Special Forces
plural noun
: a branch of the U.S. Army composed of soldiers specially trained in guerrilla warfare
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Hell’s Kitchen 9 p.m.: Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
Friday
8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
Most, Fox News Digital understands, were Special Forces troops, fighting the threat of Islamist terror in the Sahel region.
—Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 10 May 2024
Since then, she's competed on FOX’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, ending the show as one of two women who completed the course.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
And his Combat Infantryman Badge from Afghanistan was revoked from his service record in 2023 because Nehls served as a civil affairs officer, not as an infantryman or Special Forces soldier.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 2 May 2024
This was quite the pivot from collaborating with Coalition Forces over 3 deployments as a combat and trauma surgeon, earning a Combat Device while serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Mosul, Iraq in 2017.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
Based on the book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis, the story follows a covert organization formed in 1940 at the urging of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and aimed at secret missions to take down the Nazis.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
James Henderson, 33, a British volunteer, had been a Special Forces officer.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
However, before hitting the main stage, Chrisley competed in another popular Fox reality series: Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
Most, Fox News Digital understands, were Special Forces troops, fighting the threat of Islamist terror in the Sahel region.
—Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 10 May 2024
Since then, she's competed on FOX’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, ending the show as one of two women who completed the course.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
And his Combat Infantryman Badge from Afghanistan was revoked from his service record in 2023 because Nehls served as a civil affairs officer, not as an infantryman or Special Forces soldier.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 2 May 2024
This was quite the pivot from collaborating with Coalition Forces over 3 deployments as a combat and trauma surgeon, earning a Combat Device while serving with the U.S. Special Forces in Mosul, Iraq in 2017.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Apr. 2024
Based on the book Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII by Damien Lewis, the story follows a covert organization formed in 1940 at the urging of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and aimed at secret missions to take down the Nazis.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
James Henderson, 33, a British volunteer, had been a Special Forces officer.
—Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
However, before hitting the main stage, Chrisley competed in another popular Fox reality series: Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Special Forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Special%20Forces. Accessed 16 May. 2024.
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