National security/  Special Operations forces 

From the point of view of the U.S. military and the national security state, the period from September 12, 2001, to late last night could be summed up in a single word: more.

What Washington funded with your tax dollars was a bacchanalia of expansion intended, as is endlessly reiterated, to keep America "safe." But here's the odd thing: as the structure of what's always called "security" is built out ever further into our world and our lives, that world only seems to become less secure.

Odder yet, that "more" is rarely a focus of media coverage, though its reality is glaringly obvious. The details may get coverage but the larger reality -- the thing being created in Washington -- seems of remarkably little interest.

Nick Turse, A Shadow War in 150 Countries