Reflections: The Relationship between Special Forces and General Forces

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Reflections

The Special Forces community sensed an opportunity. There was a broad-based concern about unique counterterrorism capabilities, but the Special Forces community saw this as an opportunity to boost its standing within the Defense Department. Most members of the SASC thought they were voting to create a unique counterterrorism capability, while the Special Forces community saw it as an opportunity to establish a unique and stronger identity within the department, almost a fifth military service.

    The push to create a separate structure for Special Forces was spurred by early experiences with terrorism.
 
https://defense360.csis.org/reflections-relationship-special-forces-general-forces/

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