There are a whole range of units around the world that are defined as Special Forces and there are a lot of mistakes and ego driven responses in the subject.
All soldiers are special, not all soldiers are Special Forces.
Although there is not one definition for the term Special Forces that covers all the units around the world that have been designated as such the definition that will be used for the purposes of this blog is that fitting David Stirling's (founder of the SAS) original conception. That of small groups of men, specially trained to inflict damage out of all proportion of their numbers onto the enemy.
I was toying with using the definition of units tasked with strictly strategic roles in their operations and who would not participate in tactical combat but that is really too limiting particularly in the world of low intensity conflicts that we now live in.
More information has been published about the Special Forces of the United Kingdom, The United states and Israel than any other so it is these that this blog will be focusing on. For that reason there are pages dedicated to examining these three country's Special forces individually.
