Special Forces

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) practice a variety of shooting techniques with their M4A1 rifles at Panzer Range Complex in Boebligen, Germany, Jan. 23, 2015.(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Adam Sanders/Released)

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A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) uses a power saw to cut through locks securing a door during a training mission held February 20 on Team Eglin Air Force Base in Northwest Florida. The mission required a team of Special Forces soldiers to assault a mock drug-cartel outpost and document sensitive materials found inside.

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A 3rd Special Forces Group Soldier from the U.S. Army Special Forces Command fires a MK-19 Grenade Launcher during range training on Fort Bragg, N.C. on November 19, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Trish Harris, USASOC PAO

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The U.S. government's assertion that Osama bin Laden's courier tipped off the CIA about the location of the terrorist leader's Abbottabad compound was a cover story to protect the Pakistani official that actually provided the information, a Special Forces operator told NBC News. (Associated Press)

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Soldiers of the Americal Divison ride on armored personnel carriers toward Lang Vel Special Forces camp, half a mile from the Laotian border during the Vietnam War, 1971. The Americans had to clear Route 9 to the Laotian border for the South Vietnamese invasion into Laos. (AP Photo/Henri Huet)