What does SR stand for?

The PSNI or British Ministry of Defence refused to confirm or deny whether a special reconnaissance unit lent their experience to the operation.

The special reconnaissance regiment, a largely unknown branch of the United Kingdom Special Forces, also does not bar women from joining.

The MoD would look to increase the size of Britains special forces by at least five per cent across the board for the SAS, SBS and Special Reconnaissance Regiment, defence sources said.

But it was recently reported that Britain's Special Boat Service (SBS) and Special Reconnaissance Regiment have been taking part in US-led operations to capture Osama Bin Laden, in the wild frontier region of northern Pakistan.

For example, the document amply describes Air Force special operations command's responsibility, as the air component of USSOCOM, to organize, train, and equip AFSOF to provide the necessary air capabilities to conduct USSOCOM's nine core tasks: * counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction * counterterrorism * special reconnaissance * direct action * unconventional warfare * foreign internal defense * information operations * civil affairs operations * psychological operations In the process, AFDD 2-7 provides short explanations of each of these tasks.

Troops from the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, who work closely with the SAS, pinpointed the target building.

The Special Reconnaissance Regiment will provide support for overseas operations - particularly operations to counter international terrorism.

Our nation's conventional forces are learning to execute what used to be special operations missions, fighting homeland terrorism, keeping peace in foreign nations, executing special reconnaissance and performing psychological operations.