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The most elite special operations forces in the US

Business InsiderJan 22, 2017, 22:00 IST

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Ever since the Osama bin Laden raid, America has gone bonkers for US Navy SEALs and Military Special Operators in general.

Putting 100 thousand troops and countless private support personnel on the ground in any given country - sometimes referred to as "nation building" - is a costly strategy. Putting a boot or two on Osama bin Laden's door arguably cost more in political currency - Pakistan wasn't too happy - than actual currency.

Though it was the SEALs who performed that raid in Abbottabad, it's worth noting there are quite a few more SpecOps units in the US than just SEALs - Green Berets and Marine Snipers, etc. - so we here at Business Insider have made things easy by assembling a comprehensive list of all the SpecOps units we could find.

An earlier version of this story was written by Geoffrey Ingersoll.