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special-operations forces strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of ...
Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment".
Commandos and Special Operations (COE) – A special forces unit of the Military Police of São Paulo State, tasked with operations against violent crime in complex environments such as favelas, forest regions and at sea. Both GATE and COE are part of the 4th Shock Police Battalion.
1st Special Operations Battalion "Might" [135] 2nd Special Operations Battalion "Dare" [136] 3rd Special Operations Battalion "Firm" [137] 4th Special Operations Battalion "Fierce" [138] 5th Special Operations Battalion "Strong" [139] High Altitude Special Service Squadron [140] Army Airborne Training Center [141] Navy. Marine Corps
Every other modern U.S. special operations unit in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines was established after 1977. In Veritas: Journal of Army Special Operations History, Charles H. Briscoe states that the Army "Special Forces did not misappropriate the appellation. Unbeknownst to most members of the Army Special Operations Force community ...
Guangzhou Military Region Special Forces Unit - Established in 1988 as the PLA’s first special reconnaissance group, and was later expanded in 2000 to become the first PLA special operations unit to be capable of air, sea, and land operations. Chengdu Military Region Special Forces Unit – Nickname “Falcon”.
U.S. Special Operations Command: Senior Enlisted Leader, Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) Command Sergeant Major Steven W. Fields [39] [40] U.S. Army: Special activities: NATO Special Operations Headquarters: Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Allied Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM) Command Sergeant Major Jeremy M. Lile [41] U ...
A Marine Raider with 1st MSOB, assigned to Special Operations Task Force-West waits in ambush for insurgents during a joint patrol with Afghan Commandos in Helmand Province, [15] 15 April 2012. In September 2009 the 1st MSOB returned to Afghanistan, this time in command of a joint special operations task force in the northwest of the country.