special ops
Covert military units
Special ops is short for special operations—military missions requiring specialized training, equipment, or tactics.
These typically involve small, elite units conducting unconventional warfare, counterterrorism, reconnaissance, or rescue operations: Navy SEALs are the most famous special ops forces.
The term extends loosely to any covert or highly skilled operation: The IT team ran a special ops mission to recover the crashed server.
- covertIntentionally concealed
- eliteSuperior select group
- tier oneHighest classification level
- tacticalStrategically planned
- commandoSpecial operations soldier
stealth · classified · mission · direct action · infiltration · extraction · night raid · Navy SEALs · green beret · Delta Force · call sign · clandestine · raid · breach · sniper · reconnaissance · insertion · helicopter
- Air Forcesair force, US Air Force, Luftwaffe, RAF, squadrons
- Military Affairsmilitary, defense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, military policy
- operationsworkflow, workflows, covert op, black op, undercover op
- U.S. MilitaryArmy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, Pentagon
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- armed forcesarmy, military, soldiers, troops, marines
special opsconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
conventional forces · regular army · standing army · traditional warfare · line infantry
special opsfrontal assault
Attack from the front
shock and awe · carpet bombing · total war · attrition warfare
special, ops, specials, specially, specialty, specialties, specialize, specialized, specializing