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.