special operation (SO)

combined joint force special operation component command

clandestine operation; covert operation

humanitarian operation; humanitarian relief operation (HUMRO)

PZ operation (pick-up zone operation)

noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO); non-combat evacuation operation

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Air Force Special Operations Forces

Army Special Operations Command (ARSOC)

Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF)

Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF)

GRU special forces

joint special mission

Joint Special Operations Area (JSOA)

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)

joint special operations task force (JSOTF)

Joint Special Operations University (JSOU)

Marine Corps Special Operations Forces (MARSOF)

multi-mission special operations aircraft

multinational special units operations (MSUOPS)

NATO Special Committee

NATO Special Operations Headquarters (NSHQ)

Naval Special Warfare Forces (NAVSOF)

navy special operations forces

Navy Special Warfare (NSW)

office of the chief of special warfare

Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the future status process for Kosovo (UNOSEK)

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa (UNOWA)

Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories (UNSCO)

OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine

special activities

special aerospace defense equipment

Special Air Service (SAS)