U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress

Feickert, Andrew ; Livingston, Thomas K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense policy;    Special forces (Military science);    Unconventional warfare;    Covert operations;    Military training;   

RP-ID  :  RS21048
RP-ID  :  RS21048_2010Dec03

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses Special Operations Forces (SOFs), which are elite military units with special training and equipment that can infiltrate hostile territory through land, sea, or air to conduct a variety of operations, many of them classified.