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Russian special forces detected two groups of militants in different parts of the city.
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It was dug by an excavator and then torched by the Iraqi special forces.
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Earlier this month, he was in Afghanistan, assigned to an Army Special Forces team.
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The conference she was attending is designed to demonstrate weapons for special forces operatives.
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Some Russian Spetsnaz special forces are working on the ground, co-ordinating air strikes.
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The attacking forces include Iraqi army troops and special forces and federal police units.
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These Special Forces Groups are regionally focused and based throughout the US and overseas.
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It was Iraq's elite Special Forces Counterterrorism Service that spearheaded the charge against ISIS.
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Mr. Duterte said on Monday that the American Special Forces in Mindanao should withdraw.
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Part of that spending increase will be $340 million to improve Canberra's special forces.
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The three men worked with the U.S. for years, often with the Special Forces.
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Meanwhile, two SEALs have been implicated in the hazing death of Special Forces Sgt.
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The Special Forces detachment is optimizing the joint training opportunities present on Okinawa, Japan.
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American Special Forces have been quietly working in Somalia for years, with increasing success.
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During his Army career, Sheehan had served as a Special Forces officer in Panama.
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After all, he thought, he was a Green Beret in the Army's Special Forces.
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A US Army Special Forces soldier was killed fighting the terror group there Saturday.
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It makes him seem fallible in a way Special Forces commanders generally do not.
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Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, a special forces commander, said in an interview on Wednesday.
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Since then, three successive Special Forces units have fought their way up the valley.
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"The visibility is not good as it's very overcast," a special forces officer said.
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"We support local units and work with Special Forces at nearby bases," said Capt.
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French Special Forces rescued one hostage, Sjaak Rijke, a Dutch citizen, in April 2015.
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Soleimani had been the leader of a special forces unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
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Hours later, hundreds of military special forces had arrived to set up check points.
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Nearby, two Black Hawk helicopters were lifting off from a U.S. Special Forces base.
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"We are using our Special Forces to the maximum effect we can," Mohib said.
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First, the response time of the Afghan special forces appears to have been swift.
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Soleimani heads the Qods Force, the elite special forces arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
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Turkish officials said the gunman was killed after a shootout with Turkish Special Forces.
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And after a long fight, she started the Special Forces Officer Course in 215.
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The two soldiers killed, part of the Seventh Special Forces Group, were Staff Sgt.
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Trump inquired about restoring Golsteyn's status as an Army Ranger and special forces soldier.
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The U.S. special forces entered the town to coordinate air strikes against Islamic State.
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Prior to attempting this feat, he spent 10 years in the British special forces.
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The ambush of U.S. Special Forces in Niger on October 28503th was a tragedy.
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He also joined the Army Special Forces Reserve and served as an Army Ranger.
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Iraqi security forces are heavily dependent on American special forces and American air strikes.
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The raid was the first American special forces operation in Yemen since December 2014.
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On October 4, four US Special Forces members died in an ambush in Niger.
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Two years ago, four US special forces died in a firefight with militants in Niger, an incident which shone a light on Washington&aposs special forces-led counter-terrorism activity in the West African Sahel, which lies just below the Sahara desert.
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The researchers wrote that Kim could also have some of his citizens secretly bring the weapons into the South: North Korea has 22011,21914 special forces; even a handful of those special forces armed with BW would be enough to devastate South Korea.
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In addition to the standard Special Operations schools, all CRF operators have to go through the Special Forces Advanced Reconnaissance, Target Analysis, and Exploitation Techniques Course (SFARTAETC) and some through the Special Forces Sniper Course (SFSC), both of which last nine weeks.
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Iraqi special forces officers positioned along an abandoned market said the militants regularly attack them.
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A former special forces commander in the military, Prabowo comes from an elite political family.
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I'm sure the special forces group is conducting and I know they're conducting an investigation.
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Months later, US forces, including clandestine Special Forces operatives, along with Afghan troops swept in.
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Mr Flynn had been a respected intelligence officer, helping special forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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There are also three additional functional commands that oversee space, special forces and transportation operations.
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His son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, used to lead a special-forces unit tasked with protecting him.
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They praised and thanked the President, the US military and special forces for taking action.
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By early Wednesday, search teams had expanded to 350 people, including police and special forces.
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A member of Britain's special forces says that a shotgun is currently the simplest method.
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He served as a green beret in the 7th Special Forces from 1053 through 1971.
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Islamic State has recently been hit hard by U.S. air strikes and special forces operations.
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Special forces already in the South were ordered to release poison gas in populated areas.
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And derring-do raids by special forces are largely fiction from the imagination of Hollywood.
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Here, Afryea Prince dresses as a member of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's special-forces unit.
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France said in June that its special forces were advising rebels in the same area.
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Taksim. Trained to conduct anti-terror raids, the special forces look like GI Joe soldiers.
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Egyptian security sources, meanwhile, said the deployment involves a 22-member Russian special forces unit.
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There are also three additional functional commands that oversee Special Forces, space and transportation operations.
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In Syria it has dozens of special forces, military advisers and some foreign office personnel.
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In this re-imagining, Wade is a Special Forces vet, dishonorably discharged for unspecified reasons.
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To prepare physically and mentally, the male leads worked with real-life Special Forces members.
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The Special Forces' dictum has long been that if an insurgency isn't shrinking, it's succeeding.
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Wade Wilson (Reynolds) is a former Special Forces operative who now works as a mercenary.
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The gunship's navigator called an American Special Forces air controller on the ground seeking guidance.
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This is where the Special Forces differs from every other unit in the US military.
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International terror organizations, such as ISIS, are using them against US.. special forces in Syria.
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It also suggests that the special forces be disbanded or brought under Afghanistan's Defense Ministry.
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The operation raised the status of Norwegian commandos and boosted morale among allied special forces.
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La David Johnson, who were all assigned to Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 3212.
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The group is led by Hisham Ashmawy, a former captain in the Egyptian special forces.
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Last month, two American Special Forces soldiers were killed in a firefight in Faryab Province.
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In particular, some special forces units have demonstrated a willingness to fight and professional behavior.
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He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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CIA paramilitary operatives also conduct operations on the ground alongside elite US special forces personnel.
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In 2002, Sergeant Bellino moved to an Army National Guard Special Forces group in Ohio.
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The U.S. Special Forces soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on October 4.
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Dozens of foreign hostages were killed along with terrorists when Algerian special forces stormed in.
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And I joined the military in 1003 and was in the special forces until 2100.
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President Donald Trump congratulated the US Special Forces and hailed the mission as a victory.
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"Working with Special Forces and learning from their experience is an excellent opportunity for us."
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"Part of the problem is securing the areas the special forces have taken," Mohammed said.
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He was assigned to 20053rd Battalion, 22005th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Later in the day, Kurdish special forces supporting the SDF approach to retake the town.
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Tim Arango entered the city of Mosul, Iraq, on Wednesday with Iraqi special forces soldiers.
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Opinion A rare look at the front lines where Special Forces battle the Islamic State.
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The FSB said it believed Ukrainian special forces had been planning attacks, targeting critical infrastructure.
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Russian special forces without insignia, the so-called little green men, helped Moscow seize Crimea.
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After they fired a shotgun at a police van, Russian special forces stormed the house.
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And then there's Michael Skellig, the former Army Special Forces sergeant who owns the business.
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CNN has also reached out to Uganda's Special Forces Command mentioned in Wine's Twitter post.
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However, the Trump administration is managing the largest global U.S. special forces commitment in history.
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A suspect was later captured near Bethlehem by a police SWAT team and special forces.
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Biden defended the need to keep special forces in places such as Iraq, and Sen.
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In recent years, it is still seen being used by SEALs, SWCCs, and Special Forces.
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In the pews, some of his father's Special Forces comrades bent their heads and wept.
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Mark De Alencar, a Special Forces soldier who died in Afghanistan fighting the Islamic State.
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Initially they were tested with elite formations like Special Forces and then more general formations.
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These criminal cases suggest long-running fraud within the Special Forces' service detachment on KAF .
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Today this defense relationship has strengthened through joint nuclear, special forces and anti-terrorism cooperation.
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There have been reports that such plans may include the deployment of American Special Forces.
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Owen G. Ray, commander of the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), said in a statement.
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These include ground forces, naval and air forces, as well as intelligence and special forces.
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State-run Anadolu news agency said 17 police were killed at special forces headquarters there.
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Yes, we have the Congressional Research Service, which is like the Special Forces of analysts.
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Saturday and were still trading fire with Afghan special forces Sunday morning, the station reported.
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Without thinking, a Special Forces soldier thumbs a man-portable supercomputer strapped to his backpack.
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"Following a long chase, special forces surrounded the terrorist," the interior ministry said in statement.
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He wore a green beret and a gold Special Forces ring and had Ranger and Special Forces tabs along with airborne wings and a combat infantryman's badge with one star on top, which meant he'd fought in at least two wars for this country.
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Though the operation has been supported by small teams of Western special forces, and since Aug.
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So far, elite military teams like U.S. Special Forces have been leveraging D3O for body protection.
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He was initially the operations officer and senior adviser to the Republic of Vietnam's Special Forces.
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In all, there appear to be some 25,000 Iraqi army and special-forces troops in place.
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As they drank they heard Chinook helicopters clatter overhead carrying special forces west for the fight.
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Special Forces Master Sgt.
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I think it's because we mentally prepare people all the way up through special forces selection.
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The special forces are conducting interviews and will run through tactical maneuvers in the paintball centre.
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Airplanes, guns, special forces, and soldiers were diverted from fighting a war to look for Bergdahl.
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U.S. special forces were accompanying the SDF forces that came under attack, officials in Washington said.
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Special forces head Wanis Boukhamada is a popular figure and Werfalli himself has a loyal following.
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Support is also being provided by detached coalition special forces and advisers and trainers further back.
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She only wanted to work with high profile amputees: special-forces soldiers or West Point officers.
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A US Army Special Forces soldier was killed fighting the terror group there earlier this month.
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They even have a private army called Dámaso's Special Forces, with their own insignia and uniforms.
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There was an hours-long gunfight between the attackers and members of the Afghan special forces.
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A US Army Special Forces soldier was killed fighting the terrorist group there in early April.
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Half a year later, Abu Sayyaf was killed during a U.S. Special Forces raid in Syria.
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You use air power directed -- and you have embedded special forces to (direct) the air power.
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Perez, the special forces pilot, is also an actor and keeps a very active Instagram page.
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The number of troops from other groups such as special forces are almost always kept secret.
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Guillaume Beaurpere, who commanded the U.S. Army's First Special Forces Group unit to which Mantenuto belonged.
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A US Army Special Forces soldier was killed fighting the terror group there in early April.
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He was shot dead in May 2011 in Pakistan in an operation by U.S. special forces.
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It could also complicate the Pentagon's ability to resupply and aid U.S. special forces inside Syria.
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Western special forces—the French, in particular—are also thought to be active in the east.
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James Linder, who heads US and NATO special forces in Afghanistan, said in a written statement.
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Among the more recent negative developments, six U.S. airmen and a Special Forces soldier were killed.
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The others held out against Afghan special forces that had responded to the attack, he said.
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The gunman on the second floor lobbed grenades at Special Forces troops for two more hours.
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In 2006, a Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) from my company was deployed to Afghanistan.
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After leaving mandatory military service, where he served in the special forces, Moon became a lawyer.
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U.S., French and British special forces are also in the country, officials and media have said.
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Sheehan said the U.S. should not have had special forces in Niger in the first place.
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America has a global military base network, high-tech special forces, drones and cutting-edge satellites.
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Joint training with Team Kadena is only one aspect of the Special Forces detachment's readiness plan.
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Half a dozen armies, including a contingent of American Special Forces, are already operating inside Somalia.
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They were assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado.
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Kadir, they determined, was planning to engage the Iranian military and special forces in his plot.
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After Russian special forces infiltrated Ukraine, neutral countries like Finland and Sweden began considering NATO membership.
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Officials, however, warn that the Special Forces are overused and exhausted, increasingly deployed for long periods.
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He was enraged — at political leaders in Washington, diplomats in Baghdad, special forces commanders in Tampa.
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He was a good skier and enlisted in the Kompani Linge, the Norwegian-exile special forces.
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The special forces operative, as far as perception goes, is not dispatched to frontline war zones.
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This month, American Special Forces in eastern Afghanistan were still fighting, with no end in sight.
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Captain Perozeni was the leader of Team 33, Alpha Company, Second Battalion, Third Special Forces Group.
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You use air power directed -- and you have embedded special forces to direction the air power.
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Three members of the special forces, two police officers and 224 civilians were among those killed.
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He enlisted in the Army in October 2009 and served as a Special Forces medical sergeant.
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Last summer, he was an Iraqi Special Forces sniper in western Mosul, battling Islamic State fighters.
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In October 2017, most notably, four US Special Forces members died in an ambush in Niger.
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Special Forces officers described another recent operation with Kurds that underscored the tenacity of the group.
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A significant portion of the fourteen thousand U.S. personnel currently deployed in Afghanistan are Special Forces.
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Kurdish troops in Syria fought beside American special forces and air power to crush IS's "caliphate".
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Oliver said intelligence sharing, nuclear weapons and special forces are pillars of the special relationship today.
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Embedded in the column was a unit of American Special Forces, in a cluster of MRAPs.
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Sopko said the Afghan air force and Afghan special forces have "improved dramatically" with US assistance.
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Two months ago, he suddenly withdrew U.S. special forces in Northern Syria who were fighting ISIS.
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Iraqi special forces charged with protecting the embassy were relatively few in number, about 30 men.
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During nearly four decades on active duty, he joined Special Forces before returning to the infantry.
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Nespoli, a rugged former special-forces operator from Milan, raised his heavy eyebrows in polite skepticism.
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The 19th and 20th Special Forces Group make up the Army National Guard's special operations units.
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Mr. Taylor, a former member of an Army Special Forces team, works as a security consultant.
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Several members of the Special Forces who have not been accused of wrongdoing have defended him.
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General Saadi said the special forces were unaware that the houses' basements were filled with civilians.
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"The Syrian army did not and does not want interference from U.S. special forces," Erdogan said.
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The Sacred Band of Thebes was an ancient special forces unit composed of 2628 male couples.
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I'd keep our special forces in Syria, though, but not because we've yet to defeat ISIS.
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Such screening is routine for the smaller Afghan commando force that works with Army Special Forces.
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La David Johnson was one of four U.S. Army special forces soldiers killed during an Oct.
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US Special Forces are reported to have taken part in fighting in Helmand in recent weeks.
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" An MoD spokesperson said: "The MoD does not comment on special forces operations, or intelligence matters.
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Russian warplanes and special forces are backing Syrian army and allied militias as they advance on ISIS-held Deir ez-Zour from the south, while the U.S.-backed SDF, with the support of American special forces, is closing in on the terrorist group from the northwest.
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The Russian Defence Ministry said the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had taken up positions on the eastern banks of the Euphrates with U.S. special forces, and twice had opened fire with mortars and artillery on Syrian troops who were working alongside Russian special forces.
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Special forces units from the Afghan police's 444 division emerged and fired warning shots at the vehicles.
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I think we have to be more discriminatory in how we use our tier one special forces.
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Even these big Special Forces dudes were coming and like, 'Hey, what are you doing over there?
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His supporters had repulsed the first raid in clashes with state security special forces a day earlier.
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He was a Special Forces sergeant stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington at the time of his death.
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We haven't had our family murdered, we haven't been Special Forces soldiers, we haven't been through that.
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Its presence in Syria also includes dozens of special forces, military advisers and some foreign office personnel.
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Official American involvement in Raqqa was limited to airstrikes and small teams of elite special forces troops.
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Air strikes called in to protect U.S. and Afghan special forces conducting the operation caused heavy casualties.
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After almost two hours, a relief force of 10 more Special Forces soldiers reached them from Kunduz.
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NATO air power combined with American-trained Afghan special forces pack "an offensive punch", says General Nicholson.
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Second, using US Special Forces as trainers and advisers, they operated "by, with and through" local forces.
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They need Ankara's blessing for resupply lines to their special forces and allied rebels all over Syria.
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Three American special-forces troops were killed and two injured in Niger when they came under fire.
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A Russian special forces soldier calling in coordinates for air strikes was reportedly killed near the city.
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Both legislators were among MPs forcefully ejected from the parliament chamber last week by Uganda's special forces.
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Her father was interned during the Troubles, and a cousin was shot dead by Britain's special forces.
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Several hundred U.S. special forces soldiers have been supporting SDF operations against Islamic State in northern Syria.
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Mexican authorities were closing in on him for at least 24 hours before special forces moved in.
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The attack ended with an hours-long gunfight between attackers and members of the Afghan special forces.
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Bin Laden was killed in a raid by U.S. special forces in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad.
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U.S., French and British special forces also are present in the country, officials and media have said.
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It has seized vast territory from the jihadists with the help of U.S. warplanes and special forces.
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U.S., French and British special forces are also present in the country, officials and media have said.
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Special forces from the UK, France and other NATO countries are probably also operating in the country.
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And it turns out there's enormous opportunity both for delivering troops and special forces into denied areas.
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In northern Iraq, where they work with Kurdish forces, two American Special Forces soldiers have been killed.
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The attack took place at Kandahar Air Field, inside an Afghan Special Forces compound, Afghan officials said.
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Former British intelligence and special forces officers are often trusted advisers to the leadership of the Emirates.
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Two suspects are in custody and Ukrainian authorities say they've established a link to Russian special forces.
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The operation, led by U.S. and Afghan Special Forces, is almost complete, officials told the news outlet.
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Ross and Emond were assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Saleh's supporters are led by his nephew Tareq Moahmmed Saleh, the former head of Yemen's special forces.
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It feels as though they've been enrolled in an academic army, a sort of special forces unit.
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Melgar was a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant, according to a statement from the US Army Special Command.
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Abu Sayyaf was killed in the 2015 special forces raid during which his wife was taken captive.
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How long would it take Recce, a Kenyan special forces team, to get to them, they wondered.
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Matt Lanter is stuck playing the least interesting of the trio, the special-forces action hero, Wyatt.
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He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
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The United States has Special Forces on the ground in the area, according to the US official.
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The Army Special Forces team, assisting the Nigerien forces, initially left Camp Ouallam in Niger on Oct.
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Marae al-Houti, an LNA special forces commander, blamed "terrorists defeated in battle, using this wicked method".
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The fact of the matter is, we absolutely have to be — and not just with special forces.
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There are roughly 2,85033 U.S. Special Forces in Syria, but they are focused on ISIS, not Iran.
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This can be a useful trait if you're a soldier, a surgeon, or in the special forces.
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Cameroon's special forces also freed about 100 people held by the militants there, including Cameroonians and Nigerians.
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Gary Rose, was part of the secret Studies and Observations Group, an elite division of Special Forces.
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Soleimani's brother Qassem Soleimani leads Iran's Quds Force, the elite special forces arm of the Revolutionary Guards.
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US Special Forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Barisha, northwestern Syria, ten days ago.
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Special Forces were the tip of the spear when the United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001.
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Edwin J. Deedrick Jr., the commanding officer of the First Special Forces Command, who administered the letters.
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Bradley Moses, the head of 3rd Special Forces Group in Germany, was informed of the two missions.
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The clear, uncomplicated storied preferred by video games are echoed by special forces units and operations themselves.
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The United States-led coalition supports the SDF with air strikes and special forces on the ground.
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He helped train a special forces unit in mindfulness (the precise military branch and location are confidential).
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Three members of the Afghan special forces, two police officers and 13 civilians were among those killed.
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But those Kurdish militias are allied with American Special Forces, which said they would resist any attack.
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He was serving in Africa with an Army Special Forces unit; he was not a Green Beret.
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While yes, there is an element of counterterrorism operations, it's largely airstrikes supporting the Afghan special forces.
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He told his new recruits that they were the Special Forces, a strike force for dangerous missions.
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Members of this unit carry stun grenades and receive Special Forces-like training, such as sniper certification.
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"A stain on the American conscience": Special Forces officers say they feel "ashamed" about abandoning Kurdish allies.
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The efforts involved several ground operations by Afghan soldiers and commandos advised by American military special forces.
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Entrances are patrolled by members of the feared national police, or, even worse, FAES special forces units.
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NBC's "The Brave" involves a different special-forces outfit, but it's the same in all but name.
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It also hosts Joint Interagency Task Force South and the US Army Special Forces Underwater Training School.
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An American Special Forces soldier was killed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, according to Defense Department officials.
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De Alencar said she relied on "my Special Forces family" both before and after her husband's death.
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It profiles Jenna, whose boyfriend, a U.S. Special Forces soldier, was killed in an ambush in Niger.
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I am one of the family members of the Special Forces, and I worked against the Taliban.
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He said U.S. special forces had been conducting operations with Afghan forces around Ghazni city since Monday.
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The latter came in the form of special forces instructors, not actual British troops on the ground.
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Paris also has special forces operating in both countries and has provided weapons to Syrian rebel groups.
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While bin Laden was in Tora Bora, a detachment of US Special Forces was deployed near Kandahar.
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Griffin was assigned to 2628rd Battalion, 28500st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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Griffin was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 85033st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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A smaller number of special forces conduct counterterrorism operations against groups such as al Qaeda and ISIS.
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The United States-led coalition supported the SDF with air strikes and special forces on the ground.
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For them to succeed in Special Forces, they will need to be mentally, physically and emotionally capable.
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Sayed Mohammed Roshandil, the commander of the Afghan police's special forces unit that responded to the attack.
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He spent years in the police special forces before he was made the security chief of Ghazni.
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Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces who raided his compound in Pakistan in 2011.
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A Military Personnel Message released Monday by Army Human Resources Command says the Army is offering Special Forces Warrant Officers lump sum accession bonuses of $20,000 for six years of service, and lump sum retention bonuses of $100,000 for another five years of service, to Special Forces Warrant Officers.
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However, I'd found that nowhere did it say it was a male-only course, so I tracked down the office at the Pentagon in charge of Special Forces training, and I told them I was filling a spot that required knowledge of Special Forces, which I needed training for.
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" On special forces in Egypt near the Libya border he added, "we also have no information about that.
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He re-enlisted in the Australian army in 2010, joining the special forces, second commando regiment, in 2012.
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Le Monde said specialist bloggers had reported sightings of French special forces in eastern Libya since mid-February.
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The mission combined US Navy SEALs with significant air support, as well as support from UAE special forces.
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Several members of a police special forces group called FAES were stationed inside the hospital, according to witnesses.
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Die Welt said police special forces stormed a hangar at Berlin's defunct Tempelhof airport at around 4 a.m.
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Sending Americans as infantry among foreign populations squanders America's advantages in air power, intelligence-gathering and special forces.
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The video shows the car and crew, accompanied by an Iraqi Special Forces convoy, laying down some rubber.
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This, despite the U.S. lending Special Forces advisers for the hunt and offering up a $5 million reward.
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Here's Lupita Nyong'o as Nakia, member of the all-female special forces team known as the Dora Milaje.
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Details: Harris praised the role of U.S. special forces in the Syria mission and the American intelligence community.
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American and Chinese special forces might rush into North Korea to secure the regime's nuclear weapons, and clash.
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At the start of the ceremony, Trump highlighted the special forces who carried out the al-Baghdadi raid.
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RELATED: What US Special Forces are doing on the ground in Syria and Iraq In contrast, then-Sen.
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US Special Forces are instructing the Syrian volunteers in how to be infantrymen and use rifles and compasses.
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James G. "Ryan" Sartor, 40, was from Teague, Texas, and was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group.
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Special forces from a number of countries already operate in Syria, including the United States, Russia and Iran.
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"According to Poroskov, Russian special forces in Chechnya employed these parapsychological techniques, which he elsewhere compared to "superpowers.
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A US Army Special Forces soldier was killed during a mission against the ISIS affiliate earlier this month.
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He said he admired the military, grew up with guns and wanted eventually to join the Special Forces.
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Because the SDF are backed by U.S. Special Forces, the risk of a U.S.–Turkish confrontation is real.
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The US Army Special Forces soldiers were shot at the King Faisal Air Base in Jordan last November.
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This week American special forces in the Nad Ali district came under heavy fire; one man was killed.
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De Alencar was assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
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Special forces police, commandos, the coast guard and the navy were all involved, Cicek said in a statement.
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All you need to know about Deadpool's origins is that Wade Wilson was formerly U.S. Army Special Forces.
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Chaim followed special forces as they moved through the city's narrow, winding streets, searching for signs of ISIS.
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Rijke was freed in April 2015 by French special forces, the French Defense Ministry said at the time.
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"These special forces, they have to go," Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said during a speech, according to Reuters.
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That means that Special Forces embed with local forces and work with them to achieve their common goals.
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And that means a large role for US Special Forces, whose specialty is working with those local forces.
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On Saturday, Russian forces hit the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) while U.S. special forces were nearby.
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Turkey's offensive into Syria began on Wednesday, supporting its rebel allies with Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes.
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As panic spread across northern Afghanistan, the Special Forces were tapped to help save Afghanistan's fifth-largest city.
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The fight has taken its toll of dead and wounded on Iraqi soldiers, special forces and police units.
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It's a marked change from February last year, when I walked through the city with US special forces.
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Heavily armed special forces were sent in but failed to find the suspect and called off the alert.
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Police managed to track down the suspect and he was arrested early Wednesday by Austria's Cobra special forces.
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Three members of the U.S. Army Special Forces were killed on Wednesday in Niger, according to multiple reports.
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In January, James Bourie, the former Special Forces officer, left the Nisos Group to start another firm, BlueLight.
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Authorities gave them an update on what part of the complex the police and special forces were in.
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There were no Russian special forces disguised as "little green men" to enforce the March 16, 2014, annexation.
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The SDF in Syria are backed by U.S. air strikes and a small contingent of American special forces.
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Over the next several decades Milley was an active-duty soldier, serving as Special Forces at one point.
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But, he says before emptying his mounted machine gun into the desert, he does like US Special Forces.
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Another officer was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with special forces later, Mr. Van Der Sijpt said.
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A woman in this get-up would be like a Special Forces commando in an alternate, ultrafeminine universe.
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Sartor was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado, the DOD said.
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French government spokesman Stephane Le Foll also confirmed French special forces were operating in Libya against Islamist fighters.
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The militias' supporters denied reports that American or British special forces had joined the final push into Surt.
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Thompson, 28, was assigned to 85033rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
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Last year, insider attacks against Special Forces troops in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province killed three and wounded seven.
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"Our officers effectively engaged them and with quick reinforcement from special forces, the attackers were repulsed," police said.
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With U.S.-led jets and special forces, the SDF has been battling in Deir al-Zor bordering Iraq.
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CNN's Turkish station reported on Friday that the US special forces "supported" a Turkish operation in al-Rai.
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Seven soldiers, two special forces police officers and a commander of a militia battalion were among those killed.
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We might succeed in training the rare history teacher or rabbi to shoot like a special forces operative.
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Edwin J. Deedrick Jr., the commanding officer of the First Special Forces Command, administered five of the letters.
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Brad Moses, the commanding officer of Third Special Forces Group and Colonel Painter's direct superior, received no punishment.
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Qayum Nuristani, a spokesman for the Afghan special forces, said that the operation was in northern Kunduz Province.
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When a foreign special forces team arrives to intervene, you sabotage their supplies and force them to retreat.
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Heavy gunfire could be heard after the initial attack, and police special forces units arrived on the scene.
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By dusk that day, the work of the Afghan commandos and their American Special Forces partners was over.
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The air power component is there but U.S. Special Forces are still doing too much fighting and dying.
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Esper also said officials need to sort out reports that Turkish forces attacked U.S. Special Forces in Syria.
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The Special Forces were composed then of mountain tribal mercenaries led by experienced and canny Army noncommissioned officers.
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A Times photographer embedded with an Iraqi special forces unit as they made their way through the city.
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Afghan Special Forces, accompanied by U.S. advisers, came under intense fire during an attempt to arrest Taliban commanders.
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Founded by a former Special Forces agent, the company's viral marketing videos feature more explosives than coffee cups.
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"The North describes them as a threat, but they're not a threat," said retired Army Special Forces Col.
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And the French have just reinforced us in Syria with special forces, here, in the last two weeks.
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Then I was picked by the head of the Fifth Special Forces Group to be his intelligence officer.
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"Officers manning the mast and the base together with special forces were able to repulse them," police said.
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Nicholson also urged the Taliban to pursue diplomacy and said that Afghan commandos and special forces were strong.
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Matthew Golsteyn's request for reinstatement of the Special Forces Tab and the approval of the Distinguished Service Cross.
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He has come to view his office as akin to a special forces unit within the federal bureaucracy.
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John F. Kennedy expanded the Army Special Forces from 2,000 to 10,500 soldiers and founded the Navy SEALs.
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In Chad in March, American Special Forces were conducting training exercises with service members from 20 African countries.
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Mr. Yanukovych fled Kiev, and Russia's president, Vladimir V. Putin, sent special forces to bring him to Russia.
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This man was brought to a special forces outpost in Mosul Jidideh after being hit in the leg.
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"At first I thought the North Korean special forces are here to take over this island," Yang says.
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The North could send tanks and troops across the border and drop special forces into the South's ports.
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Jones's analysis is based on documents captured by American special forces near Deir ez-Zor in May 2015.
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Our Special Forces team cared only that we could carry our weight, keep up and help the mission.
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After graduating in 1959, he served in combat in Vietnam as a Ranger with the Army Special Forces.
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VICE News gained exclusive access to embed with the Philippines special forces as they battle ISIS in Marawi.
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Army officials said at least 400 new troops have been sent to the Lashkar Gah, including special forces.
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A Canadian special forces sniper just abolished a world record for the longest-ever successful shot on record.
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They described the metal detectors, guard dogs, private security companies, and special forces that now occupied their campuses.
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Hungarian special forces spokesman Nandor Jasenszky said divers had fixed the straps and made all the necessary checks.
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"There is a discussion with regard to a ground force contingent, or a special forces contingent, to operate in Syria by this international U.S.-led coalition against ISIS and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed its readiness to provide special forces to such operations should they occur," he said.
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"We put the special forces to go up against this wall and they can't defeat this wall and if the special forces can't defeat the wall the criminal cartels are not going to defeat the wall either," National Border Control president Brandon Judd said during a Fox News segment in January.
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Special forces commanders and U.S. officers, who have been backing the army campaign, met in the town on Wednesday.
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Four days later, he sent his "little green men" — Russian special forces in unmarked uniforms — into the Crimean peninsula.
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The general also said additional resources were needed to develop the Afghan air force and grow Afghan special forces.
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Two days later, the Pentagon confirmed the death of a fourth member of the 12-man Special Forces detachment.
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A former special forces officer accused Mattis of being slow to launch a rescue mission in a 2011 book.
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"It turns out that there is enormous opportunity for delivering troops and special forces into denied areas," he said.
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One man who has been the focus of SSU investigations is Dmitry Utkin, a former Russian special forces officer.
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"Playing in a charity golf tournament raising money for our nation's Special Forces operators and their families," she wrote.
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American personnel nearby heard it, and a team of Afghan special forces found the body of a little girl.
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The Oklahoma native was an Echo in the Special Forces and was on his eighth deployment when he died.
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Last month, a raid by French special forces in the Malian desert illustrated how deep that quagmire is becoming.
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The reliance on special forces also has meant the elite troops are dying at rates higher than conventional forces.
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All soldiers involved in the ambush were members of the US Army Special Forces, known as the Green Berets.
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Federal prosecutors said special forces arrested the 19-year-old man Tuesday morning in the northeastern city of Schwerin.
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Clinton said they agreed with President Obama's plan of arming more Arab and Kurdish forces and providing special forces.
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And months later, four Special Forces soldiers were killed while providing "advice and assistance" to local forces in Niger.
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French media outlets recently published details on an experimental program within French special forces aimed at taking out drones.
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The idea behind the design is to say she's the highest-ranked Dora Milaje, the special forces of Wakanda.
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Mitchell informed Soufan that Al Qaeda fighters were specially trained in resistance techniques using stolen U.S. Special Forces manuals.
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The Pentagon said the three were members part of an Army Special Forces Group based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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American officials expressed worry that the Special Forces units may burn out after nearly two years of continuous combat.
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The Army is offering six-figure bonuses to Special Forces warrant officers to keep them from leaving the service.
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Abu al-Atheer said the U.S. special forces were now patrolling distances of up to 100 km from Tanf.
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Dogs also serve in special forces—the SEALs brought a dog with them on the Osama bin Laden raid.
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Additionally, Trudeau recently promised to increase the number of Canadian Special Forces trainers in Iraq to help defeat ISIS.
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The man killed by a special forces sniper was Mohamed Belkaid, an Algerian who used the name Samir Bouzid.
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A spokesman for the Special Forces Command said he could not comment beyond the statement from the police chief.
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Kenyan special forces used small charges to breach locked doors and gradually clear each floor, another security professional said.
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Outflanked and outgunned, even the army's Golden Division, a highly regarded American-trained special-forces unit, succumbed to panic.
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De Caro has worked for CNN as a reporter and previously served in a U.S. military special forces group.
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Russia has spent the last two years supporting the Assad regime with airstrikes and special forces on the ground.
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We will continue to use Special Forces, and we have to because of the kinds of threats we face.
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Intelligence also suggests that ISIS has developed a command structure to plan and coordinate "special forces style" operations abroad.
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In July, Afghan commandos with embedded US Special Forces attacked ISIS in Nangarhar province, killing 15% of their forces.
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The man killed by a special forces sniper was Mohamed Belkaid, an Algerian who used the name Samir Bouzid.
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Afghan officials said a number of special forces had been deployed to the border to counter any Pakistani raids.
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It stars Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, and more as former special forces operatives planning a heist in South America.
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US Army Special Forces, including the Green Berets and Delta Force, are some of the best in the world.
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America leads the air campaign against IS and is sending more special forces; Russian forces prop up Mr Assad.
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With air strikes and special forces from the U.S.-led coalition, they had been encircling the city since November.
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Its workers, the special forces of mosquito control, wield sprayers loaded with pesticide, mostly on behalf of local governments.
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The guy who tested us gave me a tip he learned from Special Forces guys, who also have beards.
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Purja, who arrived in Kathmandu wearing a black baseball cap, previously worked with Britain's special forces and Royal Marines.
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Freitas is a former Army Special Forces sergeant who served in Iraq, and he has the backing of Sens.
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Its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed last month in Syria in a raid by U.S. special forces.
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In Somalia, Special Forces troops are training Somali and other African troops to combat the militants of the Shabab.
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With Ukraine in chaos, Russia deployed a small number of special forces out of uniform to the Crimean Peninsula.
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"The attack is finished," said Sayed Basir, a member of the special forces unit that dealt with the incident.
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Jimmy Moriarty, an American Special Forces soldier on a training mission in Jordan, called his sister to check in.
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Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces who raided his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011.
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Special forces end the siege, but use a poison gas in the process which kills many of the hostages.
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Here he is riding his motorcycle to a parade honoring the Devil's Brigade, the first American Special Forces unit.
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"The special forces, they have to go," Duterte said in September last year, just months after he assumed office.
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"The Government Protection Bureau is expected to predict such situations," said Roman Polko, former head of Polish special forces.
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The special forces have become a key unit aligned with Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who controls eastern Libya.
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She worked in the library and foreign language lab for the U.S. Army's 10th Special Forces Group upon graduation.
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US defense officials said Monday that fighting broke out when special forces tried to capture a wanted ISIS militant.
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By day, Ben teaches and trains the children, racing them through the woods like Olympians or Special Forces soldiers.
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In May, Werfalli announced his resignation from the Special Forces, but this was rejected by the unit's top commander.
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Simmons said she passed Cuba information about the location of U.S. Special Forces in El Salvador in the 1980s.
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One day while Guaidó was away, he said, special-forces agents had showed up and intimidated Fabiana and Miranda.
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Hours after Tuesday's protest, police special forces raided a hotel where opposition lawmakers were meeting, detaining three of them.
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In June, Ukrainian special forces snatched him from his home in separatist-controlled territory and brought him to Kiev.
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Hundreds of security personnel, including special forces, were deployed to Kandy on Monday and a curfew was declared there.
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Mr. Hunter, a former United States Army sergeant with Special Forces training, was among the first to be caught.
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Below are the members of Third Special Forces Group and Special Operations Command-Africa who were punished and why.
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Where the fuck, I thought wryly as I looked on, is a Special Forces solider when you need him?
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He entered the Special Forces after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1977.
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They were captured off the coast of India after an operation by special forces and taken back to Dubai.
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From exile in Russia, Yanukovich has denied Ukrainians' widespread belief that he ordered his special forces to open fire.
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American Special Forces teams worked with local militias, scouring the districts for remnants of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
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One of those, Bal Chiragh in western Faryab Province, was recaptured by Afghan Special Forces on Wednesday, officials said.
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"There has been an attack, our special forces are dealing with it," Mr. Ghani said at a news conference.
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Sergeant Rodriguez had completed 10 tours in Afghanistan, first as an Army Ranger and later with the Special Forces.
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U.S. Special Forces officers told our reporters they felt ashamed to abandon allies, while Kurdish fighters described feeling betrayed.
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American special forces moved first to get the two British detainees, El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey, on Oct.
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Alan Van Saun served 15 years in the Army on active duty, in both the infantry and Special Forces.
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The story casts you as Richard Marks, a former Special Forces soldier and member of a powerful London family.
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Field officers, special forces and troop commanders man the front and rally the troops - the language is no accident.
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Hikmat told me that his higher prices were the result of the extra flexibility he gave the Special Forces.
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But 12 of them were elite trainers and commandos serving with the Army Special Forces or the Navy SEALs.
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Kate Wilder passed the Army Special Forces Officer Course, but her superiors wouldn't let her graduate with her peers.
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In September, it also targeted a base where U.S. special forces train Somali commandos, though no one was killed.
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These organizations, funded by the industry, serve as rapid-response, special forces that can be called upon if needed.
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Indonesian commandos have conducted training at a special forces base in Perth for several years, according to news reports.
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Over time, it could be reduced to just special forces in an advisory role, as is happening in Iraq.
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Before leaving Walter Reed, Trump met with the family of a special forces soldier injured in Afghanistan, Grisham said.
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Western diplomats have said Russian special forces are also active in Syria; Russian authorities have been coy on that.
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Mattis has come in for criticism for not immediately responding to the calls for help from the Special Forces.
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Special forces end the siege, but use a poison gas in the process which kills many of the hostages.
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Clearly, the response to terrorism can no longer be left only in the hands of police and Special Forces.
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Afghanistan's TOLO news channel published footage showing dozens of what it said were Afghan special forces at the scene.
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After one car bomb disabled two Iraqi special forces vehicles, ISIS snipers hidden nearby began shooting at the soldiers.
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According to McClatchy, when the Russians invaded Georgia in 2008, Shishani put his special forces training to good use.
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But an army special forces unit was dispatched with armored vehicles to protect sensitive sites, two security officials said.
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And the local Arab Deir Ezzor Military Council — backed by U.S. and French special forces — are leading the battle.
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A member of the elite British special forces team, Cammy would frequently team up with Chun-Li on investigations.
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Also, in paratrooping, special forces come down wearing big, thick, rubber-soled boots that they remove when they land.
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It also has special forces units that fought in many post-World War Two conflicts including Afghanistan and Chechnya.
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The Niger ambush last October, in which four Army special forces were killed, repeatedly came up during the hearing.
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Saudi Arabia decided to entrust ground operations inside Yemen to local fighters backed by Gulf Special Forces and air strikes.
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In April, President Barack Obama announced he would send more special forces troops to Syria and additional soldiers to Iraq.
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In other cities retaken from Islamic State, local police forces have moved in after the special forces have cleared territory.
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Outrage Lam said he'd been taken by "special forces" as he crossed the Lo Wu border checkpoint on October 24.
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PODCAST: ILLINOIS BASEBALL TO GREEN BERET – HOW THIS SNIPER APPLIES SPECIAL FORCES SKILLS TO COACHING BASEBALL How does it work?
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Special forces police launched the operation at the house in the Meram district of the city at 5:15 a.m.
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THIS SPECIAL FORCES SHARPSHOOTER REVEALS HIDDEN DANGERS IN BACKYARDS AND WAR ZONES How could the orange goo protect U.S. police?
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As US Navy SEALs and special forces from the UAE approached the al Qaeda compound in Yemen, they were detected.
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He added that the government has not ruled out calling for help from French special forces stationed in the country.
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The attack targeted a gathering of the special forces unit of the LNA, said Fadel al-Hassi, another LNA commander.
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Long was a member of a special forces internet forum where he wrote sporadically about his experience in the military.
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One member of a police special forces unit was killed, as were two Taliban fighters, according to local authorities. Feb.
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Trump said that al-Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest after being cornered in a tunnel by U.S. Special Forces troops.
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U.S. Army Special Forces members killed in Niger (from left): Jeremiah Johnson, Bryan Black, Dustin Wright and La David Johnson.
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The story starts with a special-forces soldier encountering a hostile, ghostlike figure in the ruins of a Moldovan city.
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In the real world's 1917, special forces of female fighters formed to inspire the male soldiers fighting out of Russia.
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Washington has so far ruled out sending its own ground troops into Syria, apart from small numbers of special forces.
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A Libyan official told us that about a dozen American Special Forces were working out of a nearby military base.
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The president then recounted the night that U.S. Special Forces carried out the mission that led to Al-Baghdadi's life.
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With the support of more American special forces, Mr Abadi has launched a second phase, taking the city's industrial zone.
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Mohannad Tala worked with US special forces in a parcel of territory near the border with Jordan in southwestern Syria.
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It is said to have deployed special forces to an air base in western Egypt, near the border with Libya.
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In 2017, US special forces have served in 143 countries, or nearly three quarters of the nations in the world.
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There is also support from detachments of coalition special forces on the ground and from advisers and trainers further back.
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French special forces are on the ground in Yemen with the UAE forces, French newspaper Le Figaro reported on Saturday.
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Although some questions remain, Hank Black said one thing is clear: The Special Forces team performed amazingly against tremendous odds.
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Later, when a special forces Sergeant, David Lee, protested his decision, Mattis threw him out of his office, Blehm wrote.
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French special forces in conjunction with Britain and the United States had been advising the LNA during the Benghazi campaign.
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"Our special forces investigate the identities of the men in case there are terrorists who infiltrate with civilians," said Bali.
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It turns out his tragedy has deeper roots, dating back to his time as a Special Forces operative in Afghanistan.
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US Special Forces are also advising what the American military terms the "vetted Syrian opposition," numbering more than 1,000 fighters.
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The fighting in the chamber pitted legislators opposed to extending Museveni's rule against special forces and legislators favoring the extension.
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One reason for the increase in special forces is that they will be needed to spot targets from forward positions.
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A Mexican marine Special Forces sniper trained his rifle on the fugitive drug lord, but was told to stand down.
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The soldiers are part of the Army's 10th Special Forces Group out of Fort Carson, a U.S. military official said.
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Last month, US Special Forces captured another man, Mustafa al-Imam, who is also suspected of involvement in the attacks.
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Washington (CNN)Women hoping to join U.S. Special Forces will face a temporary delay, Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook announced Tuesday.
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He joined the active duty Army in 2008, and later went through Special Forces training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Covert raids by special forces in North Korea would be too risky and expose US troops to capture, experts said.
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A regional diplomatic source told Reuters on Thursday that Paris was preparing to pull out its several hundred special forces.
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Soldiers from Danab, a Somali special forces contingent trained by the United States, were also deployed to secure the Parliament.
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Reuters reported it could not independently verify any presence of Russian special forces and drones or military aircraft in Egypt.
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In recent weeks, Saudi police stepped up operations in Musawara and dispatched commandos, the Saudi Special Forces, to the area.
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Russia has spent the last two years supporting the Assad regime militarily -- with airstrikes and special forces on the ground.
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As well as the ANA soldiers, special forces commander Rohid had 7 men and 224 Commandos bolstering the regular army.
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Another U.S. official said there were only a "handful" of special forces in the Mindanao acting in limited liaison roles.
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A Belarus Interior Ministry special forces soldier demonstrates his ability to sustain a blow during a competition outside Minsk, Belarus.
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The fight to retake Mosul started in October, and within weeks, Iraqi special forces entered city limits from the east.
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Four US Special Forces members died during a secretive assignment in Niger that some members of Congress didn't know about.
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It is the first time since 2016 that France has publicly acknowledged it still has special forces deployed in Libya.
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In the meantime, America has launched limited air strikes against IS positions, while France and Britain have deployed special forces.
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Liberal commentators speculated the withdrawal contributed to October the attack on U.S. special forces in Niger that killed four soldiers.
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The US team that was brought in consisted of psychological operations, civil affairs and Special Forces soldiers, according to Maj.
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Beale was assigned to 1st Battalion, 21625rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C., and was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
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Three members of the French special forces died in Libya when their helicopter was shot down by an Islamist militia.
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The founders of NMITE say they will work with a nearby special-forces regiment and GCHQ, Britain's signal-intelligence agency.
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Baghdadi killed himself last month when cornered in a tunnel during a raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria.
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But, as in northern Syria, there are also Special Forces soldiers in Iraq, carrying out raids on Islamic State targets.
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France normally has up to 200 special forces troops in the country as part of a regional anti-militant operation.
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Duterte has said he will order the pullout of the remaining U.S. special forces stationed in the Philippines' restive south.
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A former apprentice lathe operator, he commanded the so-called self-defense units that helped Russian special forces seize Crimea.
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And it was largely the police special forces that defended the government over the weekend, confronting the renegade military factions.
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A helicopter conducted surveillance of the ship before 16 navy special forces soldiers were sent aboard to rescue the sailors.
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Beale was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C., and was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
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A requirement for most jobs in the United States special forces and oil rig work, for example, is swimming ability.
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Kenneth McKenzie and Special Forces Commander Lt. General Richard Clarke at the Centcom headquarters in Tampa, according to CBS News.
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In a meeting at Camp Morehead, an American special forces camp training Afghan commandos, the top Afghan Commando, Lt. Gen.
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France's defense minister said last week that there were special forces operating in Syria helping the SDF advance towards Manbij.
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The French ambassador confirmed on Twitter that an attack was "under way," while local police said special forces had responded.
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The helicopters will be used for search and rescue missions, maritime reconnaissance, special forces missions as well as transport needs.
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The Special Forces is an elite unit nominally under LNA control that joined the Benghazi campaign in its early stages.
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The US Special Forces operators who swooped in on al-Baghdadi's compound came from several US outposts in the region.
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The US will continually monitor and strike anti-US threats, by special forces raids or other measures if need be.
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Special forces engaged in "intensive fighting" against the attackers, Mr. Khogyani said, and rescued several people trapped inside the building.
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For the 3rd Special Forces Group, the past year has served as a reminder that Africa remains a dangerous assignment.
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Two other American troops, members of the 3rd Special Forces Group, were also wounded and a Nigerien soldier was killed.
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The ministry said the special forces unit did not come into contact with Djiboutians and they would return to Spain.
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And new details that emerged about the ambush of an Army Special Forces team in Niger only raised more questions.
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The special forces team that restored control was backed by a patrol vessel, two fast interceptor craft and a helicopter.
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Special forces quickly swarmed the scene, according to Afghan news outlet Tolo News, but struggled to contain the coordinated attack.
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Nine members of a special forces police unit were killed and three of their Humvees were destroyed in the ambush.
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Clinton has said she would send additional American special forces to help Arab and Kurdish forces already on the ground.
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Mathew Golsteyn, an Army Special Forces officer, was charged with the murder of a suspected Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan.
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Amadou Koundy, a Nigerien special forces officer who trained in Senegal and at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla.
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The defendant, a young man in a baseball cap, was escorted into the courtroom by five armed special forces agents.
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In less than two weeks in March 1988, for instance, British Special Forces operatives killed three I.R.A. members in Gibraltar.
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The force will hold areas where the Afghan Army and United States special forces have driven out Islamic State militants.
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It brought me back to a year earlier when I had accompanied Iraqi special forces entering the city under siege.
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"We are looking for the SEAL team of dogs," Mr. Thomas said, referring to the Navy's elite special forces unit.
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The army's Seventh Special Forces Group that the two sergeants belonged to had been in Afghanistan just a few weeks.
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"Nathan was a beloved member of 3rd Special Forces Group and an exceptional leader in the Special Operations community," Col.
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Two days later, he was at home while members of the police special forces searched for him outside, says Paredes.
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U.S. special forces carried out a secret raid against al-Baghdadi in northwest Syria over the last weekend in October.
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Heavily armed special forces -- British cops are typically unarmed -- surrounded the scrum, pulled the civilians away and then opened fire.
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The attackers had been in the kitchen, then moved to the fourth floor, an Afghan special forces commander told CNN.
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"We were researching a Cameroon special forces detention center, torture and death in custody occurred, for Amnesty International," he explained.
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National Guard units stay extremely busy and take part in deployment rotation just as active-duty Special Forces units do.
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Instead, 80 members of his Special Forces unit have promised to be on hand in her father's place, she said.
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Mitch Nelson ("Thor's" Chris Hemsworth) and his Special Forces team, codenamed Task Force Dagger, are quickly dropped in northern Afghanistan.
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Among those killed was a Jordanian general, Saad Maaytah, who was described as the head of the special forces unit.
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And the National Security Council's new senior director for counterterrorism, Christopher P. Costa, is a retired Special Forces intelligence officer.
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When they reached the special forces lines, males were ordered to lift their shirts to prove they weren't suicide bombers.
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