Special forces

Special forces, or special operations forces are military units used to trained to perform unconventional (not ordinary), difficult, often high-risk missions.^[1] They are highly-trained and are the most valuable units in the world. Because of the hard training and the high risk, there are not many special forces units.^[2] Those elite units are often used to operate deep behind enemy lines.^[3] In a war they are also used for unconventional warfare.

1. ↑ "Chapter 4: Special Operation Forces in Annual Report to the President and the Congress (1998)". US Government. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
2. ↑ see Anglim, Simon: Special Forces - Strategic Asset.: Infinity Journal, 2/2011, p.16.
3. ↑ Gray, Colin S.: War, Peace and International Relations: An Introduction to Strategic History, London: Routledge 2007, S. 284.