Then, as now, elite special forces were sent in to locate the whereabouts of those responsible.
Only seven months earlier, the U.S. sneaked elite special forces into the country to kill Osama bin Laden.
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He served in and led our most elite special forces units for decades, including in many of our most dangerous recent combat operations.
Castro is training elite special forces units in Vietnam, who are prepared to attack U.S. military targets during a final confrontation, according to Janes Defense Weekly.
"As this new rule is implemented, it is critical that we maintain the same high standards that have made the American military the most feared and admired fighting force in the world -- particularly the rigorous physical standards for our elite special forces units, " McCain said in a statement.
The U.S. military is investigating six members of its elite Army Special Forces, or Green Berets, officials said.
It is also spending millions training elite squadrons of special forces to catch terrorists.
The folks who work with Blackwater are well-trained and well-screened, and many are military veterans, often from elite units such as the Army Special Forces and the Navy Seals.
The defense secretary earlier flew in to the southern city of Basra, amid tight security from neighboring Kuwait on a special forces aircraft with elite, black-clad special operations soldiers acting as bodyguards.
But the day in January that it began hearings, an outspoken newspaper, the Indian Express, claimed that he sent two elite army units paratrooper special forces and mechanised infantry on pre-dawn exercises on the approaches to Delhi.
Victory so far has been won by a fairly small number of elite troops, such as paratroopers and other special forces, who are willing to fight at close quarters.
Despite the change in Pentagon policy, it still remains to be seen how receptive the military will be to placing women in combat roles, especially elite units like Rangers, SEALs and Army Special Forces.
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