SPECIAL OPERATIONS: UNITS
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Albania
Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA)
Reparti i Operacioneve Speciale (ROS)
Shqiponjat
Batalioni Special Commando
Regiment Commando
FNSH
Republican Guard Operative Company
Reparti Special i Farkes
Port Authority Security Force
Algeria
Groupe d’Intervention Spécial (GIS)
Argentina
Army
Special Operations Forces Group
601st Commando Company
602nd Commando Company
601st Air Assault Regiment
Rapid Deployment Force (FDR)
Navy
Tactical Divers Group (APBT)
Amphibious Commandos Group (APCA)
Air Force
Special Operations Group (GOE)
Australia
Special Operations Command
Australian Special Air Service Regiment (ASAS)
Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West)
4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR [Cdo])
Tactical Assault Group (East) (TAG East)
1st Commando Regiment
Regional Force Surveillance Units (RFSU’s)
Incident Response Regiment
171st Aviation Squadron
Navy
Clearance Diving Team
Austria
Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
Jagdkommando
Bangladesh
Army Commandos
Para-Commandos
Presidential Guard Regiment
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
Special Security Forces
Belgium
Belgian Army Special Forces Group (SFG)
Belgian Army Para-Commandos
Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)
Bolivia
Polivalente
Bosnia
Crni Labudovi (Black Swans)
Patriotska Liga (Patriotic League)
Botswana
SSG
Brazil
Brigada de Operações Especiais
1º Batalhão de Forcas Especiais
1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos
Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais
Comando de Operações Táticas
Força de Ação Rápida
PELOPES
COMANF
GRUMEC
GERR
PARA-SAR
Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais
Projeto Talon
Bulgaria
Naval specialized research and analysis division
Canada
Main article: Canadian special forces
Devil’s Brigade (World War II)
Canadian Airborne Regiment (Disbanded 1995)
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM)
Canadian Special Operations Regiment (Formed summer 2006)
Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2)
Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Company (JNBCD Company)
427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427 SOAS)
China, People’s Republic of
Army
People’s Liberation Army Special Operations Forces
Air Force
15th Airborne Corps
Police
Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
Special Police Unit (SPU)
Colombia
Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas (AFEUR)
Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales
Compañías Contra Guerrilleros Urbanos
Centro de Información Anti-Extorsión y Secuestros (CIAES)
Grupo Operacional Contra Extorsión y Secuestros (GOES)
Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (GASDA)
Grupo de Comandos Anfibios (GCA)
Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal (GAULA)
Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
10th Special Infantry Brigade
Costa Rica
Unidad de Intervención Especial (UIE)
Croatia
Bojna za specijalna djelovanja
Prvi hrvatski gardijski zdrug
Antiteroristicka jedinica Lucko
Czech Republic
7th Reconnaissance Battalion
Denmark
Frømandskorpset
Jægerkorpset
Slædepatruljen Sirius
Ecuador
Special Forces Brigade
Egypt
Unit 777
El Salvador
Comando Especial Anti-Terrorista (CEAT)
Grupo de Reacción Policial (GRP)
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE)
Eritrea
Eritrean Special Forces (accepts female members)
Estonia
K-Commando
Ethiopia
205th Commando Brigade
206th Commando Brigade
Agazi Commando Division
Fiji
Police Tactical Response Unit
Finland
Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (Continuation War)
Karhu Ryhmä (Bear Force)
Sissikomppaniat
Utti Jaeger Regiment
France
Army
Brigade des Forces Spéciales Terre (BFST)
13ème Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes (13ème RDP)
1er Régiment Parachutiste d’Infanterie de Marine (1er RPIMa)
Détachement ALAT des Opérations Spéciales (DAOS)
11éme Régiment Parachutiste d’Intervention (disbanded)
Escadrille des Operations Spéciales (EOS)
Groupement Spéciale Autonome (GSA)
Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP)
Air Force
Commando Parachutiste de l’Air (CPA 10, 20, and 30)
Escadrille des Helicopteres Speciaux (EHS)
Recherche et Sauvetage au Combat (RSC)
Navy
Naval Commandos
French Foreign Legion
Detachement d’Intervention Operationnelle Subaquatique (DINOPS)
Gendarmerie
Escadron Parachutiste d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (EPIGN)
Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN)
National Police
Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure
Division des Operations Spéciales (DOS)
Germany
WWII
Brandenburgers
Army
Division Spezielle Operationen
Fernspählehrkompanie 200
Luftlandebrigade 26 (Airborne Brigade)
Luftlandebrigade 31 (Airborne Brigade)
Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)
Division Luftbewegliche Operationen
luftbewegliche Brigade 1 (Air Assault Brigade)
Navy
Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M)
Kampfschwimmer (Combat Diver)
Minentaucher
Boarding-Spezialisten
Marineschutzkräfte (Fleet Protection Group)
Air Force
Objektschutzregiment
CSAR (planned)
Federal Police
Grenzschutzgruppe 9 (GSG-9)
State Police
Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK)
Customs Police
Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ)
Greece
Army
Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston (Special Paratrooper Unit, ETA)
Z Moira Amfivion Katadromon (Z Amphibious Raider Squadron, Z MAK)
575 Tagma Pezonavton (575 Marine Battalion, 575TPN)
Navy
Dioikisi Ypovrihion Katastrofon (Underwater Demolitions Command, DYK)
Air Force
31 Moira Eidikon Epiheiriseon (31st Special Operations Squadron, 31 MEE)
Police
EKAM (Special Anti-Terrorist Unit)
Coast Guard
OEA
Guatemala
Kaibiles
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Honduras
Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales
TESON
Iceland
Police
Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
Coast Guard
Ordinance disposal Unit / Frogman team
India
Army
Para Commandos
Navy
Marine Commando Force
Air Force
Garud Commando Force
Counter-Terrorist Units
National Security Guard
Other units
Special Frontier Force
Special Protection Group
Indonesia
Army / TNI AD
Kopassus (Komando Pasukan Khusus / Army Special Force) TNI AD
Tontaipur (Peleton Intai Tempur / The combat and reconnaissance platoon) Kostrad TNI AD
Batalyon Raiders (Raiders Battalions) TNI AD
Navy / TNI AL
Kopaska (Komando Pasukan Katak / Navy combat swimer / UDTs) TNI AL
Marine Corp / Korps Marinir TNI AL
Denjaka (Detasemen Jala Mengkara / Maritime Anti Terror) TNI AL
Taifib (Intai Amphibi / Marine Reconnaissance) Korps Marinir TNI AL
Air Force / TNI AU
Detasemen Bravo (Modelled on the British SAS) Paskhas TNI AU
Police / POLRI
Detasemen Khusus 88 (National Police Special Detacement 88 Counter-terrorism)
Ireland
Emergency Response Unit (ERU)
Irish Army Rangers (accepts female members)
Israel
Defense Force (IDF)
General Staff (GS)
Unit 101 (disbanded)
Sayeret Matkal
Unit 8200
Combat Corps (CCH) (MAFHASH, Hebrew)
Sayeret Yahalom (Diamond)
Sayeret Egoz (Nut)
Sayeret Duvdevan (Cherry)
Sayeret Tsanhanim (Paratroopers)
Sayeret Golani (of the Golan [heights])
Sayeret Yael (Chamois)
Sayeret Shaked (Almond)
Duhifat
Unit Oketz (Sting)
Alpinistim (Alpinists)
Special Air Force Units (SAU) (KA’AM, Hebrew)
Sayeret Shaldag
Unit 5707 (TSASAM, Target Acquisition Unit)
Unit 669 (YEHIDAT HILUTZ, Extrication Unit)
Special Sea Corps Units (SSU) (SHAYETET, Hebrew)
Shayetet 13 (13th Flotilla)
YALTAM (Underwater Task Force)
Commandos Yamit
Police
YAMAM (Special Police Unit)
Force 100
Italy
Carabinieri
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS)
State Police
Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)
Guardia di Finanza
AntiTerrorismo Pronto Impiego(AT-PI)
Army
9th Parachute Assault Regiment “Col Moschin”
185th Parachute Reconnaissance Regiment “Folgore”
4th Alpini Parachute Regiment “Monte Cervino”
Navy
Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori “Teseo Tesei” (COMSUBIN)
Air Force
Reparto Incursori dell’Aeronautica Militare (RIAM)
Fucilieri dell’Aria
Japan
Army
1st Airborne Brigade
Guide Unit
Special Operations Group
S Unit
Western Army Infantry Regiment
Ranger Platoon
Kazakhstan
Aristan
Spetznaz Brigade
Kenya
D Company, 20th Parachute Battalion
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau
Korea, Republic of
ROK Army Special Operations Command
ROK Army 707th Special Mission Unit (White Tiger)
ROKMC 1st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (Sharkmen)
ROKMC Force Reconnaissance
ROK Navy 56th Special Warfare Brigade
ROK Air Force 6th CCT/CSAR
Kuwait
10th Commando Battalion
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Special Forces (Scorpion)
Latvia
OMEGA
Specialo uzdevumu vieniba (SUV)
Lebanon
Army Commando Regiment
Marine Commando Regiment
Police
Fuhud (Panthers) (Special Police Unit)
Lithuania
Aras
Aitvaras
Pasienio SPB
Macedonia
Skorpii (Scorpions)
Volci (Wolfs)
Malaysia
Army
10 Paratrooper Brigade
Grup Gerak Khas (GGK (Special Strike Group))
11 Rejimen Gerak Khas
21 Regimen Komando
22 Regimen Komando
Navy/TLDM
Paskal
Air Force/TUDM
Paskau
Force Protection Team Paskau
Skuadron Sayap Tempur (Assault Wings Squadrons) Paskau
Police/PDRM
Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Malaysian Police SWAT, Special Counter Terrorism Police )
Malta
Armed Forces
C (Special Duties) Company (1st Regiment, Armed Forces)
Rapid Deployment Team (2nd Regiment, Armed Forces)
Police
Special Assignments Group
Mexico
Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE)
Fuerzas Especiales (FES)
Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando (High Command GAFE)
Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES)
Netherlands
Army
Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)
Marine Corps
Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid (BBE)
7th Troop (integrated with British SBS)
Mountain Leader Platoon (integrated with British ML)
New Zealand
Special Air Service of New Zealand (NZSAS)
Norway
Army
Norwegian Army Special Forces (Hærens jegerkommando, HJK)
Norwegian Army Paratroopers (Fallskjermjegere)
Norwegian Special Force (Forsvarets spesialkommando, FSK)
Navy
Naval Ranger Branch (Marinens jegervåpen)
Norwegian Naval Special Forces (Marinejegerkommandoen, MJK)
Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen, KJK)
Norwegian Mine Diver Command (Minedykkerkommandoen)
Tactical Boat Squadron
Air Force
720 Squadron
Pakistan
Special Services Group
Peru
Navy
Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES)
Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC)
Agrupamiento de Comandos Anfibios
Philippines
Light Reaction Battalion
1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) (SFR “A”)
1st Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR)
Philippine Marine Corps Force Recon Battalion
Special Warfare Group
710th Special Operations Wing
Special Action Force
Special Reaction Unit
Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command
National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist Division
Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Group
Poland
1st Special Commando Regiment
GROM (Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego)
6th Airborne Brigade (6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa im. Gen. Sosabowskiego)
Grupa Specjalna Pletwonurków (GSP)
Pododdzialy Antyterrorystyczne (Zarzad Operacji
Antyterrorystycznych, ZOA KGP)
4101st Paratroop Battalion (LRRP units)
Portugal
Army
Comandos (Commandos)
Special Operations Troops (Portuguese Rangers)
Companhia de Precursores (Pathfinder Company, Precs)
Navy
Fuzileiros (Marines)
Destacamento de Acções Especiais (Special Actions Detachment, DAE)
Destacamentos de Mergulhadores Sapadores (Combat Divers Detachments)
Air Force
Portuguese Air Force Combat Rescue Teams (Rescom)
Police
Grupo de Operações Especiais (Police Special Operations Group, GOE)
Companhia de Operações Especiais da GNR (Portuguese National Republican Guard Special
Operations Company)
Russia/Soviet Union
Alpha Group (FSB).
Beta Group
Delfin (Dolphin)
Saturn
Kaskad (Cascade)
Grom (Thunder)
Vympel (Pennant, aka Group V) (FSB)
Spetsnaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie)
Spetsnaz GRU
Naval infantry Spetsnaz (black berets)
VDV
7th, 76th, 98th, 99th, 103rd, 104th, 105th, and 106th Airborne
Guard Divisions
Independent Air Assault Brigades
45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment
MVD
OSNAZ (Rus, Vityaz, Grom)
ODON (Separate Operational Purpose Division)
OMON
OMSN (SOBR)
Berkut (Golden Eagles)
Kondor
SVR
Zaslon
Romania
Detasamentul de Interventie Rapida (MApN)
Paratroopers Command
60th Paratroopers Battalion “Baneasa-Otopeni”
495th Paratroopers Battalion “Captain Stefan Soverth”
498th Paratroopers Battalion “Smaranda Braescu”
Recon
528th Reconnaissance Battalion
313th Reconnaissance Battalion
317th Reconnaissance Battalion
Special Operations Command
Batalionul 1 Operatii Speciale
Batalionul de Informatii (HUMINT)
Departamentul Operatiuni Psihologice (PSY OPS)
Navy
307th Marine Battalion
Scafandri de lupta (Combat Divers)
Saudi Arabia
Special Emergency Force
Serbia
63rd Paratroop Brigade (63. padobranska brigada)
72nd Assault Brigade (72. jurišna brigada)
Singapore
Naval Diving Unit (NDU)
Singapore Commandos
Singapore Special Operations Force (SOF)
Singapore Guards
Slovakia
5th PSU
Slovenia
MORiS
Enota za specialno delovanje
Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)
South Africa
Army
Special Forces Brigade (SFB), commonly known as “Recces” an abbvreviation for
“reconnaissance commandos”.
Police
Special Task Force (STF)
Spain
Army
Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE) (Army Special Operations Command)
Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión (BOEL)(disbanded)
Air Force
Escuadrilla de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC)
Escuadrilla de Apoyo al Despliegue Aereo (EADA)
Navy
Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate (UEBC)
Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (Special Operations Unit, UOE)
Sri Lanka
Special Task Force (STF)
Special Force (SF)
Special Boat Squadron (SBS)
Sri Lankan Army Commandos
LRRP
Switzerland
Grenadiers
Fallschirmaufklärer (Kompanie 17)
Syria
Special Defence Companies
Republican Guard
Sweden
Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group)
Fallskärmsjägarskolan (Airborne Rangers)
Svenska amfibiekåren (Marines)
Norrlandsjägarna (Arctic Rangers)
Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT unit)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
Thunder Squad (Police CT unit)
Security Preservation Force
Nighthawks Force (Counter-decapitation unit, Military Police Command)
Aviation and Special Warfare Command
862nd Special Warfare Brigade
Airborne Special Services Company (ASSC)
101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (ROC Army Frogmen)
Underwater Demolitons Unit (UDU)
Thailand
Royal Thai Special Forces
Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company
Royal Thai Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
Royal Thai Navy SEALs
Thai Royal Guard
Tunisia
GCGN
USGN
Turkey
Bordo Bereliler
Ozel Jandarma Komando Bolugu
Su Alti Taaruz (SAT)
Su Alti Savunma (SAS)
Ukraine
Berkut (Golden Eagles)
United Arab Emirates
Commando Squadron
Police Special Unit
United Kingdom
Special Air Service (SAS)
Special Boat Service (SBS)
Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
Units in direct support of UKSF:
Special Forces Support Group (SFSG)
18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment
Special Forces Air Wing
United States
Counter-Terrorist Units
1st Special Forces Operational
Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D) “Delta Force”
Special Operation Forces
United
States Army
Army
Special Forces “Green Berets”
75th Ranger
Regiment “Rangers”
160th Special Operations
Aviation Regiment (Airborne) “Night Stalkers”
United States Army Civil Affairs,
and Psychological Operations Command
United
States Navy
Special
Boat Teams (SBT’s)
United States Air
Force
Air Force Special
Forces “Special Tactics” (Pararescuemen, Combat Controllers, Combat
Weathermen)
Tactical Air
Control Parties (TACPs)
United States
Marine Corps
United States
Coast Guard
Port Security Units
(overseas port security for U.S. Navy and allied civilian installations)
Maritime
Safety and Security Teams (MSST)
U.S.
Coast Guard International Affairs (jointly run with the Department of State, see
below)
Intelligence Community Special Units
Strategic Support
Branch – Defense Intelligence Agency
Special Activities
Staff – Central Intelligence Agency
Other
-
- U.S.
Coast Guard International Affairs (jointly run with the US Coast Guard, see above)
Joint Task Forces
Gray Fox (aka Capacity Gear or Centra Spike
; former Intelligence Support Activity)
Former
- MACV SOG — a joint Allied
- Tiger Force
Devil’s Brigade (also
1st Special Service Force, WW II)
Merrill’s Marauders,
also known as 5307th Composite Unit (provisional) (WW II)
Alamo Scouts (WWII)
Alaskan
Scouts (WWII)
Marine Raiders (WWII)
Paramarines (WWII)
Marine
Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (WWII)
Naval Scouts and
Raiders (WWII)
Naval Combat
Demolition Units (NCDU) (WWII)
Underwater
Demolitions Team — formed in WW2 and tasked with the destruction of beach
obstacles and collecting sand samples
Air
Commandos (WWII)
Carpet
Baggers (WWII)
Airborne Ranger
Companies(Korea)
Long Range
Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRPs) — Vietnam War
era]] deep reconnaissance and raider units
unit comprised of 2,000 American soldiers (mostly special forces) and over 8,000 highly trained South Vietnamese troops
— Vietnam War era reconnaissance commando platoon in the 1/327th Infantry
U.S. Special Operations Centers, Schools, and Courses
- Air Force
Air
Assault School – Fort Campbell
Ranger School and
Course – Fort Benning
John F. Kennedy Special
Warfare Center and School – Fort Bragg
Marine Corps
Combatant Diver Course – Naval
Diving and Salvage Training Center
Basic
Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training – Naval
Special Warfare Center
Federal Law Enforcement Special Units
- Special Operations
- Hostage Rescue Team
- Mobile Enforcment Teams
Group – United States Marshals Service
– Federal Bureau of Investigation
– Drug Enforcement Administration
Special Response Teams
- Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
Vatican
Swiss Guard
Venezuela
Brigada de Acciones Especiales (BAE)
Grupo de Acciones Especiales (GAE, GAC)
JCEF
42 Brigada de Paracaidistas
5 División de Infantería de Selva
507 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales “Coronel Domingo Montes”
107 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales “General en Jefe José Gregorio Monagas”
Comando de Operaciones Especiales “Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda”
Unidad de Fuerzas Especiales
Vietnam
Ðc công (Special Attack)
Special Units
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