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To: TimF who wrote (130023)	8/5/2005 6:02:40 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793841

As an official military term Special Forces refers only to the group that are sometimes unofficially called "the Green Berets". But as a matter of common English usage (and dictionary definitions derive from usage) it refers to any type of special operations force. I guess living in this foreign country of Northern Idaho, I get a warped sense of reality. Everyone here knows the difference. They do in NC too. So does the net... a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn The United States Army Special Forces —also known as the Green Berets or simply Special Forces (capitalized)— is a Special Operations Force of the U.S. Army trained for unconventional warfare and special operations. The force was founded by Aaron Bank and their official headgear is the green beret. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_(Green_Berets) SAS and SEALs are "special forces", but they are not "Special Forces". They do not call themselves Special Forces nor special forces.