The classic example, considered by their American counterparts quite curious, was the maintenance of the internal comma in a British organisation of secret agents called the " Special Operations, Executive " — " S. O., E " — which is not found in histories written after about 1960.

Members of the Brazilian Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion.

* BOPE: Special Police Operations Battalion of the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

* 1965, Essays on military psychological operations, Special Operations Research Office, American University

* Walter Freud, Sigmund's grandson, chemical engineer, member of Royal Pioneer Corps and British Special Operations Executive

In June 1942, Heydrich was assassinated in Prague in an operation led by Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, members of Czechoslovakia's army-in-exile who had been trained by the British Special Operations Executive.

In late July 1934, Special Agent Melvin Purvis, the Director of Operations in the Chicago office, received a tip on Dillinger's whereabouts which paid off when Dillinger was located, ambushed and killed by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater.

Kenya formed a Special Operations Regiment composed of 30th Special Operations Battalion and 40th Kenya Ranger Strike Force Battalion.

In addition, US Special Operations Forces conducted Iris Gold rotations to train and assist other Kuwaiti military units

His time there, however, was short-lived ; the under-funded section was absorbed by the new Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) in July 1940.

In 2008, the Lebanese Army started establishing the Special Operations command in order to group the Army's elite units.

These Special Operations forces will include the Airborne Regiment, the Commandos Regiment, the Navy Commandos Regiment, and the Counter-Sabotage Regiment of the Military Intelligence.

The Lithuanian Armed Forces consist of the Lithuanian Land Force, Lithuanian Air Force, Lithuanian Naval Force, Lithuanian Special Operations Force and other units: Logistics Command, Training and Doctrine Command, Headquarters Battalion, Military Police.

Directly subordinated to the Chief of Defence are the Special Operations Forces and Military Police.

Lithuanian Special Operations Force soldiers during trainings

Lithuanian Special Operations Force ( SOF ) of Lithuanian Armed Forces has been in operation de facto since 2002 and it was established de jure on April 3, 2008, when amendments of National Defence System organisation and military service law came into force.

SOF is formed from the Special Operations Unit.

Lithuanian Air Force Special Operations Element is subordinate to the Unit at the level of operations management. Structure of the SOF is flexible which makes it easy to form squadrons intended for concrete operations and missions from its elements.

Category: Special Operations Executive personnel

During the World War II era William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes were recruited by the Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) to teach their martial art of defendu ( itself drawing on jujutsu and Western boxing ) and pistol shooting to UK, US, and Canadian special forces.

The 5. 56x45 mm Mk 16 emerged as the winner of a USSOCOM competition to find a new rifle for Special Operations Forces in 2003 and entered operational service in 2009.

* 2002 – Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.

At present, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices under the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in countries that are the major trading partners of Hong Kong, including Japan, Canada, Australia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and the European Union.

* Special Air Service Regiment ( Australia ) ( SASR ), a special forces unit of the Australian Army.

Repeats are regularly aired on the Cooking Channel in the United States and on Special Broadcasting Service in Australia.

Subsequent SEAL operations during the invasion of Afghanistan were conducted within Task Force K-Bar, a joint special operations unit of Army Special Forces, United States Air Force Special Tactics Teams, and special operations forces from Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Turkey, under the command of Navy SEAL Captain Robert Harward.

* Special Olympics Australia

The next country to adopt an official policy of multiculturalism after Canada was Australia, a country with similar immigration situations and similar policies, for example the formation of the Special Broadcasting Service.

In 1976, Volkswagen ceased Australian assembly operations, their factory in Clayton, Victoria was sold to Nissan Australia ( which is now occupied by Holden Special Vehicles ), and all Volkswagens were once again fully imported.

According to the Land Conservation Council Rivers & Streams Special Investigation 1990, " It is an important example of the large-scale biological systems that were once widespread in south-eastern Australia.

It has received much publicity over the past couple years when it was featured in Playboy's 50th Year Anniversary Special Edition issue, Discovery Channel, the movie " Always ", Hamish and Andy ( Australia ), ESPN, KHQ's " The Derby ", and also in Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories by Chuck Palahniuk.

Later one group, Z SBS, which was based in Algiers from March 1943, carried out the beach reconnaissance for the Salerno landings and a raid on Crete, before moving to Ceylon to work with the Special Operations Executives, Force 136 and later with Special Operations Australia.

Attempts by the United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative, Vittorio Winspeare-Guicciardi to visit Fretilin-held areas from Darwin, Australia, were obstructed by the Indonesian military, which blockaded East Timor.

Australia has three national public broadcasters, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Special Broadcasting Service, as well as more recently, National Indigenous Television ..

* It was later announced that Special Forces troops were operating inside Iraq ; Australia, the United Kingdom and the U. S. all had Special Forces troops in the area.

** The second was produced by Hanna-Barbera Australia and broadcast as an ABC Weekend Special.

* Australia: The Special Minister of State is a ministerial position in the Australian Government, sometimes a Cabinet position, responsible for parliamentary, electoral, oversight and other affairs.

The most memorable car, Max's black Pursuit Special was a limited GT351 version of a 1973 Ford XB Falcon Hardtop ( sold in Australia from December 1973 to August 1976 ) which was primarily modified by Murray Smith, Peter Arcadipane and Ray Beckerley.

A Special Justice ( SJ ) is a higher level of Justice of the Peace in South Australia ; they sit casually on the bench of the magistrates ' court hearing cases in the petty division.

* Special Tasks and Rescue, a division of the South Australia police

Since 2004 Neville has relentlessly toured the UK, Europe, The Middle East, Australia & New Zealand with his own band, as well as several successful tours and shows alongside Ranking Roger of The Beat and Pauline Black of The Selecter as Special Beat and Legends of Ska.

Category: Special forces of Australia

Category: Special forces of Australia

* Special Operations Australia, intelligence and special operations agency formed in 1942, currently known as the Services Reconnaissance Department