Includes the making of Special Forces personnel--recruitment and training; a look at actual Special Forces Group deployment exercises; tools of the trade--weapons, communications and sensor equipment, and survival gear; roles and missions--a mini-novel illustrates probable scenarios of Special Forces intervention; an interview with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Special Forces Operations Command (USSOCOM) General Hugh Shelton.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-366).

Description based on print version record.

Special forces 101 Road to the top: interview with General Henry H. Shelton Creating special forces soldiers Inside the rucksack: special forces stuff U.S. Army Special Forces Command

Getting ready: training for the "Big" one Downrange: special forces in the field Into the twenty-first century Operation Merdeka.