Phil Carter's Intel Dump has a piece covering the expansion of U.S. Special Forces' role, and the ongoing process of figuring out how to use them and where they fit in. As you might imagine, turf wars are involved - but Phil explains the issues very clearly.
This June 2003 Winds post will give you more background on special forces, what they do, and how they operate. Most people's assumptions on these subjects are wrong.
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