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There is a clear distinction between Special Forces and special operations.Special forces are the elite soldiers who carry out the mission while special operations are missions that are of significant importance. '''Strong Opposition --[[User:Roaring Siren|Roaring Siren]] ([[User talk:Roaring Siren|talk]]) 10:47, 3 December 2008 (UTC)''' |
There is a clear distinction between Special Forces and special operations.Special forces are the elite soldiers who carry out the mission while special operations are missions that are of significant importance. '''Strong Opposition --[[User:Roaring Siren|Roaring Siren]] ([[User talk:Roaring Siren|talk]]) 10:47, 3 December 2008 (UTC)''' |
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Indeed there is a distinction between Special Forces and special operations. As a former member of Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (a Navy SEAL command), I have to point out that as far as the U.S. military is concerned, "Special Operations" denotes a particular military unit: the U.S. Army Special Forces (commonly referred to as "Green Berets"), where as "special operations" denotes military operations of an unconventional nature (such as direct action, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense and the like. Forces engaged in such mission are special operations forces (SOF). Commands within the U.S. military concerned with special operations are the [[Jsoc|Joint Special Operations Command]] and the [[United_States_Special_Operations_Command|U.S. Special Operations Command]], among others (it's worth noting that the articles associated with these commands use the term "special operations" in the technical sense I have described. The distinction between "special forces" and "special operations" might not be one that makes a lot of sense to the layman, but I can assure you that there is a discrete between these two terms. The trouble is in their application to U.S. forces. Calling the SEAL Teams a "special forces" unit is inaccurate. Given the international usage of the term, it might work, but at best that would muddy the water when talking about U.S. SOF forces. ""Opposition."" ---- |
Indeed there is a distinction between Special Forces and special operations. As a former member of Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (a Navy SEAL command), I have to point out that as far as the U.S. military is concerned, "Special Operations" denotes a particular military unit: the U.S. Army Special Forces (commonly referred to as "Green Berets"), where as "special operations" denotes military operations of an unconventional nature (such as direct action, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense and the like. Forces engaged in such mission are special operations forces (SOF). Commands within the U.S. military concerned with special operations are the [[Jsoc|Joint Special Operations Command]] and the [[United_States_Special_Operations_Command|U.S. Special Operations Command]], among others (it's worth noting that the articles associated with these commands use the term "special operations" in the technical sense I have described. The distinction between "special forces" and "special operations" might not be one that makes a lot of sense to the layman, but I can assure you that there is a discrete between these two terms. The trouble is in their application to U.S. forces. Calling the SEAL Teams a "special forces" unit is inaccurate. Given the international usage of the term, it might work, but at best that would muddy the water when talking about U.S. SOF forces. ""Opposition."" [(Causal01|Causal)]. 04:00, 03 Mar 2009 (UTC). <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Causal01|Causal01]] ([[User talk:Causal01|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Causal01|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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Merger proposal
Special operations is just another name for special forces. I see no difference at all. I don't do this often, so I don't know if this appropriate but: Strong support. Bsimmons666 (talk) 17:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
There is a clear distinction between Special Forces and special operations.Special forces are the elite soldiers who carry out the mission while special operations are missions that are of significant importance. Strong Opposition --Roaring Siren (talk) 10:47, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Indeed there is a distinction between Special Forces and special operations. As a former member of Naval Special Warfare Group ONE (a Navy SEAL command), I have to point out that as far as the U.S. military is concerned, "Special Operations" denotes a particular military unit: the U.S. Army Special Forces (commonly referred to as "Green Berets"), where as "special operations" denotes military operations of an unconventional nature (such as direct action, special reconnaissance, foreign internal defense and the like. Forces engaged in such mission are special operations forces (SOF). Commands within the U.S. military concerned with special operations are the Joint Special Operations Command and the U.S. Special Operations Command, among others (it's worth noting that the articles associated with these commands use the term "special operations" in the technical sense I have described. The distinction between "special forces" and "special operations" might not be one that makes a lot of sense to the layman, but I can assure you that there is a discrete between these two terms. The trouble is in their application to U.S. forces. Calling the SEAL Teams a "special forces" unit is inaccurate. Given the international usage of the term, it might work, but at best that would muddy the water when talking about U.S. SOF forces. ""Opposition."" [(Causal01|Causal)]. 04:00, 03 Mar 2009 (UTC). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Causal01 (talk • contribs)