• originally known as the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) (Arabic: قوات العمليات الخاصة العراقية). The forces, directed by the Iraqi Counter Terrorism...
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  • The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), or the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed...
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  • Political and Military Terms further defined special operations and special operations forces: special operations military activities conducted by specially...
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    Coalition forces provided embedded military transition teams (MiTTs) in Iraqi Army units and American special forces also conducted joint operations with ISOF...
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    several Iraqi special operations forces units created after the fall of the Saddam Hussein. Originally part of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces Brigade...
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    overview of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces—prior to the creation of USASOC, circa 1984 (51:52) The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne)...
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    Joint Special Operations Command Task Force in the Iraq War was a joint American and British special operations unit, of which little is publicly known...
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    United States Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is a component command of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) that comprises...
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    governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election in January 2005. U.S. military forces later remained in Iraq until the withdrawal in 2011....
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  • military special operations forces. The term "special missions unit" is also used in Australia to describe the Special Air Service Regiment. Special mission...
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    Fadhil Barwari (category Iraqi generals)
    was also the Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion Commander from 2003-2005 until it was incorporated into the ISOF (Iraqi Special Operations Forces). In 2005 he...
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    selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment." Special operations may include reconnaissance, unconventional...
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    The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (10th SFG (A), or 10th Group) is an active duty United States Army Special Forces (SF) Group. 10th Group is designed...
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    United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for special operations forces. Its missions have included attack, assault, and reconnaissance...
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    Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military...
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    CFSOCC (Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command). On 1 October 2005, 1st Special Forces was redesignated as the 1st Special Forces Regiment. Today's...
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    to conduct operations in Southwest Asia in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. During this crisis, the Army's First Special Operations Task Force...
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    Iraqi Special Operations Forces.[better source needed] On December 11, 2017, the PMU began to be entirely consolidated under the Iraqi Armed Forces,...
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    Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR; French: Régiment d'opérations spéciales du Canada, ROSC) is a special forces unit of the Canadian Armed Forces and...
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  • The Iraqi Armed Forces are the military forces of the Republic of Iraq. They consist of the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Air Force, and the Iraqi Navy. Along...
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    States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, is the special operations branch of...
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    Kabul. In 2004, Albania sent a unit from the Special Operations Battalion to Mosul as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit together with other units...
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    The special forces of the Australian Defence Force are units of Special Operations Command and associated units of the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal...
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    The Romanian Special Operations Forces Command (Romanian: Comandamentul Forțelor pentru Operații Speciale) is the special forces command of the Romanian...
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    allies, most prominently the Iraqi security forces and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Combat ground troops, mostly special forces, infantry, and artillery...
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    The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7th SFG) (A) is an operational unit of the United States Army Special Forces activated on 20 May 1960. It was...
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    counter-terrorism, information operations, counterproliferation of weapon of mass destruction, and security force assistance. The 1st Special Forces Group is responsible...
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    operations of the Iraq War, undertaken by Multi-National Force – Iraq. The list covers operations from 2003 until December 2011. For later operations...
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    Georgian Special Operations Forces (GSOF) (Georgian: სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალები) are the special operations forces component of the Defense Forces of Georgia...
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    operations within the AFRICOM area of responsibility, as part of the Special Operations Command, Africa (SOCAFRICA). Its primary area of operations (AO)...
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