What would be some contemporary non-racial slang names used to
describe bad guys by members of the U.S. special forces. Terms like
Gook won't fit the bill
and are dated.

Greetings Kongulu:

I have no nicknames to offer but I did find a few interesting sites
that may be of interest to you.  Also, I found this:

"Every war has names for the enemy. The object is to dehumanize the
people so they are easier to kill. Troops are trained that war is a
matter of self-defense. They must kill or be killed. But it helps if
the enemy is somehow not human, like us. So Arabic/Moslem people
become "Rag Heads" or "Towel Heads". Vietnamese and Koreans became
"Gooks". The World Wars named the Germans, "The Hun" and "Krauts";
Japanese became the "Slants" or "Japs"."
From http://www.gendergappers.org/2003-015.htm

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Special Forces Jargon and Terminology
http://www.vietvet.org/jargon.htm 
This may interest you for future slang/definitions from a soldier's
vocabulary.

Here is the Special Forces Forum where you may want to post your
question directly to SF personnel:
http://www.navyseals.com/community/navyseals/SF_faqs.html
[Please read the directives carefully before joining the group.]

Also, check out the web site at
http://www.gijargon.com/jargon.asp?s=11 for another live forum.

I hope another Researcher will be able to find the terms you reuqire
and I also hope these links I've provided may be of future assistance
to you.

Best regards,
journalist-ga


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