List of military special forces units
This is a list of special forces units.
RENEA REPARTI OPERACIONEVE SPECIALE (ROS) BATALIONI SPECIAL COMMANDO REGIMENT COMMANDO F.N.SH REPUBLICAN GUARD OPERATIV COMPANY
- Alacran
- Albatros
- GEOF
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
- Buzos Tacticos
- Comandos Anfibios
- Compania De Comandos 601
- 1st Commando Regiment
- Clearance Diving Team
- 4th Commando Battalion
- ADG
- Australian Special Air Service
- GEK (Cobra unit)
- Jagdkommando
- Jatio Rokhi Bahanini (defunct)
- 1st Batalhão de Forcas Especiais
- Comando de Operações Táticas
- Força de Ação Rápida
- GER
- GRUMEC
- Projeto Talon
- Devil's Brigade (WW II)
- Joint Task Force 2 (JTF)
- Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
- Special Police Unit, People's Armed Police
- Special Duties Unit, Hong Kong Police (SDU)
- AFEUR (AFEAU or AFEAUR are other names for the unit)
- Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales
- CCGU
- CIAES
- GOES
- GASDA
- GCA
- GAULA (Replaced UNASE)
Costa Rica has a paramilitary Civil Guard, based on Spain's Guardia Civil, instead of a regular military. The UIE unit of the Civil Guard is trained in VIP protection and hostage rescue, and also assists with dangerous criminal arrests.
- 6th Special Forces Brigade
- 115th Long Range Reconnaissance Battalion
- 4th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 43rd Airborne Mechanized Battalion
- 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
- 7th Reconnaissance Battalion
- Eritrean Special Forces (note: accepts female members)
- Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (Continuation War)
- Osasto Karhu (Bear Force)
- Sissikomppaniat
- Utti Jaeger Regiment
See unofficial site. French special forces operate under the Special Operation Command. First circle units are permanently under that command, while second circle units may be called in if necessary.
- First circle
- Army
- 11th shock parachutist regiment (disbanded)
- 1st parachutist marine infantry regiment
- 13th parachutist dragoon regiment
- special helicopter squadron
- DGSE, division of operations
- Air Force
- 10th air parachutist commando
- Navy
- Naval commandos (Jaubert, Trepel, de Penfentenyo, de Montfort, Hubert)
- Army
- Second circle
- parachutist commando group
- Gendarmerie GSIGN including GIGN.
- GSG-9
- Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)
- Kampfschwimmerkompanie (KSK)
- Sondereinsatzkommando (SEK)
- Rangers / Lochos Oreinon Katadromon (ΛΟΚ)
- Underwater Demolition Teams / Monada Ipobrichion Katastrofon [ΜΥΚ]
- Z MAK
- 71st airborn division
- Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad)
- Army
- Para Commandos
- Navy
- Marine Commando Force
- Air Force
- Garud Commando Force
- Counter-Terrorist Units
- Other units
- Special Frontier Force
- Special Protection Group
- Emergency Response Unit
- Irish Army Rangers (note: accepts female members)
- Unit 101 (disbanded)
- Sayeret Matkal
- Shayetet-13
- YAMAM (police SF unit)
- COMSUBIN of the Navy
- GIS of the Carabinieri
- NOCS of the Polizia di Stato
- 9° Parachutist Assault Regiment "Col Moschin" of the Italian Army
- 185° Parachutist Reconnaissance Regiment “Folgore” of the Italian Army
- 4° Alpini Paracadutisti (Paratroops) Regiment “Monte Cervino” of the Italian Army
- Reparto Incursori dell’ Aeronautica Militare (RIAM) (The new Air Force special ops unit)
- Fucilieri dell’Aria (new Air Force force protection unit)
- Special Assault Team - National Counter-Terrorist unit of the National Police Agency
North Korea
- Light Reaction Company
- Special Forces RegimentSFR
- Scout Ranger RegimentSRR
- Philippine Marines Force Recon
- Special Warfare Group (SWAG)
- 710th Special Operations Wing
- Pilippine National Police Special Action Force
- Aviation Security Command-Special Operations Group
- 1st Commando Regiment
- GROM
- Sekcja Dzialan Specjalnych "Formoza"
- 6th Airborne Brigade
- Alpha_Group
- Beta Group
- Delfin (Dolphin)
- Kondor Division of MVD
- OMON (Black Berets)
- OSNAZ
- Naval Infantry
- Saturn
- Spetznaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie)
- VDV(Airborne Forces)
- Vympel
- USLA ("Unitatea Speciala de Lupta Antiterorista" or "Special Anti-Terrorist Fighting Unit")
- S.I.A.T. ("Serviciul de Interventie Anti-Terorista" or "The Anti-Terrorist Service")
- S.I.I.A.S. ("Serviciul Independent pentru Interventii si Actiuni Speciale" or "The Independent Service for Special Actions and Interventions")
- B.S.I.J. ("Brigada Speciala de Interventie a Jandarmeriei" or "Special Intervention Brigade of Gendarmery")
- 63. padobranska brigada (63rd parachute brigade) - Army of Serbia and Montenegro
- Specijalna Antiteroristicka Jedinica (Special Antiterorist Unit)
- Zandarmerija
- Jedinica za Specijalne Operacije (JSO) (Unit for Special Operations) - Has not existed since 2003.
- Naval Diving Unit
- Police K-9 Unit
- Police Task Force
- Singapore Special Operations Force
- Special Operations Command
- Special Tactics and Rescue
- Special Task Squadron
- 707th Special Mission Unit
- ROK Capital Command
- Special Forces Command
- Republic of Korea Marine Corps
- ROKMC 1st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (the "Sharkmen")
- Military Police Special Guard Team (The Military Police SWAT unit)
- Grupo Especial de Operaciones of the Policia Nacional
- Grupos Antiterroristas Rurales of the Guardia Civil
- Berrozi from Ertzaintza
- Unidad Especial de Intervención
- Särskilda Skyddsgruppen SSG
- Kustjägarna (Coastal Rangers)
- Norrlandsjägarna (Arctic Commandos)
Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Thunder Squad (SWAT)
- Security Preservation Force
- Nighthawks Force (Counter-decapitation unit of Military Police Command)
- Aviation and Special Warfare Command
- 862nd Special Warfare Brigade
- Airborne Special Services Company
- 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (ROC Army Frogmen)
- Underwater Demolitons Unit (UDU)
- Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company
- Royal Thai Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaisance Battalion
- Royal Thai Navy SEALs
- Thai Royal Guard
- Berkut (Golden Eagles)
- Commandos - Royal Marines
- Mountain Leader Training Cadre & Brigade Patrol Group
- Special Air Service (SAS)
- Special Boat Service (SBS)
- Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
- 63 (SAS) Signal Squadron (R)
- 14 Intelligence Company (Northern Ireland)
- UK Special Forces Reserve - [1]
Main article: U.S. special forces.