Everyone knows that members of the U.S. Special Forces are the top-shelf, crème de la crème, A-Number-Ones, specially hand-picked people to train and serve as the avant garde of the largest, most well-funded military on the face of the earth. But that doesn’t happen overnight! There are special training procedures—over and above basic training—that turn a swabbie into a SEAL, a grunt into a Green Beret, or a runt into a Ranger. Collected here for the first time is official information on USSF:      • Sniper training      • Reconnaissance      • Intelligence and interrogation      • Guerrilla warfare      • Nocturnal operations      • Fighting counter insurgencies      • And more! With hundreds of photographs and illustrations demonstrating proven tips and techniques, The Abridged Guide to Special Forces Skills, Tactics, and Techniques provides everything a warrior needs to know to be fighter-ready and strong.