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  2. Kommando Spezialkräfte - Wikipedia

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    Heliborne training (2000 ILA Berlin Air Show). The Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) (English: Special Operations Forces (SOF), [1] [3] alternatively Special Operations Forces Command (SOFCOM) [4]) is a unified combatant command and a large brigade-level unit of the German Army (Heer) for black operation, capture or kill high-value targets, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management ...

  3. List of commando units - Wikipedia

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    KSK-sniper during training. The German Army currently operates the Fernspähkompanie (Germany's elite long range reconnaissance company), and the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK). The KSK is stationed in Calw, in the Black Forest area in southern Germany. It consists of about 1,100 soldiers, but only a nucleus of these are in fighting units.

  4. German special forces - Wikipedia

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    The KSK is a brigade-level unit that is stationed in Calw, Baden-Württemberg. The unit is under the command of the Rapid Response Forces Division (Division Schnelle Kräfte) and is made up of around 1,500 soldiers. Most of them serve in the support forces department. Kommando Spezialkräfte. HQ KSK Psychological Service; Language Service

  5. Commando - Wikipedia

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    The Army of the Republic of Vietnam had their own school. The modern U.S. Army's Long-range surveillance (LRS), Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA), and United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance all derive some portion of their legacies from the Recondo program and utilize the name "Recondos" informally.

  6. Brigade support battalion - Wikipedia

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    The command group consists of a commander, executive officer (XO), command sergeant major, and unit ministry team (UMT). The BSB commander exerts overall command and control of the unit and acts as the senior logistician of the brigade, providing information and advice to the brigade commander and their staff to develop a viable sustainment plan.

  7. Command (military formation) - Wikipedia

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    A command in military terminology is an organisational unit for which a military commander is responsible. Commands, sometimes called units or formations , form the building blocks of a military. A commander is normally specifically appointed to the role in order to provide a legal framework for the authority bestowed.

  8. Battlegroup (army) - Wikipedia

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    A battlegroup (British/Commonwealth term) or task force (U.S. term) in modern military theory is the basic building block of an army's fighting force. A battlegroup is formed around an infantry battalion or armoured regiment, which is usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel. The battalion or regiment also provides the command and staff ...

  9. Staff (military) - Wikipedia

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    A military staff or general staff (also referred to as army staff, navy staff, or air staff within the individual services) is a group of officers, enlisted, and civilian staff who serve the commander of a division or other large military unit in their command and control role through planning, analysis, and information gathering, as well as by relaying, coordinating, and supervising the ...