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.
1 She was selected by her old boss, Conrad Dalton, who is now the President of the United States, to replace Secretary of State Vincent Marsh, who died in a plane crash. 2  Not a natural politician, Elizabeth frequently clashes with the White House Chief of Staff Russell Jackson. His father is Patrick McCord (Tom Skerritt), a lifelong steel worker and union boss in Pittsburgh; his mother died three years prior to the series. 2  Bebe Neuwirth as Nadine Tolliver, Elizabeth's Chief of Staff who had a six-year affair with the deceased Secretary of State, Vincent Marsh, beginning when he was a Senator.