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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant
We are known as soldiers, not "operators". Mall security guards are also known as "operators", but they are not soldiers. Contractors call themselves "operators" and many are former mall security guards, and many were never, soldiers. Paintball players also call themselves "operators", but they are never referred to as Special Forces soldiers.
To answer your question, if you are currently in the Special Forces, (Special Forces is not a generic term as it refers to one and only one unit) I would say your chances of seeing combat are very high.
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The term “Operator” is not new and does refer to SF ODA guys. It started here in 10th Group when we picked up the CIF, most likely a bleed over from working with the varsity boys. Seldom in my 22 active years in SF with 16 of it on a team did we refer to ourselves as Soldiers.