MANILA, Philippines – Philippine National Police Special Action Force as they clear a subway train station in Manila, Philippines June 21, 2021 during an annual exercise while Soldiers with 1st ...

Mission The mission of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command is to organize, train, educate, man, equip, fund, administer, mobilize, deploy and sustain Army special operations forces to conduct ...

The United States Army Special Forces have five primary missions: unconventional warfare (the original and most important mission of Special Forces), foreign internal defense, special ...

Ukrainian army SOF units include the 3rd and 8th SOF regiments, based in Kirovograd and Khmelnytskyi, respectively, and tasked with undertaking direct action and special reconnaissance missions as ...

Since the Kennedy era, special operations forces have helped partner countries increase their security capabilities, most often through training and education. The historical records of those efforts ...

Our motto in the Special Forces is “Courage and Determination.” We are known as the Silent Professionals. Our expertise lies in the shadows—in intelligence gathering, psychological ...

There are 1,242 names etched onto the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s memorial wall of special operation forces soldiers killed while serving their country. The fallen soldiers were ...

Special-operations forces have become the top option for policymakers because they're highly capable and can operate with a small footprint. China's current special-operations units are a ...

Unlike many of its brethren in the larger special operations forces community — which encompasses Army Special Forces as well as other special operations forces like Navy SEALS and Air Force Combat ...

Third Special Forces Group (Airborne) traces its lineage back to July 9, 1942, when Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment was activated for 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, First Special Service ...

Special operations forces are employed for high-risk missions where use of blunt conventional firepower is constrained by political or tactical factors, and where finesse and discretion are required.