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

[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.

[发布日期] 2010-12-03 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

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