Special ones are covert (3)

I believe the answer is:

ops

(Other definitions for ops that I've seen before include "military activity" , "Operations room" , "Operations (colloq.)" , "jobs in the theatre" , "Military manoeuvres (abbr)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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