Special forces emerged in the early 20th century, with a significant growth in the field during the Second World War, when every major army involved in the fighting created formations devoted to special operations behind enemy lines.
11 photos: John Kasich's political career. Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit on April 18, 2015, in Nashua, New Hampshire. The summit was attended by all the 2016 Republican candidates as well as those eying a run for the nomination.
If I were not president, but if I were King of America, I would abolish all teacher's lounges, where they sit together and worry about 'woe is us,' Kasich said at an education conference in New Hampshire sponsored by education group The Seventy-Four and The American Federation for Children.