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ABU DHABI Emirate of Abu Dhabi Police Special Unit ============================================================== ALBANIA Minster of defence Naval Commandos Commando Brigade - Comando Regiment, Zall Herr - 4 x Commando Battalions - Special Operations Battalion, Farke - Commando Troop School Ministry of Interior Reparti i Eleminimit dhe Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA) Unit 88 Reparti i Operacioneve Speciale (ROS), Durres Unit 77 (CT) Shqiponjat (police) "The Eagles" /Forzat e Nderhyrjes se Shpejte (FNSH) - There are 12 FNSH groups throughout Albania . - Albania is divided into 14 districts called prefectures. There is one FNSH group assigned to 11 of these prefectures Garda Kombetare - National Guards ============================================================== ALGERIA Ministry of National Defence Units of the Gendarmerie National Special Intervention Detachment (DSI) / Assault & Rapid Intervention unit Special Brigade Garde Republicaine - Republican Guard (presidential escort honour guard & VIP) Units of the DRS (Research & Security Directorate) (internal security, counterintelligence) Special Unit of the Service Action GIS, Groupe d’Intervention Sppeciale (Special Intervention Group), Blida Army Units - Saaykaa (Commando & CT), Boughar, Medea Wilaya - One Special Forces/Airborne Divisional HQ - 4 x Airborne Regiments - 18th Elite Para-Commando Regiment ('The Ninjas') - The Special Assault /Airborne/Recon Troops - Special Troops Implementation School , Biskra Naval Units (Marine Nationale) - Marine Fusiliers - Offensive (Combat) Divers - School of Jiel Air Force Units - Air Commando Fusiliers, (CT, security, protection) - Air Forces Instruction Center , Mechria Ministry of the Interior Units of the DGSN (National Security General Directorate) - URS, Unit Of Republican Guards, Al Hamiz (Alger) - Republican Security Units - 45 Units (1 par county) (4 platoons)

- BMPJ, Judicial Police Mobile Brigades - SCRB, Crime-Fighting Central Service Units of the DCST (Directorate for the Co-ordination of Territorial Security) DCST?s Special Group Counter-Intelligence service of the Ministry of the Interior. (The main CI agency in Algeria is the DRS). ============================================================== ANGOLA 16 Special Force Brigade Airborne Bataillon Special Forces Bataillon Special Operation Group Infantry Marines Bataillon Support Bataillon Artillery Battailon Forces Special Direction Rapid Reaction Police ============================================================== ARGENTINA Ministry of National Defence Land Force GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales) Rapad Reaction Force, Campo de Mayo - batallones de Comandos 601 (Ca Cdo(s) 601/CC601) (Army SF/Commando unit), Campo de Mayo - 3 x Companies - Batallones Assaut Airea 601, Campo de Mayo - 3 x Companies IV Brigada Paracaidista, Cordoba - 3 x Airborne Bataillon - Platoon Pathfinders Navy Submarine Command, Mar del Plata Naval Base - Agrupació de Buzos Tácitcos (APBT) (Seals) Infantry Marines Command, Punta Alta - 3 x Infantry Battalion, Zarate, Buenos Aires - Base Infantry Marine, Marina Baterias, Punta Alta - 1 Brigade -BIM 1 Force Marines Flotte FAA, Baterias - 2 Infantry Battalion - Wheeled Amphibious Batallion - Amphibious Commandos (Marine SF/Recon unit), Baterias - 6 x platoons - FIM 1 Austral Marines Force, Rio Gallegos - 2 x Detachments / Battalions, Rio Gallegos & Rio Grande - Prefecture Security Maritime / 3° Brigade Force de Sécurité, Punta Alta - Chef of Staff HQ Security Battalion - Bataillon Sécurité, Puerto Belgrano 10 x Security-Protection Companies Grupo Albatross - Prefecta (Maritime Police) SWAT unit Grupo de Respuesta Imediate de Alto Reisgo (GRIAR - Immediate High Risk Response Group) - Guardacostas (Coast Guard) - Maritime counterterrorism Air Force

Escuadron de Apoyo Comando (EAC-AF special ops unit), BAM, M. Moreno- Moron –B. Aires Ministry of the Interior Agrupacion Seguridad e Inteligencia de la Presidencia Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon (BEOH)/ Grupo Halcon (Falcon Special Operations Brigade/Falcon Group) “Brigada Halcon” Buenos Aires Police CT/SWAT unit Grupos Especiales Operativos (GEO). 18 Swat teams Buenos Aires and other provinces GRIAR (Grupo de Respuesta Imediate deAlto Reisgo) CoasT Guard UEI (Unidad Especiales de Investigaciones) GEOR (Grupo Especial de Operaciones Rurales) COE (Cuerpo de Operaciones Especiales) de la Policia Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF - Federal Police SWAT unit) Tropa de Operaciones Especiales (TOE) - Policía Provincial de Santa Fé (Swat team) Escuadrón Táctico Especial Recomendado (ETER) - Policía Provincial de Córdoba (Swat team) Departamento Narcotrafico y Operaciones Especiales de la Prefectura Gendarmeria Nacional Escuadrón de Fuerzas Especiales de Gendarmería National (CT unit) Grupo Especial Alacran “Scorpions” (Gendarmeria’s SF unit)/Escuadron Alacran Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería National “Groupe Monte” (Jungle Special Operations Section) Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON - Special Unit for the Struggle Against Narcotics Trafficers) Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) (Prison Tactical / SWAT units) Grupo Especial Operaciones Penitenciarias (GEOP) Grupo Especial de Intervención (GEI) Swat team Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR). This Swat team serves only in the Complejo Uno prison from Ezeiza. Grupo de Elite de Traslados (Escorts dangerous criminals from prison to courtroom or to another prison) ============================================================== AUSTRIA Ministry of National Defence 6th Jägerbrigade - Light Infantry Brigade (Mountain Warfare), Innsbruck & Absam - 15th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, Kirchdorf - 23rd - Jägerbataillon Infantry Battalion, Bludesh - 24th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, HQ Lienz - 2nd Pionierbataillon – Engineer Bataillon, Kirchdorf - Tragtierstaffel – Transport -Animal, Landeck - 2nd & 6th Aufklärungskompanie –Anti Tank Companies, Landeck 7th Jägerbrigade - Light Infantry Brigade (Rangers), Klagenfurt - 18th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, St. Michael - 25th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, Klagenfurt - 26th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, Spittal - 1st Pionierbataillon -Enginner Bataillon, Villach - 2nd Artillerieregiment Artillery Regiment, Klagenfurt Ministry of the Interior Gendarmerie "Einsatz Kommando (GEK) Cobra", Wiener Neustad (CT) - 2 Tactical Teams - Wega in Vienna - PEK "Polizei-Einsatzkommando"; for crisis situations, entries,

- MEK "Mobiles Einsatzkommando"; mainly supporting patrol units when situations are getting Complicated and real dangerous - Cobra for the rest of the country. - 3 Regional EKO posts in Linz , Graz , and Innsbruck ============================================================== AUSTRALIA Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) Covert Action Directorate - (Aussie version of the CIA's SAD) Ministry of National Defence Special Operations Command Headquarters ( Canberra , ACT and Potts Point Sydney , NSW) - SO Combat Service Support Company (Banksmeadow Barracks, Sydney, NSW) - Special Air Service Regiment (Swanbourne Barracks, Perth , WA ) -Base Squadron - HQ - Anti Terrorism Cell - Training and Operational Support Squadron -I nstruction Wing - Wings Medical, Transport, Material, Supply - 1, 2, 3 “Sabre” Squadrons - “A Troop” - HALO Troop - “B Troop” - Boat Troop - “C Troop” - Mobility Troop - Counter Terrorism and Special Recovery (CTSR) Teams -TAG (West) - 4th Battalion (Commando) Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) (4RAR Cdo) -A (Reserve), B, C and D Companies -Tactical Assault Group, East (composed of personnel for 4RAR and RAN personnel) - Aviation Platoon from “B” Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment - Special Operations Combat Service Support Company (SOCSSC) - Special Forces Training Center - Army Reserve 1st Commando Regiment (1st Cdo Regt) ( Randwick Barracks, Sydney , NSW) - HQ Company - Signal, Maintenance, Training Troops - Base Operation & Base Radio Sections - 1 Commando Company (HMAS Penguin, Sydney , NSW) - 2 Commando Company ( Fort Gellibrand , Williamstown, Vic) - 301 Signals Squadron (HQ Randwick Barracks) - Swan Island Special Warfare Detachment - 4 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, NSW) - Battalion Headquarters - A, B, C Companies - Tactical Assault Group (East) (Army and Navy Personnel) - 126 Signals Squadron - Operations Support Company - Logistics Support Company - Aviation Platoon from “B” Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment - Incident Response Regiment (Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, NSW) - Chemical, Biological and Radiological Response Squadron - A, B, C Troops - High Risk Search Troop

- Emergency Response Squadron (Integrated) (Sydney, Townsville, Darwin Oakey) - 1 Troop ( Darwin , NT ) - 2 & 4 Troops - 4 Troop (Oakey, Qld) - Scientific and Technical Organisation Associate Units of Special Operations Command - Australian Army - 171 Squadron (S-70A Blackhawk) (Garbut Barracks, Townsville, Qld moving to Sydney, NSW) - C Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment (6 CH-47D Chinook) (Garbut Barracks, Townsville, Qld) - Special Forces Training Centre (Singleton, NSW) - Parachute Training School (HMAS Albatross, Nowra, NSW) - Royal Australian Navy - Clearance Diving Team 1 (Sydney, NSW) - Clearance Diving Team 4 (Fleet Base West, Perth , WA ) - Clearance Diving Team 3 (Reserve) - Royal Australian Air Force - 1, 2 and 4 Airfield Defence squadrons (anti-special forces units) Australian Army North West Mobile Force (NORFORCE) (Army Reserve) (HQ Darwin , NT ) - Arnhem Squadron ( Nhulunbuy , NT ) - Centre Squadron ( Alice Springs , NT ) - Darwin Squadron ( Darwin , NT ) - Kimberley Squadron ( Broome , WA ) - Operational Support Squadron ( Darwin , NT ) - The Pilbara Regiment (Army Reserve) (HQ Karratha , WA ) - 1 Squadron (Port Headland, WA) - 2 Squadron ( Exmouth , WA ) - 3 Squadron ( Perth , WA ) - Operational Support Squadron ( Karratha , WA ) - 51 Battalion, The Far North Queensland Regiment (Army Reserve) (HQ Cairns , Qld) - A Company ( Cairns , Qld) - B Company (Weipa, Qld) - C Company ( Thursday Island , Qld) - D Company (Mt Isa, Qld) - Operational Support Company ( Cairns , Qld) 3 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Parachute) (Sydney, NSW) - A, B, C Companies - Recon Platoon Ministry of the Interior Australian Protective Service (APS) provides Counter Terrorist First Response (CTFR) VIP Protection Australian Federal Police Hostage Rescue Unit AntiTerrorist Force Australian Customs SWAT team Local police Queensland Police Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) New South Wales Police State Protection Group Tactical Operations Unit (SPG TOU) The full-time "SWAT" team. Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG) (State Protection Support tactical teams)

Tasmania Police Special Operations Group (SOG) (State Protection Support tactical teams) Northern Territory Police Territory Response Group (PTRG) (State Protection Support tactical teams) Western Australia Police Tactical Response Group (PTRG) (State Protection Support tactical teams) South Australia - Police Special Tasks and Rescue Division (PSTRD) (State Protection Support tactical teams) Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Australian Federal Police (AFP) Special Operations Team (SOT) ACT Team was renamed and formed the Special Response and Security Team (SRS) ============================================================== BAHAMAS Forces Speciales civiles Buro de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia de Nassau ============================================================== BAHRAIN U-Group of the Public Security Force has provided counterterrorist. ============================================================== BANGLADESH 1st Para-Commando Battalion, Dhaka BAR (Bataillon d'Action Rapide) ============================================================== BELARUS 5th Spetsnaz brigade, Marina-Gora Almaz ============================================================== BELGIQUE Land Force Groupe de forces spéciales - Special Group Forces, (SFG), Flawinne, ( Namur ) - 4 x Amphibious Teams - 2 x Air Teams - 4 x Lands Teams Brigade Para-Commandos (aeromobile), Louvain (Brabant Flamand) - 1st Parachute Battalion (1 Para) (Diest, Flemish Brabant) - 3 x companies combat - 2nd Commando Battalion (2 Cdo) (Namur, Namur) - 3 x companies combat - 3rd Lancier Parachute Battalion (3 Para) (Kasterlee, Antwerpen) - 3 x companies combat - Escadron reco 3e Lanciers Para, Nieuport (Flandres Occidentale) - Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Detachment (Heverlee, Flemish Brabant) - Signal detachment - 4 x permanent teams - Para-Commando Field Artillery Battery ( Bij VA Para Cdo) (Towed Artillery LG1 Mk II) (Brasschaat, Antwerpen) - 210th Para-Commando Logistics Company (Leuven, Flemish Brabant ) - 51e Bataillon logistique, Damne (Flandre Occidentale) Guides Squadron - Eskadron der Gidsen (Esk G) (Reconnaissance), Lombardsijde (Aviation brigade) 17th Recce Intelligence and Information Warfare Squadron (17 Recce) (Leuven, Flemish Brabant ) Parachutist Training Center Commando Training Center Police

Commissariaat-generaal - speciale eenheden (CGSU), Bruxelles (CT) - Section Protection spécialisée - Section Surveillance spécialisée - Section Intervention spécialisée - Sections Services, Logistique et Techniques particulières - Disaster Victim Identification Team (DVI) 4 x Unités Protection, Observation, Soutien et Arrestation (POSA) - POSA Liège; POSA Charleroi; POSA Gand; POSA Anvers. Security Servive in Palias Royal Bijzonder Bijstandsteam (BBT)

============================================================== BOLIVIA Ministry of National Defence Land Force Comando de Fuerzas EspecIales / Fuerza Especiales y Operaciones de Mantenimiento de Paz - RI 12 MANCHEGO (Montero) - RI 16 JORDAN (Riberalta) - RI 24 MENDEZ ARCOS (Challapata) - Special Forces Training Centre, Santa Cruz Navy Fuerza de Tarea "Diablos Azules" - Balattion de Infanteria de Marina “Almirante Gran” Servicio de Inteligencia Naval - SINDA Grupo de Reacción Inmediata GRIN El Centro de Instrucción de Buceo en Altura Centro de Instrucción de Comandos Amfibios Ministry of the Interior Division Operaciones Especiales de la Policia - COPES (Centro de Operaciones Especiales) Battallon de Seguridad Fisica FELCN (Fuerzas Especial de Lucha Contra el Narcotrafico) FOE (Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales) ============================================================== BOSNIA HERZEGOVINE Ministry of National Defence Land Force Crni Labudovi Kateebat al-Mujahideen Gaz'ia Unit 501th, 503rd, 505th Mountain Brigade 511th Light Brigade "Apaci" Rapid Reaction Brigade HQ Butile - Mechanized Battalion HQ Jajce - Ranger Battalion HQ Butile - Artillery Battalion HQ Kiseljak - Recce Company (Buitile) Ministry of the Interior MOS (Muslimanske Oruzane Snage) Special Police Unit "Seve" ============================================================== BRAZIL Ministry of National Defence

Land Force Força de Ação Rápida-FAR (brigade Special Forces) - Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais - Companhia de Defesa Química, Biológica e Nuclear - Brigada de Infantaria Pára-quedista (Parachute Infantry Brigade), Vila Militar (RJ) - Companhia de Precursorers Para-Quedista (CIA PREC - Parachute Pathfinder Company) - 1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos (Pára-quedista) - 3ª Companhia de Forças Especiais (Pára-quedista) - sediada em Manaus - 1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais (1° BFEsp - 1st Special Forces Battalion) - 2 x SF companies, a Commando Co - Counter Terrorism Detachment - Destacamento de Operações Psicológicas - 12ª Brigada de Infantaria Leve (Aeromovel) (12th Light Infantry BrigadeAirmobile), Catarava (SP) - 11º Batalhao de Infantaria de Montanha - Esquadron de Aviation do Exercito (Army Aviation Squadron) Batalho de Operacoes Policias Especiais (BOPE) Special Military Police Battailllon) Rio de Janeiro Navy Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais (CFN)-(Naval Rifle Corps-Marines), Rio de Janeiro - Division Amphibie, îles du Gouverneur, Rio de Janeiro - 3 x Bataillons Infanterie "Riachuelo", "Humaitá"et "Paissandu - Bataillon Tonelera Commando de Marine COMANFI (Amphibious Commandos), Campo Grande (Rio Janeiro) - 2 x Amphibious Action Companies - 2 x Recon-Cdo Companies - Grupo de Mergulhadores de Combate-GRUMEC (Combat Divers Group) - Frogman Cell - Counter Terrosisme Team - Grupo Especial de Resgate (GER) - Special Rescue Group - 9 x Marines Detachment’s Air Force Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento “PARA-SAR” - (Parachute Search and Rescue) Projecto Talon (Project Talon), Rio de Janiero ( Air CT ) Federal Police Comando de Operações Táticas (COT) - Serviço de Estratégias Táticas (SET) - Serviço de Operações Táticas (SOT) Grupos de Operações Especiais (Military Police special ops groups) Grupo de Açòes Táticas Especiais (GATE) Local Police Commondo de Operações Especiais (COE - Special Operations Corps-Parana State Military Police special ops unit) Grupo Armado de Repreensão a Roubos e Assaltos (GARRA) (SWAT/EOD unit) São Paulo Civil Police ============================================================== BULGARIA 101 Mountain Brigade – Smolian - Btn – Smolian - 34 Btn – Momchilgrad - 103 Btn – Ardino

Special Operations Command, Sofia - 68 Brigade “Special Forces” – Plovdiv . Nicknamed “The Parachute Brigade”. - 1 Reconnaissance Parachute Regiment – Sliven - 1 Psychological Operations Battalion – Sofia - Tzrancha Training Range ============================================================== BRUNEI Special Combat Squadron (SAS) Diving Section ============================================================== CANADA Ministry of National Defence/ Ministère de la Défense nationale Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) / Commandement des Forces d'opérations spéciales du Canada (COMFOSCAN) - Joint Task Force Two (JTF 2) / Deuxième Force opérationnelle interarmées (FOI 2), Dywer Hill , Ontario - Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) / Régiment d'opérations spéciales du Canada (ROSC) - 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427 SOA Sqn) / 427e Escadron d'opérations spéciales d'aviation (427 EOSA), Petawawa, Ontario - Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CJIRU-CBRN) / Unité interarmées d'intervention du Canada – Incidents chimiques, biologiques, radiologiques et nucléaires (UIIC-ICBRN) Navy Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic [FDU (A)] / Unité de plongée de la Flotte (Atlantique) [UPF(A)], Shearwater, Nova Scotia Fleet Diving Unit (Pacific) [FDU(P)] / Unité de plongée de la Flotte (Pacifique) [UPF(P)], Colwood, Colombie-Britannique Royal Mounted Canada Police (RMCP) / Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) Emergency Response Team (ERT) / Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (GTI)

============================================================== CHILE Ministry of National Defence Land Force Special Forces Brigade Escuela de Paracaidistas y Fuerzas Especiales (School of S.F.) -Special Forces Battalion -Parachute Battalion 1st, 2nd Comando Regiments 6th Comando Regiment (desert ops) - Parachute Battalion - Pathfinders Yungay (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 3 Talca (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 16 Los Angeles (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 17 Guardia Vieja (Mountain Infantry Unit) Nº 18 Navy Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina (Chilean Marine Corps), Vina del Mar - Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 1 Lynch (Battalion) Punta Arenas - Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 2 Miller (Battalion) Vina del Mar

- Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 3 Aldea (Battalion) Valparaiso - Destacamento de Infanteria Marina 4 Cochrane (Battalion) Talcahuena - Agrupación de Comandos Infantería de Marina Nº 51 (Marines SOF unit), Vina del Mar & Valparaiso - Compania Anti terroristas (CT) - 4 x Gruppos - 4 x Companias Commandos in 4 Area (zonas) - Escuela de Infanteria Marina, Vina del Mar - Escuela de Infanteria Marina, Comando de Buzos Tacticos de la Armada (Navy SF commandoes)

Air Force Escuadrilla de Paracaidistas de la Frueza Aerea de Chile (FACh) “Bionas Azules” (AF "Blue Beret" Pachute Bn.) Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (Air Force SF/Commando unit), Los Cerillos (Santiago de Chili) - Paracaidistas de Busqueda, Salvamento y Rescate (PARASAR - Air Force SAR unit) - Agrupación Antisecuestros Aéreos de la FACh- (ASA - Air Force anti-hijack unit) Ministry of the Interior National Police Force Unidad Anti-Terroristes (UAT) of the National Police Force “Cobra” Carabiners Carabinier Unitades Especiales - JEDOES (Jefatura de Operaciones Especiales) - Grupo de Operaciones de Policia Especiales (GOPE), Tobolada Santiago Airport -15 x Teams - Sección de Investigación de Accidentes en el Tránsito, S.I.A.T. - Sección de Investigaciones Policiales. S.I.P - Sección Encargos y Búsqueda de Vehículos. S.E.B.V. - Dirección de Investigación Delictual y Drogas - Depto. O.S.. - Sección Forestal y Ecológica, O.S.5. ============================================================== CHINA Rapid Reaction Units (RRU) - PLA Air Force 15th Airborne Corps, Guangzhou MR rd th th - 3 Airborne divisions (43 , 44 , 45 ) - Airborne Special Operation Team - PLA 38th Group Army, Beijing MR - Armoured division - 3 x Mechanised infantry divisions (112th, 113th, 114th) - PLA 39th Group Army, Shenyang MR - Armoured division - 3 x Mechanised infantry divisions (115th, 116th, 190th) - PLA 127th Mechanised Infantry Division, 54th GA, Jinan MR - PLA 149th Mechanised Infantry Division, 13th GA, Chengdu MR - Seven special operations forces (SOF) groups, one in each military region - PLA Navy 1st Marine Brigade, South Sea Fleet Central Guard Unit (57003) (Protection, Guard VIP) Special Operation Unit (helicopter transport; serial number LH91X0X) One Special Operation Group (SOF) for each of the seven military regions (MR) - 3 x battalions

18 x Special Reconnaissance Groups / Battalions (SRF) each of the PLA’s 18 group armies (GA) Each Army division has a special reconnaissance company with Navy Special Operation Force (battalion) - 3 x Companies Marine Corps (Haijun luzhandui) (Under the Command of Navy's South Fleet) - 1st Marine Brigade, Zhanjiang/Guangdong mainbody in Hinan Island (92057) - Special force battalion, - Reconnaissance company, (One all female recon unit) - Frogman platoon - 164th Marine Brigade, Suixi/Guangdong or Zhanjiang , Guangdong - Reconnaissance compan - Frogman platoon - Xi Sha Garrison (Xi Sha Shi Jing Qu) (38021) - 1st Marine Brigade (Unit 92057) - South Sea Fleet, PLA Navy. HQ location: Zhanjiang Guangdong - Special force battalion - Reconnaissance compan - Frogman platoon - 2nd Marine Brigade (Unit 92510) - South Sea Fleet, PLA Navy. HQ Location: Suixi Guangdong - Special force battalion - Reconnaissance compan - Frogman platoon People Armed Police (PAP) Special Police Group (National) - Special Police Unit (3 Teams) - Recon Unit (3 Teams) People’s Armed Police Special Police College - Police Unit 722 - Special Emergency Team - Special Operations Team - Special Reconnaissance Team - Special Bomb Team Special Police Units (Local) ============================================================== COLOMBIA Ministry of the Defence Fuerzas Especiales Anti-Terroristas Urbanas (AFEAU) - Urban Counterterrorist Special Forces (CT-HRT) - 4 x Assault Teams Centro de Information Anti-Extorsion y Secuestro (Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Center ) CIAES of the 13th Brigade Land Force Fuerza de Despliegue Rápido – FUDRA, Tolemaida - Mobile Brigade 1 (Móvil Brigada 1) Grand - 19th ‘Cacique Calima’ Counterguerrilla Battalion San Vicente del Caguán - 20th Counterguerrilla Battalion Tolemaida - 21st (Colombian Army "Rangers") ‘Lanceros del Llano Arriba’ Counterguerrilla Battalion - 22nd Counterguerrilla Battalion - Mobile Brigade 2 (Móbil Brigada 2) Barancabermeja

- 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th Counterguerrilla Battalions - Mobile Brigade 3 (Móvil Brigada 3) Cali - 51st 52nd 53rd 54th Counterguerrilla Battalions - Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces Brigade), Tolemaida - 1st Special Forces Battalion Tolemaida - 2nd Special Forces Battalion Tolemaida - 3rd Special Forces Battalion Tolemaida - 4th Special Forces Battalion Putumayo Dept. - 24th Brigade (Army Aviation), Tolemaida Military Base Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas AFEA Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal “Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales de Lucha Contra el Narcotrafico”/ Brigada Contra el Narcotráfico, Tres Esquinas 1st ‘Genral Rodolfo Herrera Luna’ Counter-Narcotics Battalion Tres Esquinas 2nd Counter-Narcotics Battalion Larandia 3rd Counter-Narcotics Battalion Larandia Companias Contra Guerrillos Urbanos (CCGU - Urban Counter Guerilla Companies) (assigned to 14 Columbia Army brigades) GAES (Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Groups of the Colombian Army) (antikidnapping teams in each brigade) Grupos Autónomos y Unificados por la Libertad y la Antiextorsión (GAULA). Special anti-kidnapping sections) Comando Especial del Ejército (CEE). This is the elite anti-narcotics team Navy Comando de Infanteria de Marina (CIMAR (Marine Infantry Command) - First ‘Atlantico’ Marine Brigade Sincelejo - Second ‘Pacifico’ Marine Brigade Buenaventura - First Riverine Brigade Puerto Leguízamo - Grupo de Comandos Anfibios (GCA - SEAL type unit) Air Force Grupo Anti-Secuestro de Aviones (GASDA - (Aircraft Anti-Hijacking Group) (part of Colombian Air Force), Madrid AB-Bogota National Police Grupo Operational Contra Extorsion y Secuestros (GOES) (Counter Extortion and Kidnapping Group) Unidad Especial Antisecuestro y Extorsión (UNASE - National Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Unit) - Divided in UNASE Rural and UNASE Urbana. Policía Nacional Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOES-DIJIN). Swat unit. Policía Nacional Comando de Operaciones Especiales (COPES). CT unit. Policía Nacional Grupo de Elite Antiterrorista Urbano. Acting only in Medellín, this CT unit. Policía Nacional Comando Metropolitano de Desarme (COMED). in Calí (against armed gangs, killers hired by the mafias, narcos and urban guerrillas) Comandos de Jungla Teams (missions in the jungle against narcos) Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional Grupo de Acción Especial contra el Narcotráfico (GAEN) Dirección Antinarcóticos de la Policía Nacional Grupo de Elite Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS) Ministry of the Justice Grupo de Reacción Inmediata Penitenciario (GRI). Prison SWAT team Instituto Penitenciario de Colombia (INPEC) ============================================================== COSTA RICA

Unidad de Intervencio Especial (UIE) (CT) (Special Intervention Unit), San Jose - 11 x Assault teams Costa Rica National Coast Guard - Special Force Units, Murcielago ============================================================== CROATIA 1st Gardijska Brigada 'Tigrovi" 350th Diverzantski Odred 352nd Diverzantsko Roniteljska Bojna "Delta" ATVP (Antiteroristicka Vojna Policija) Bojna za Psiholosko-Propaganda Dejstva Special Unit of Ministry of Defense Battalion 'Zrinski' Special Police Force - Antiteroristicka Jednica "Lucko" - Specijalna Jedinica Policije "Alfa" ============================================================== CUBA Comando de Missiones Especiales (CME) BE PNR Airborne Brigade, La Havane - 2 x Commando Bataillons - Special Force Bataillon Infantry Marines - 2 x Assault battalions ============================================================== CYPRESS Special Force Command - 3 x Special Force Battalions - Greek Cypriot Commandos (LRRP type unit) - Amphibious Company - Greek Cypriot OYK (Marine Commandos - SEAL type unit) - Combat Diver Cell ============================================================== CZECH REREPUBLIC 6 Specialni Brigada (6th Special Brigade) (Prostejov) - 115th Long Range Recon Battalion, Chrudim of 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (HQ Havlickuv Brod) - 4th Recon Battalion, Bechyne of 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (HQ Havlickuv Brod) - 43rd Airborne Mech Battalion, Chrudim of 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade (HQ Havlickuv Brod) - 2nd Recon Battalion, Vimperk of 2nd Mechanized Brigade (HQ Pisek) - 7th Recon Battalion, Kromeriz of 7th Mechanized Brigade (HQ Kromeriz) Speciální jednotka vojenské policie SOG (Military police SOG - small unit-around 60 members) - like DELTA Útvar Rychlého Nasazení (URNA - National Police CT uni) ZJ Praha -Zasahova Jednotka - (8 regional SWAT teams ) ============================================================== DENMARK Saerlige Efterretning Patruljer (SEP) (Spec. Intel. Patrols) Jægerkorpset (JGK) -The JaegerCorps "The Hunters" are the Danish Army Special Forces (SOF) (SAS type unit) Frømandskorpset (FKP), Ballerup - The Frogmancorps are the Danish Navy SEALs (SOF) Sirus-patruljen (PNG) : Patruljetjenesten Nord- og Nordøstgrønland, Flyvestation Værløse

- Patrol Northern Greenland , is a specialised arctic dogsledge patrol (LRSU) Patruljekompagni / Danske Division - PTL COY / DDIV is a Army Reserve LRRP-coy (LRSC) Patruljekompagni / Hærens Operative Kommando - PTL COY / AOC is a Danish National Guard / Territorial Army - LRS Company which operats for the Danish Army Operations Command during war. (LRSC) Aktionsstyrken (Police CT unit)

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DJIBOUTI Groupe d'intervention de la gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)

============================================================== DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Comando Especial Antiterrorista (Army CT unit) 1th Batallon de Comando 6th Mountain Rifle (Special Forces) Battalion , Constanza - detachments in each zone Ecological Battalion Training Battalion, San Isidro 9th Macheteros Battalion (special forces unit) Air Cavalry Battalion, San Isidro [UH-1H/Bell 205] Tracker Unit [K-9] Comandos Anfibios NAVALES (Navy Combat divers tasked with, among other things, counter-narcotics and hostage-rescue operations) Operciones Especiales de la Policia GAR (Grupo de Accion Rapida) Policia DNI (Division Nationale d'Investigation) ============================================================== ECUADOR Land Force 9-BFE (Bda. de Fuerzas Especiales No.9) PATRIA (HQ Latacunga) (Attached to 1 Division, Quito) - GFE 24 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 24) RAYO (Daule/Peripa) - GFE-25 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 25) (Sto. Domingo) - GFE-26 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 26) (Quevedo) - GFE-27 (Gpo. de Fzas.Esp. 27) (Latacunga) - GEK-9 (Grupo Escuela de Comandos) (Latacunga) Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO/ CT) Puma Unit (Army SF) Grupo de Intervencion y Rescate (GIR -Intervention and Rescue Group) Batallón de Comando de Fuerza Especiales BOES (Battallon de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Militar ) COE (Comite de Operaciones Especiales) Brigada de Operaciones Especiales 24 BOES 54 (Batallon de Operaciones Especiales 54) Navy

Cuerpo de Infantería de Marina, Guayaquil - 3 x Infantry Bataillonx, Guayaquil, Iles de Galápagos, Oriente - Commando group Air Force Special Forces Search and Rescue Unit, Quito National Police GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia ) ============================================================== EGYPT Ministry of the Defence Land Force Army Commando Command - Headquarters of the Commando Forces, Nasser City suburb of Cairo - 777 Combat Unit (Al-Sa'iqa / `Thunderbolt Force' / 'Unit 777') - 1 Pathfinders Bataillon - 2 Assault Bataillons - Unit 333 - Hostage Rescue Force (HRF), Le Caire Airport (CT/HRT) - Unit 999 (direct action and reconnaissance) - 140 -182 Para/ Commando Brigades, Anshas - 3 x Bataillons (1 Training , 2 Combat) - 2 x Aeromobile Brigades - 7 x Commando Groups - 4 x Battalions - Parachute Scholl, Anshaus ( 50 Km of Cairo ) Brigade Garde Républicaine Navy Special Force Amphibious brigade, Alexandria Naval Special Warfare UDT/SEAL-type unit, Abou-Quer Naval Base Ministry of the Interior Central Security Forces - `Special Operations Troops' of the Central Security Forces (a branch of the Ministry of the Interior) (VIP protection, SWAT-type etc) State Security - Unit 333 - Hostage Rescue Force ("HRF"), southern Cairo National Police - HRF, Cairo ============================================================== EL SALVADOR Comando de Fuerzas Especiales (CFE) Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE) - Patrullas de Reconocimiento de Alcance Largo (PRAL - LRRPs) - Hacha “Hatchet” (SAS type direct action unit) Ministry of the Defence Brigada Especial de Seguridad Militar - Special Brigade for Military Security (BESM) - 4 Battalions, including - Military police battalion Batallon de Paracaidistas ( BAPAC - Parachute Battalion) Battelion de Infateria de Marina Compania de Comandos Marina (Marine Commando Company) Commando Especial Anti-Terrorista (CEAT) - Special Anti-Terrorist Command, Ilopango Air Base Ministry of the Interior PRAL (Patrullas de Reconocimiento de Alcance Largo) BESM (Brigada Especial de Seguridad Militar) ou BESM

Grupo de Respuesta Policial (GRP - Police Response Group) Div. de Proteccion de Personalidades Div. de Armas y Explosivos Unidad de Mantenimiento de Orden Grupo Aero Policial DECO (Division Elite Contra Crimen Organizado) ============================================================== ESTONIA Special Operations Group (SOG) ============================================================== FIJI Army First Meridian Squadron (CI) unit ============================================================== FINLAND Land Force Kaartin Jääkärirykmentti – Guard Jäger Regiment, Santahamina & Taivallahti, Helsinki . (Special Urban Force) - Kaartin Pataljoona – Guard Battalion, Helsinki - 2. Jääkärikomppania – Jäger Company - Sotilaspoliisikomppania – MP Company - Kuljetuskomppania – ? - Uudenmaan Jääkäripataljoona – Uudenmaa Jäger Battalion, ? - 1. Jääkärikomppania – Jäger Company - Panssarintorjuntakomppania – AT Company - Kranaatinheitinkomppania – Mortar Company - Aliupseerikoulu – NCO School . Utin Jääkärirykmentti – Utti Jäger Regiment, Kouvola-Utti, Kymi. - Laskuvarjojääkärikoulu – Parachute School - Airborne Ranger School - Special Jaeger Branch // Reconnaissance Branch (Special Forces Section and Counter Terrorism)) - Sotilas Poliisikoulu – Military Police School Finnish Sissikomppaniat (Ranger/Guerilla Warfare Companies) Navy Uusimaa Brigade, Dragsvik , Finland - Vaasa Coastal Jaeger Battalion - Raseborg Coastal Artillery Battalion 1st Marine Commadno Bataillon, Upinenni - 2 x Companies - 1st Rannikkojaakarikomppania (1st Marine commando company) - Laivaston Erikoistoimintayksikko (Navy Special operation unit) National Police Osasto Karhu “Bear Unit” of the Helsinki Police Department (CT/Hostage rescue unit) Frontier Guard (Special Rapid Deployment Force) ============================================================== FRANCE Ministère de la Défense Commandement des Opérations Spéciales (COS) - Detachment’s of EIREL (Ecole Interarmée de Renseignement et de Langues) (Language School), Strasbourg ? - état-major (BA 107, Villacoublay) - Commission interarmées d'études pratiques concernant les opérations spéciales (CIEPCOS) (veille technique) - Groupe mixte de créativité (GMC) (innovation technique)

- Brigade des Forces Speciales Terre (BFST) * 1er régiment de parachutistes d'infanterie de marine (1er RPIMa) * 13e régiment de dragons parachutistes (13e RDP) * 4e régiment d'hélicoptères des forces spéciales (4e RHFS) - Escadrille d'opérations spéciales (EOS 1) : 7 Cougar - EOS 2 : 13 Gazelle, dont 3 Canon, 3 Mistral et 7 Viviane - EOS 3 : 8 EC-725 HUS Caracal - EOS 4 : 4 à 5 Puma (Terre) (rattaché au GIH) - EOS 5 : 2 Puma (Air) (rattaché au GIH) - EOS 6 : 4 Tigre à compter de 2009 * Compagnie de commandement et transmissions (CCT) - Commandos marine, appartenant à la force maritime des fusiliers marins et commandos (FORFUSCO), Lorient * Commando d'action sous-marines (CASM) Hubert, Saint Mandrier * Commando Trépel * Commando Jaubert * Commando de Penfentenyo * Commando de Montfort * Commando Kieffer (soutien spécialisé : UAV, K9, EW, EOD, NRBC) + groupes de Contre-terrorism et libération d'otages (CTLO) dans Hubert (Section B), Trépel et Jaubert Bâtiment de Soutien aux Nageurs de Combat (BSNC) Poseïdon (A722) Bâtiment de soutien à la plongée (BSP) Le Malin (A 616) Les forces spéciales de l'armée de l'air sont gérées par un Bureau forces spéciales (BFS) * Commando parachutiste de l'air n° 10 (CPA 10) * Escadrille spéciale d'hélicoptères (ESH) appartenant à l'Escadron d'hélicoptères 1/67 Pyrénées (2 Caracal HUS) * Escadron de transport 3/61 Poitou (ET 03.061) - escadrille F-118 (ou VB-118 ?) : 1 C-130H-30 Hercules, Orléans - escadrille F-119 (ou VB-119 ?) : 4 C-160R Transall, Toulouse + 2 Caracals supplémentaires ? Réservistes (expertise initiale de théâtre, etc.) Armée de terre Brigade de renseignement - 44e régiment de transmissions (44e RT) de Mutzig (ROEM opératif ou de théâtre) - 54e régiment de transmissions (54e RT) d'Haguenau (ROEM tactique) - 61e régiment d'artillerie (61e RA) de Chaumont (drones de surveillance du champ de bataille) - 2e régiment de hussards (2e RH) de Sourdun (régiment blindé de recherche de renseignement RBRR) - Groupement aéromobile de renseignement (GAR) rattaché au 1er RHC de Phalsbourg (hélicoptères de reconnaissance) ? / Cougar HORIZON placés sous cocon en mai 2008

- Groupement de recueil de l'information (GRI) de Montigny-les-Metz (ROHUMConversationnel) ? - 28e groupe géographique (topographie / cartographie) 11eme Brigade Parachutiste (11th Parachute Brigade), Toulouse - 2e Regiment Etranger Parachutiste (2e REP), Calvi - 1er Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (1e RCP) - 3e Regiment Parachutiste d’Infanterie de Marine (3e RPIMa), Cacasonne - 8e Regiment Parachutiste d’Infanterie de Marine(8e RPIMa), Castre - 35e Regiment d’Artillerie Parachutiste (35e RAP), Tarbes - 1e Regiment de Hussards Parachutiste (1e RHP), Tarbes - 17e Regiment du Genie Parachutiste (17e RGP), Montauban - Section Nautique d’Intervention Offensive (SNIO) - 1er Regiment de Transmissions Parachutiste (RTP), Toulouse - Groupement de Commandos Parachutistes (GCP) (Commandos de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur) - 12 x Teams divide to all parachutist regiment) 27e Brigade d'Infanterie de Montagne (Light Mountain Infantry Brigade, Varces - Groupement de commandos de Montagne (GCM) 9e Brigade Legere Blindée d'Infanterie de Marine (Light Motorized Brigade, Nantes - Detachement d'Intervention Operationelle (DIO) Foreign Legion (regiments are integrated within different brigades) - 1er Regiment Etranger, Aubagne - 1st Cavalry Regiment (1e REC) Orange - 2er Regiment d'Infanterie, Nîmes - 3e Regiment d'Infanterie, Kourou (Guyane) - 4e Regiment Etranger, Castelnaudery - 1er Regiment Etranger De Cavalerie (1e REC) - 2er Regiment Etranger de Parachutiste (2er REP) (Also a part of 11e BP), Calvi - Detachment Legion Etranger de Mayotte, Mayotte - 13e Demi-Brigade Legion Etrangere, Djibouti - 1er Regiment Etranger de Genie (REG), l’Ardoise - DINOPS (Detachement d'Intervention Operationelle Subaquqtique) (parachute & combat diver trained engineers) - 2e Regiment Etranger du Génie (REG), Plateau d’Albion Peloton de Reconnaissance et de Balisage (PRB) de l'ALAT (CCT, TACP) Unités spécialisées organiques à des unités classiques : Groupement de commandos parachutistes (GCP ex-CRAP) des régiments de la 11e brigade para Groupement de commandos Montagne (GCM ex-URH) des régiments de la 27e brigade de montagne Commando de recherche et d’action en jungle (CRAJ), 9e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine (9e RIMa, Guyane) Section d'aide à l'engagement débarqué (SAED), une prévue par régiment d'infanterie : 1er RI (GCI), 3e RIMa Groupe Commando d'Investigation (GCI) : SAED du 1er régiment d'infanterie Groupement d'aide à l'engagement en ville (GAEV), 7e brigade blindée Groupe commando amphibie (GCA), 21e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine, composé de deux commandos de six hommes et d'un groupe de commandement Equipes d'observation dans la profondeur (EOP) des régiments d'artillerie Pelotons de reconnaissance et balisage (PRB) des régiments d'hélicoptères de

combat DINOPS -> GCPG (groupe ou groupement de plongeurs de combat du génie) des régiments de Génie SNIO 17e RGP ? SLRO

35e RAP : opé "RAIDART" (raid artillerie) Groupement Interarmées des Actions Civilo-Militaires (GIACM), EMA Coopération civilo-militaire (Civil-military cooperation, CIMIC), EMA Groupement d'information opérationnelle (GIO), CFAT puis CFT (Commandement des forces terrestres) 2e régiment de dragons - nucléaire, biologique et chimique (2e RD-NBC), Brigade du génie Navy Groupe Plongeurs-Demineurs (GPD -French Navy EOD) « bâtiment d'expérimentation » Berry (A644) bâtiment collecteur de renseignement Bougainville (2001-2005) Bâtiment collecteur de renseignements Dupuy de Lôme Air Force - Commando Parachutiste de l'Air 10 (CPA 10 - CCT, TACP, Airfield Seizure, Orléans) - Commando Parachutiste de l'Air 20 (CPA 20 - Mesures Actives de Sûreté Aerienne -MASA/Aviation security) - Commando Parachutiste de l'Air 30 (RESCO - CSAR) * Groupe de Récupération au Sol (GRS) (Search and Recovery Group) - Sauveteur Plongeur RESCO (French Air Force CSAR Rescue-Divers) - Escadron EH 1/67 Pyrénées, Cazaux, (CSAR/RESCO) Gendarmerie nationale Groupement d'Intervention Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN), Satory - Force Intervention - Force Observation / Recherche - Force Sécurité / Protection Police nationale Force d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (FIPN) - RAID (unité de Recherche, Assistance, Intervention, et Dissuasion) "Panthères Noires", Bièvres - Groupes d'Intervention Police Nationale (GIPN) - Brigade Anti Commando de la Prefecture de police de Paris (BAC-PP) Service de Protection des Hautes Personnalités (SPHP) (Security, Protection VIP) Ministère de la Justice Équipes régionales d'intervention et de sécurité (ERIS) DGSE

CPES (Centre Parachutiste d'Entrainement Spéciale), Orléans CPIS (Centre d'Instruction Parachutiste Spéciale), Perpignan CPEOM (Centre Parachutiste d'Entrainement aux Operations Maritimes), Roscanvel Groupe Aerien Mixte 56 (GAM 56) Vaucluse Isard (A 776), Bâtiment de soutien de région type Chamois Bâtiment de Soutien à la Plongée (BSP) Alizé (A 645) ============================================================== GERMANY Ministry of the Defence Land Force Special Operations Division, Regensburg - 200th Special Operations Division Signal Cy, Oldenburg - 270th Engineer Cy, Wildeshausen - 310th Recon Cy, Luneburg - 270th Special Force Recon Company, Pfullendorf - 26th Airborne Brigade, Saarlouis - 261st airborne Battalion, Lebach - 263rd airborne Battalion, Zweibrucken - 262nd Ligth armor (anti-tank) airborne Battalion, Merzig - 31st Airborne Brigade, Oldenburg - 313th airborne Battalion, Varel - 373rd airborne Battalion, Doberlug-Kirchain - 272nd Light armor (anti-tank) airborne Battalion, Wildeshausen KSK Regiment (Special Forces), Cawl - 4 Commando & Special Forces Companies 23rd Mountain Infantry Brigade, Bad Reichenhall - 231st Mountain Infantry battalion, Bad Reichenall - 232nd Mountain Infantry battalion, Bischofswiesen - 233rd Mountain Infantry battalion, Mittenwald - 225th Field mountain artillery battalion, Fussen - Special recon Mountain Unit Navy Waffentauchergruppe (Weapon diver group) , Am Ort 6 , 24340 Eckernförde - Minentaucherkompanie (MiTaKp - Mine Clearance Company) - 1st Frogmen Company FampsfSchrvimmerKompanie - FSK (Verwendungsgruppe 3402), Echernförde - 2nd Company (Naval Boarding Operations) Ministry of the Interior Grenzschutzgruppe 9 [GSG 9, Counter-Terrorists], Sankt Augustin - 4 Employment units, in each case consisting of guidance troop & 6 special employment troops (SET) Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK - German State Police SWAT units) (around twenty teams) ZentralUnterstutzungseinheit Zoll (ZUZ - Customs Central Operation Support Group) ============================================================== GREECE Ministry of the Defence Land Force Eidiko Tmima Alexiptotiston (ETA “Special Parachute Unit - Greek Army LRRP type unit) 1st Sintagma Katadromon (1st Commando Regiment), Rentina - B, D, E Commando Squadrons 2nd Sintagma Alexiptotiston (2nd Parahute Regiment), Aspropirgos -1st Parachute Squadron

-2nd parachute Squadron 13th Sintagma Amfivion Katadromon (13th Amphibious Commando Regiment), Holargos, Athens - A,C Amphibious Commando Squadrons 32nd Taxiarhia Bezonafton (32nd Marine Brigade), Vollos - 505th Marines battalion, Vollos - 521st Marines battalion, Siros - 575th Marines battalion, Chalkis - Armored Battalion, Vollos Navy Monada Ypovrixion Kastrofon (MYK - “Underwater Destruction Unit”) now DYK, Salamis Naval Base - 4 x Commando Platoons Air Force Special Operations Squadron “Achiles” – Air Force - CSAR unit National Police Dimoria Eidikon Apostolon (DEA - Special Mission Platoon) of the Athens City Police (CT) Eidikes Katastaltikes Antitromokratikes Monades (EKAM - Police CT unit) - 7 x Assault Platoons ============================================================== GUATEMALA Ministry of the Defence Land Force Agrupacion Kaibil Agrupacion Tactica de Seguridad (ATS) - 2 x Special Forces Bataillon Agrupación Paracaidistas del Ejertico - 2 x Batallon Paracaidistas Navy Infanteria de Marina - 2 x Infantry Bataillon Air Force Grupo des Fuerzas Espaciales y Securidad, La Aurora , Zona 13, Guatemala City - 3 x Companies COIN - Armoured Squadron - ADA Battery Mational Police Fuerzas Especiales de la Policia (FEP) Grupa de Accion rapida (GAR) ============================================================== HONDURAS Agrupacion Tatica Especial, Tamara, Morazan - 2e Batallon Paracaidistas y Fuerza Espaciales, El Cajon - Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales, Tamara - Escuadron de Accion Directa - Paracaidistas y Fuerza Espaciales Escuela, Tamara Marines Infantry Battalion Commando de Operaciones (COE) "Cobras" ============================================================== HONG KONG Special Duties Unit (SDU) ============================================================== ICELAND

Sérsveit Ríkislögreglustjóra "Víkingasveitin - Viking squad" ============================================================== INDIA Land Forces Para Commando Battalions (1st, 9th, 10th, 21st Special Forces Battalions) Navy 340ht Marines Infantry Brigade Marine Commando Force (MCF) - Quick Reaction Section (QRS- Maritime CT) Naval Special Force (MARCOS) - 10 x Specials Forces Groups Air Force Garuda Force (Air Force) Paramilitary National Security Guards "Black Cats" - Special Action Group (SAG- military personnel assigned to assault squadrons) - Special Rangers Group (SRG-paramilitary & police personnel who form the perimeter security unit) Special Frontier Force - 6 Battalions - Special Services Group Special Security Group (Indian Secret Service) Special Security Bureau (SSB) - 2 x battalions Office of Special Operation Special Protection Group Central Industrial Security Force Indo-Tibetan Border Police Assam Rifles Rashtriya Rifles Central Reserve Police Force ============================================================== INDONESIA Land Forces Strategic Reserve (KOSTRAD) st - 1 Infantry Division, Cibubur, south of Jakarta th - 17 Airborne Brigade nd - 2 Infantry Division, Singosari, near Malang , East Java th - 18 Airborne Brigade rd - 3 Airborne Brigade (Independent), Ujung Pandang , South Sulawesi - 401, 406, 432 Battalions Kommando Pasukan Khusus (KOPASSUS) (Special Operations Command), Cijantung, Jakarta - Group I (Combat), Serang, West Java th th th - 11 & 12 & 13 Detachment (Battalion) - Group II (Combat), Kartasura, near Sorakarta, C. Java st nd - 21 & 22 & 23rd Detachment (Battalion) - Group III (Training), Batujajar, West Java - Training Detachments - Group IV (Intelligence), South Jakarta - 2 x Intelligence Companies - Group V (Counter-Terrorist), South Jakarta st - 81 Detachment

Navy Kesatuan Gurita of the Indonesian Navy (SEAL type unit) Jala Menkara ( Indonesia Marine Corps) - 1st Marine Brigade [Karang Pilang, Surabaya ] - 2nd Marine Brigade [Cilandak, Jakarta ] - 3rd Marine Brigade [Planned, details unknown] - Kommado Pasuhan Karak, Surabaya , Djakarta - 2 x Groups - Artillery regiment - Detachment Jala Menghara (Counter Terrorism, protection Off-shore ) - Training Regiment - Kesatuan Gusita, Satyas Djakarta Port - Unit Taifib (Amphibious recon) Air Force Satgas Atbhara (Counter-Terrorist Task Force) Air Force Special Forces - KOPASGAT – Komando Pasukan Gerak Tjepat, Bandung - 461 Squadron (Airborne), Halim, Jakarta - 462 Squadron (Airborne), Husein SN, KB Andung - 463 Squadron (Airborne), Iswahydi, Madiun - 464 Squadron (Airborne), Abdulrahman Seleh, Malang - 465 Squadron (Airborne), Ujung Pandang - 466 Squadron (Airborne), Jahyapura National Police Gegana (SWAT type) Special Warfare Command Satgas Gegania (Counter-Terrorist Task Force) Komando Pasukan Katak (KOPASKA) Resimen Pelopor Brigade Mobil (BRIMOP) ============================================================== IRAK Iraqi Police Emergency Response Unit (CT/SWAT/EOD) ============================================================== IRAN Land Force 23rd Special Forces Division (North Command) Airmobile Forces Group (North Command) 29th Commando Division (Airmobile) (North Command) 55th Airborne Division (North Command) 25th Commando Brigade (North Command) 45th Commando Brigade (South Command) 23rd Commando Division (Western Command) 35th Commando Brigade (Western Command) 58th Commando Brigade (Western Command) Navy Infantry Marine - 3 x Bataillons Takavaran, Naval Commandos Paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or Pasdaran ============================================================== IRELAND , REPUBLIC OF Irish Army Ranger Wing (ARW), Dublin - 2 x Platoons Garda Emergency Response Unit (ERU) Department of the Police

============================================================== ISRAEL Ministry of the Defence Land Force Infantry Corps (Heyl Raglium) - T'zanhanim (Parachute) Brigade - Sayeret T'zanhanim (PALSAR 5173), based in the Beit Lead army base. - Golani Brigade - Sayeret Golany (PALSAR 95), based in the Shrga army base. - Sayeret Givaty (PALSAR 8234), based in Mishmar HaNegev army base. - Sayeret Egoz/Unit 621 - (Counter geurilla ops, attached to Golani brigade (Infantry) - Sayeret NAHAL (PALSAR 374), based in the Beit Lead army base. - Unit Rotem (LRRP unit stationed along Israeli/Egyptian border) - Sayeret Duvdevan (occupied territories undercover unit) - Unit Alpinistim (Alpine/extreme weather unit) Intelligence Corps Agaf ha-Modi’in (Aman) - Unit 8200 [SIGINT/EW/encryption] - Unit 504 [HUMINT] Field Intelligence Corps “Heyl Mode’in” - Sayeret Matkal, Unité 262, Sirkin Air Base/ Army Base, Petah Tiqwa [General Staff deep reconnaissance/counter-terror unit] - Unit 269 [SM sub-unit with scuba capability] - Unit 7142 Oketz (The Sting) -Sirkin AFB [Special Forces multi-purpose dog unit. CT Responsibilities] - Palgat / Company Terror, Sirkin AFB [rescue & assists in CT operations] - Palgat / Company Gama "Wanted", -Sirkin AFB/Gaza Strip [specialize in wanted & tracking] - Palgat / Company Hamitanim, Mitzpe Adi Army Base/Sirkin AFB [specializes in search for explosives] - Palgat / Cny Search & Rescue [not considered Special Forces. mostly civilian SAR & Homefront Command] - Sayeret Maglan Unit 212 (Airborne), Julis Army Base. [jeep mounted ATGM unit to provide AT protection to deep penetration forces] - Sayeret MATKAL (Unit 767) - Unit YACHMAM (Unit 636), Nafach army base in the Golan Heights, north of Israel (Long range target acquisition unit for the IDF Artillery Corps) (Visual Intelligence) - Small Company (+ of 4) - Small detachments - Unit T'ZASAM (relevant IDF command) (Special Reconnaissance Team which belongs to the 869 Observations Unit) (Visual Intelligence) - 3 Major Companies in Israel 's hot spots - Lebanon , Syria and the Occupied Territories - Reconnaissance Intelligence Teams "Yechidat Modiyin Matara - YACHMAM" Unit 869, (Target Intelligence Unit) IDF Field Intelligence Corps Visual Intelligence (VISINET) gathering unit. - Composed of 3 companies, covering the 3 Theatres of Operations ( Lebanon , Syria & Occupied Territories ),

and several specialised (still classified) teams. Armoured Corps Heyl Shririon - Sayaret Shirion Company (LRRP) - Platoon Sayeret Palsar 500 & 7 of the 500 Brigade, South Israel & 7th Brigade in Golan Mountain Combat Engineering Corps (Heyl Handasah Kravit) YAHALOM Special Operations Engineering Units Command - Sayeret Yael Sirkin Air Base (elite demolition unit) [participates in long range special ops or CT missions] - Sayeret Yachsap Sirkin Air Base (long range bomb disposal unit) Artillery Corps (Heyl Tothanim) - Unit Moran Battalion (Unit 8899), Mit'zpe Ramon AFB, South of Israel . - 2 x Anti tank companies - 1 x Assisting company Supply, signals and one Reconnaissance (LRRP) Platoon - Unit Meitar Battalion (Unit 427), Yftach army base, North of Israel 2 x Anti tank companies 1 x Assisting company Supply, signals and one Reconnaissance (LRRP) Platoon - Unit 409 (Reserve) [TOW AT bn] - Unit 551 (Reserve) [ibid] Signals, Electronics & Computer Corps - Central Unit for Data Processing (MAMRAM) [IDF main computer command center] - Talpiot Unit Military Police Corps Mishtera Tzva’it - Criminal Investigation Division - Central Unit for Traffic Control - Prison-oriented Special Emergency Response Team. - Unit 100 [ MP CT Hostage Unit for IDF Megiddo Prison] - Company Sachlav, Ebron Navy Flotilla Shayetet 13, Atlit Naval Base. (Naval Commando unit) - Raids Palga ("Haposhtim") Company - Assassinations, incursions Teams ; Frogmen - Counter Terrorist Team 4 (T4) - Team Assault - Team Rappelling & Climbing - Team Sniper - 'Above Water' Palga Company (Specialize in the operation of S'13 boats and Submarines) - 'Underwater' Palga ("Hat'zolelim"- the divers), Company -Underwater missions such hydrographic recon, EOD) Unit YALTAM, Home port Haifa Harbor Unit YABAN (Unit 707) Eliat, Haifa , Ashdod Air Force 85 Special Air Forces Command (KAHAM), Palmachin AFB - Sayeret Shaldag (Unit 5101) Palmahin -5 or 6 x Ground Air Designating Team, Counter Terror (CT) and hostage rescue scenarios - Airborne Sauvetage Rescue And Evacuation Unit (Unit 669), Tel Nof AFB - Rescue Wing - Evacuation Wing - Technical Wing

- CSAR School Wing - Unit T'ZASAM (Unit 5707), Tel Nof AFB - 3 or 4 Teams of Laser designation, Bombardment Damage Assessment (BDA), & preliminary bombardment reconnaissance and intelligence gathering unit). - Airplanes Security Unit - Unit YANMAM (Unit 7298), Sirkin AFB Anti Aircraft (AA) corps airborne rapid deployment Special Forces unit. (Stinger / Avenger ) - Unit Egrophan (Unit 5107) , Sirkin AFB - The AA corps enemy simulation unit - Unit Moran, Ramon AFB Ministry of the Interior Reattached to the Ministry of the Interior Five x Special Patrol Units (YASAM)[units to maintain public order or as riot police. Not considered special forces] Unit of the National Traffic (Highway Patrol) Water Police Unit Israël Prison Service SHABAS - Unit Nachshon [Prison Hostage takeover unit and guards transportation of dangerous prisoners. considered SF] Unit Gideonim (Unit 33) [Mistivarim counter terror/snatch operations unit. considered SF] Unit Hablanim (EOD units attached to Police HQs ( Jerusalem )). Israeli Border Guard “Mishmar Ha’Gvul” (MAGAV) 5 x Special Patrol Units (SAMAG) [same function as Police YASAM units] Unit Sayaret Ya ‘ma m’, civilian base near the Mishmar Ayalon Kibbutz, Jerusalem - 3 x Sections Unit YAMAS (Unit 217) [surveillance/recon /CT (Reserve) ponse. considered SF, Occupied Territories antiinfiltration Rapid Deployment unit] - Gaza Strip Unit YAMAS - Judah and Samaria Unit YAMAS - Jerusalem Unit YAMAS Unit MATILAN (Originally there were three MATILAN teams, with each team operating in its own Area of Operation (AO)) YAMAG units, each of the them attached to one of the Israeli police regional districts Unit Nachshon, civilian base near the city of Ramle , center of Israel - 12 x Teams (Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) Israeli Police Unit Gideonim (Unit 33), Gideonim (intelligence oriented undercover unit) Unit Yoav (Israeli Police public transport Counter Terror (CT) unit operating in Northern Israel .) The unit deploys in central bus and stations in northern Israel on two levels Unit YAGAL The Lebanon Border Unit paramilitary counter smuggling unit which belongs to the Israeli Police ============================================================== ITALY Ministry of the Defence Coordinamento Forze per Operazioni Speciali (COFOS) (Joint Special Forces Command), Centocelle Airport (Roma)

- Land Forces Special Forces Command, Florence - 9° Regimmento ’' Assalto Incursori Paracadutisti “Col Moschin”, Livourne - 185° Reggimento Acquisizione Obiettivi (185° RAO) - 183° Régiment Ranger, "Monte Cervino" - Naval Gruppo Operativo Incursori (GOI), La Spezia - Air Force Special Operation Service (S.S.O.S) - 1° Reggimrnto Tuscania (Carabinieri Parachute Regiment), Livourne - Carabinieri Gruppo de Intervencione Espaziale (GIS) Livourne Land Force Brigata Paracadutisti "FOLGORE", Livorno - 183° Reggimento Paracadutisti, Peistoia - 186° Reggimento Paracadutisti, Siena - 187° Reggimento Paracadutisti, Ardenza - 185° Reggimento Paracadutisti Ricognizione e Acquisizione Obiettivi, Livorno - 8° Battaglione Genio Guastatori Paracadutisti, Legnago - 183° Régiment Ranger, "Monte Cervino" Reggimento Lagunari "Serenissima" (Army amphibious troops), Venezia Lido - 1° Battaglione Lagunari (Mestre VE) - Compagnia Mezzi Nautici - Plotone Esploratori Anfibio (Recon Platoon) Navy Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori “Teseo Tesei” (COMSUBIN - Italian Navy combat diver/Special Ops unit), La Speiza - Gruppo Operativo Incursori (GOI) (Combat Ander Water) - Gruppo Operativo Subasquei (GOS) (EOD, CSAR) - Gruppo Navale Speciale (GNS) (Transport) Amphiboius Force Command (COMFORSBARC), Brindisi - Reggimento San Marco (Italian Marines) - 1° San Marco Regiment - Battaglione Assalto “Grado” (Assault Battalion “Grado”) - Golametto Combat Support Bataillon - 2° Carlotto Regiment - Caorle Training Bataillon - Compagnia Operazioni Navali (Naval Operations Company) - Compagnia Operazioni Speciali ( COS - Special Operations Company) Air Force Il Servizio Supporto Operazioni Speciali (S.S.O.S.) (Air Force Special Operation Service), Furbara - Forward Air Controlling (F.A.C.) & CSAR & Special Tactics Teams Carabineri Presidential Regiment Guard & Portection Joint Chief of Staff 1° Reggimrnto Tuscania (Carabinieri Parachute Regiment), Livourne - Bataillon Tuscania, Livourne - 1° Compagnia (Amphibious ops), 2a Compagnia (Mountain ops), 3a Compagnia (HALO/HAHO) Escadron Carabineri Elipotecto, Airport Vilo Valentia (Calabre) - 2 x Platoons Gruppo de Intervencione Espaziale - GIS - Livourne - Section Snipers / Scout / Recon - Assault Platoon with 3 Detachments National Police Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS - National Police CT unit), Roma - 3 x Squadrons Operations

Gruppo Operativo Speciale (GOS - National Police SWAT unit) Ministry of the Finance AntiTerrorismo Pronto Impiego (ATPI - Anti-terrorism Quick Intervention) ( Finance Guard CT unit) ============================================================== JAPAN Land Force 1st Airborne Brigade - “Guide Unit” (1st Airborne Bde’s NEO unit) Western Army Infantry Regiment (GSDF counter SOF unit) - Ranger Platoon (infantry regiment recon unit) Ground Self-Defense Force special operation group (SOG) - “S” GSDF CT/Special Ops unit - 3 x Companies Navy Special Guard Force - (Navy special ops unit) (? SBU ?) Special Security Team (SST, Japanese Maritime Safety Agency’s -- Coast Guard-maritime CT unit) National Police Special Assault Team (SAT, National Police Agency’s CT unit) Special Investigation Teams (SIT) (All prefectures, Major Japan Cities) Police riot squad firearms measure unit (Protection US bases and NBC Sites) ============================================================== JORDAN Royal Jordanian Special Operation Command (RJSOC) - 1st Special Forces Brigade - 71st Counter-Terrorist Battalion SOU-71 (includes specialist HRU) - 81st Ranger Battalion - 91st Airborne Battalion (this Battalion can be tasked for external use in support of Arab allies) - 101st Special Force Battalion Royal Jordanian Navy Frogman Team Royal Jordanian Navy Special Boat Unit Royal Jordanian Special Operations Aviation Squadron - Fixed Wing Element - Helicopter Element - Special Forces Element ============================================================== KAZAKHSTAN Arstan 35th Airborne Brigade ============================================================== KENYA D company Special Force of the 20th Parachute Battalion National Police General Service Unit (GSU) of the Kenya Police - Recce Company of the General Support Unit Anti Terrorism Police Unit ============================================================== KIRGHIZSTAN "Scorpion" Special Operation Company ============================================================== KOWEIT 10th Al Tahrir Commando Battalion - Based on Falayka Island and at Kuwait IAP

Special Force Battaillon Navy Fast Attack Unit Navy Combat Swimmer Unit Special Forces Counterterrorist Unit Police ============================================================== LATVIA Ministry of the Defence VAP (Latvian Secret Service) - Special Intervention Group (SIG-SF/CT unit) - Escort Unit (Body Guards) Land Force Specialo Uzdevumu Vieniba (SUV) (SF- green beret ) Izlukdesanta Bataljons (IDB) “Lynx Battalion” (Airborne/Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion) SOS (Specialo Operaciju Speki) ZS Vieniba "Vanags" National Police DD (Drosibas Dienest) ============================================================== LEBANON Airborne regiment Commando regiment Naaval commando regiment 5 x Special forces regiments Garde Republicaine Forces de Securite Interieur ============================================================== LITHUANIA Land Force “Geležinis Vilkas” MPBr – “Iron Wolves” Reaction Rapide Brigade - “Didžiojo Kunigaikšcio Algirdo - Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanised Infantry Battalion (Rukla) - “Karalias Mindaugo - / King Mindaugas Mechanised Infantry Battalion (Panevëþys) - “Kunigaikštienes Birutes - Duchess Birutë Motorised Infantry Battalion (Alytus) - Lithuanian Great Duke Kęstutis Motorised Infantry Battalion, (Sakalinė, Tauragė District) “Vytauto Didžiojo” Jegeriu Batalionas – “Vytautas the Great” Jaeger Commando Battalion, ( Kaunas ) - Grupës “Aitra”, “Amplua” & “Kodas” - Grupë “Vizija” – CT Group (?) National Police ARAS (police CT/SWAT unit) - 6 x Assault Teams ============================================================== LUXEMBOURG Luxembourg Recce Company - 2 Platoons recce - 1 Support Platoon USP (Unites Speciales de la Police ) ============================================================== MACEDOINE Land Force

Special Forces Command - 1st Guards Brigade National Police Special Unit "Scorpii" Border Brigade Special Tasks Unit "Volci" Polide Unit "Lions" Special Purpose Unit "Tigri" ============================================================== MALAYSIA Ministry of Defence Land Forces 10th Parachute Brigade, Malacca - 19th Parachute Battalion - 17th Parachute Battalion - 8th Ranger Battalion - 10th Light Artillery Battalion - 1st Light Tank Squadron 21st Special Services Group (GKN), Mersing - 1st Battalion, Mersing - 2nd Battalion, Sungei Undang - 3rd Battalion, Sungei Undang - Training center - Special Operation Cell Nvay PASKAL - Pasukan Khas Laut ( Diving combat) - 3 Diving Company - Counter Terrorism Company - Training Company - EOD COmpany Puvat Selam - Team 1, Deep diving - Team 2, EOD - Team 3, Counter Terrorism - Team 4, EOD, Lumut Naval Base Unit Pertahanan Udara (Anti Aircraft unit) Datasemen Jala Mengkara (Denjaka) - Counter-terrorism / Intelligence Force Komando Pasukan Katak (Kopaska) - Navy SEAL - 2 x groups Intai Amfibi (Taifib) - Amphibious Assault Team Kesatuan Gurita - Combat Swimmer Air Force Regimen TUDM - Handau (ABGD) - CART (Combat Air Rescue Team) National Police Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK) (Police special ops unit) ============================================================== MALTE Land Force st 1 Regiment - C (Special Duties Forces) Company - 1st (Special Forces) Platoon - 2nd & 3d (Special Duties) Platoon

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- 4th (Special Duties) Training Platoon - 5th (Special Duties) Recruits Platoon

Regiment - MSRDT (Maritime Squadron Rapid Deployment Team) National police SAG (Special Assignement Group) - Counter Terrosims Group - Civil Protection Group - CT-HRT Team ============================================================== MAURITANIA 1° bataillon Commando Parachutiste ============================================================== MEXICO Land Force Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales - One Grupo Aeromóviles de Fuerzas Specials (GAFE) of First Armoured Corps - 40 x Grupos Aeromóviles de Fuerzas Specials (GAFE) in Military Zone - Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales Immediate Reaction Brigade - Military police Brigade - MP Bataillon - 3 x Special Operation Bataillon Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas, Mexico City - 3 x Paracadiste Bataillones - 3 Precursor de asalto aéreo (Pathfinder Platoons) Navy 2 Forces of Amphibious Reaction - 3 or 4 Amphibious Battalions - Artillery of Marines - Amphibious Commandos - Battalion of Boats - Amphibious Vehicles and Service battalion 4 Groups for the Security of Strategic Facilities 4 x Grupos Anfibios de Fuerzas Specials (GANFE) Independente Fuerzas Specials “Agujas Negras” (Black Needles) Independente Fuerzas Specials “Boinas Verdes” (Green Berets) Air Force Air Force Special Ops unit (UH-60), Santa Lucia National Police Grupo Antiterrorista (GAT - Police CT unit) Grupo Especial de Reaccion e Intervencion (GERI- Special Reaction and Intervention Group) Force F ou Zorros Direccion General de Apoyo Tactico y Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Federal Preventiva Direccion General Adjunta Operaciones Especiales GOES (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la SSP ) UPOE (Unidad Policial de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Preventiva del Estado) Brigada de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia GOE AFI (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Agencia Federal de Investigacion) GOE de la PGJE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Procuraduria General de Justicia del Estado)

Grupo Alamo (Direccion General de Apoyo Tactico y Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Federal Preventiva) GERIT (Grupo Especial de Reaccion Inmediata de Temixco) EROE (Escuadron de Reaccion y Operaciones Especiales) ============================================================== MOLDAVIA Ministry Guard Battalion, Chisnau Reconnaissance Assault Battalion, Chisnau Spetnaz Battalion, Chisnau Brigada de Politie Fulger ============================================================== MONACO USP (Unite Speciale de la Police ) ============================================================== MOROCCO BIP (Brigade d'Infanterie Parachutiste) - 4 x commandos units - 2 x airborne battalions The Royal Guard - 1 Bataillon Commando Batalion Infantry Marines, Al Hoceina - 2 x Battalions Al Hoceima & El Aaiun Gruppe Intervention Gendarme Nationale (GIGN - CT) ============================================================== MYANMAR Special Force bataillon Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) - 1st BSO, Taungyi - 2nd BSO, Mandaly - 3rd BSO, Pegu - 4th BSO, Pathein - 5th BSO??? Infantry Marines Special Police Information Forces ============================================================== NAMIBIA SCIU (Serious Crime Investigation Unit) Special Branch ============================================================== NEPAL Special Forces Brigade, Kathmandu - Ranger Battalion [SF Companies may have been included] - 1st Airborne Battalion, Kathmandu - 1st Special Forces Company, Kathmandu - 2nd Special Forces Company, Kathmandu - 1st Cavalry Squadron, Kathmandu Special Police Departement Special Police Task Police ============================================================== NICARAGUA Special Forces Brigade, Sandino IAP, Managua - Prefectura de Unidades de Fuerzas Especiales (PUFE

- 3 x Para-Commando Bataillons Naval Indepandent Infantry Company, Puerto de San Juan del Sur DOE (Direccion de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia Nacional ) ============================================================== NIGER 2 x Airborne Companies Counter Terrorist Company ============================================================== NIGERIA 1 amphibious brigade 1 airborne battalion

Presidential Guard Brigade, Abuja [security for capital]

- 3 x Guards battalions (rotating) - 1 Reconnaissance battalion NDLEA (National Drug Law Enforcement Agency) Enforcement and Drug Department National Guard Department B Police ============================================================== NETHERLANDS Land Force 11th Luchtmobiele Brigade, Schaarsbergen - 3 x Light Infantry Battalions Bijzondere Bijstandseenheid Krijgsmacht (BBEK) (Armed Forces Special Assistance Unit) (Royal Netherlands Military Police's SWAT team) KCT (Korps Commando Troepen), Roosendaal - 108th Special Operation Company (Direct Action, sabotage, and recon) - 104th Recon & Observation Co - 105th Recon & Observation Co Navy Koninklijke Nederlandse Corps Mariners (KMARNS) (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps - RNLMC) - 3 x Marines Battalions - Combat Support Battalion (Gevechtssteunbataljon/GEVSTBAT), Doorn - Lange Afstand Verkenningscompagnie (LAVERCIE) (LRRP Company) - Mountain Leader-Verkenningspeloton (MLVerkPel) (Mountian Leaders” Reconnaissance Platoon) - 7th NL Special Boat Squadron (Amfibisch Verkenningspeloton/ AmfVerkPel) (Amphibian Reconnaissance Platoon) - Special Assistance Unit (anti-terror, interventions) - 23rd Airborne Co. RNLMC: Formally Known as "Whiskey Co." - 11th Airborne Co. RNLMC - Bijzondere Bijstands Eenhid (BBE) - (Special Intervention Force) (CTHRT) - 2 x Platoons National Police Politie BBE (Police Special Assistance Unit) (utch National police SWAT and special investigation unit) Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar, Royal Constabulary)

Arrestatie Team (AT-SWAT units) Brigade Speciale Beveiliging (BSB) - Military Police SWAT/crime suppression units. ============================================================== NEW ZEALAND 1st NZ Squadron SAS, Papakura-Aukland Sud - 2 x Troops Air and Mountain - Territorial Group (Reserve) - Black Group - Boat Troop (Counter Terrorism) Navy Operational Diving Team (ODT) Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) Specialist Search Group (SSG) Diplomatic Protection Squad Armed Offender Squad (AOS - National Police SWAT units) Special Tactics Group (STG) (National Police CT/Hostage recue unit) ============================================================== NORTH KOREA 22 x Commando Brigades 7 x independent battalions Communist Party (Unification Dept ) - Direct Infiltration Det (Intelligence/Surveilance Dept ) - Short Period Operations Det , Intelligence Det (Operation Dept ) : real Counter S.Korean Intell Mission : DA - Kim Jung Il Political University - Land Ops Det - Naval Ops Det -> 313rd Unit : 98.6.22 , 98.7.12 infiltrated (Social / Culture Dept ) - Spy , Intelligence , Terrorism (Nation Security Dept ) - Internal Intell , Border Guard (may have more than 20 "Special Mission Teams") Ministry of the People's Armed Forces Reconnaissance Bureau subordinate to the General Staff Department - Land Force : - 4 x sniper brigades - 7 x Independent reconnaissance battalions - Naval Forces : - 448th Unit (Nagwon) - 907th Unit ( Wonsan ) - 22th Sqd ( Nampo ) -> Infiltrated S.Korea in '96.8 Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau ---- 8th Special Forces Corps - Land Force - 5 x Airborne Infantry Brigades - 9 x Light Infantry / sniper Brigades - 3 x Ranger Brigades - Naval Forces - 2 x amphibious brigades - Air Forces - 3 x A/F Special Force Brigades Infantry Divisions - 35 x Light Infantry Battalions: like S.Korea Army Recon Bn of Inf Div Forward Area Corps : - (?) Ranger Bde : like S.Korea Army Spcl Aslt Regt ( 12 )

- 5 x Ranger/Light Infantry Brigades ============================================================== NORWAY Land Force FIST H ( Rapid Intervention International Force Land Party), Elveron, Terningmoen Camp - Telemark Motorized infantry battalion reinforced (TM Bn), Heistadmoen, Kongsberg or Rena Camp - 2 x Motorized infantry Companies x 26 Wheeled - Technical company His Majesty the King's Guard Regiment (HMKG), Husebyleiren, Oslo - 2 Rifle Companies - 3 x Rifle Platoons - Support platoon - Special Platoon (with medics, rangers and sappers) - Escort Company - 3 x Escort Platoons - Reconnaissance Platoon Norwegian Special Operation Commando (NORASOC), Rena leir - Hærens Jegerkommando (HJK) (Cavalerie Commando Recon) , Rena leir HV-016 - National Guard special unit. (Regionally based) Navy Marinejegerkommandoen (MJK) (Naval Commando Frogmen), Ramsund 50Km Harstad North Norway KJK/Kystjegerkommandoen/(Marines) National Police Beredskapstroppen, or Delta - Police counterterror unit. (AFAIK) - Detachments in major cities ( Oslo , Bergen , Trondheim and Stavanger ) Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET) (VIP protection duties) ============================================================== OMAN Royal Guard of Oman - Royal Guard of Oman Brigade - 2 x Special Air Service Battalions - Firqat Force - Combat swimmer unit Special Security Police Division Mounted Police Division Police Coast Guard Division Special Task Force Special Branch ============================================================== PAKISTAN Army Special Services Group (SSG) - 2 x Special Services Bataillons - Musa Company (CT) - Akbar Swimmer Company - Para-Commando School Naval Special Service Group/Company (NSG) Special Service Units (SSU) NCD (Narcotics Control Division) ou NCD ANTF (Anti Narcotics Task Force) ==============================================================

PALESTINE Al-quwat al-khassa ============================================================== PANAMA Comando Operacional de Fuerzas Especiales. Escuelas de Comando y Operaciones Especiales UESAT (Unidad Especial de Seguridad AntiTerror) Unidad de Comandos Grupo de Operaciones Espaciales Unidad de Operaciones Especiales los "Montaneros" Componia de Montana Peloton de Comandios de Marina GOE SMN (Grupo de Operciones Especiales del Servicio Maritimo Nacional) DENI (Departamento Nacional de Investigaciones) ============================================================== PAPA NEW GUINEA Army Special Forces Unit ============================================================== PARAGUAY Servicio Nacional de Inteligencia Brigade Silvio Pettirossi Fuerzas de Operaciones de Policias Especiales (FOPE) Agrupacion de Seguridad de la Policia Groupe de Operaciones Especiales (GOE) de la Policia ============================================================== PERU Dirección Nacional Contra el Terrorismo Land Force Division de Fuerzas Especiales (DIFE) del Ejército - (Army Special Forces Division) - 1st Special Forces Bigade Lima, Satipo, Huanuco, Tacna - Batallón de Comandos “Comandante Espinar” Nº 19 - “Delta Company” Brigade Aerotransportada (HQ Callao – under direct Army HQ command): - Bn. de Infantería Comandos 19 COMANDANTE ESPINAR (Callao) - Bn. de Infantería Comandos 29 (Callao) - Bn. de Infantería Comandos 39 (Callao) - Bn. de Infantería Paracaidista 61 CNEL. NARCISO DE LA COLINA (Callao) - Grupo de Artillería Aerotransportado 10 (Callao) - Cía. de Policía Militar 10 3a Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales Navy Fuerza de Infantería de la Marina de Guerra del Perú (FUINMAR - Peruvian Marine Corps) - Primera Brigada (Anfibia) (5 Battalions) - Batallón de Infantería de la Marina “Guarnición de Marina” Nº 1 - Batallón de Infantería de la Marina “Guardia Chalaca” Nº 2 - Batallón de Infantería de Marina “Vencedores de Punta Palpelo” Nº 3 - Batallón de Commando - Compañía de Reconocimiento Anfibio - Unidades Especiales de Combate (Counter Terrorism) - Compañía de Policia Militar Comandancia de Operaciones Especiales (SEAL type) - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Centro (Callao) - Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Norte (Tumbes)

- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales Nor-Oriente; (Pucallpa) - Grupo de Salvamento (Callao) - Unidades Operativas: Unidad de Desactivacion de explosivos (Callao) - Unidad de lanchas (Callao) - B.A.P. Unanue (Callao) - Agrupamiento de Comandos - Compañía de Comandos Anfibios (CAM) - “Comando Anfibios”/ CONAF (Buzos de Combate) - Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC) Ari Force Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (GRUFE Peruvian AF special ops unit) Direccion de Operaciones Especiales Policia Nacional del Peru DIRCOTE (Direccion Contra el Terrorismo) Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Escuadron Verde" de la Policia Nacional GEIN (Grupo Especial de Inteligencia Antiterrorista) de la Polcia Nacional SUAT (Sub Unidad de Acciones Tacticas) de la PNP BOE de la SUNAT (Brigada de Operaciones Especiales de la Superintendencia Nacional de Administracion Tributaria) ============================================================== PHILIPINES "strike force" (LRC) (Armed Force of the Philippines Light Reaction Force) Presidential Security Group (PSG) Special Reaction Unit (Philippine "Secrect Service" SWAT/CAT unit) Land Force Philippine Army Special Operations Command (PASOCOM), Ft. Magsaysay , Neuva Ecija - Alpha Two Zero (A-20, CT) - 1st Special Forces (Riverine) Battalion - 5th Special Forces Company - Special Forces Regiment Ft. Magsaysay , Neuva Ecija - 3 x battalions - Light Armoured Brigade Camp O’Donnel , Farlac - Scout Ranger Regiment Camp Tecson, Bulacan - 3 x battalions - Psychological Operations Group Naval Force Special Warfare Group (SWAG-Navy SEALs) Philippine Marine (PM) Corps - 1st Marine Brigade, Left Puerto Princesa, Palawan, for Mindanao in 03.00. Balabagan, Lanao del Sur - 3 x battalions - 2nd Marine Brigade, Tawi-Tawi - 2 x battalions - 3rd Marine Brigade, Camp Andress , Luuk, Sulu - 3 x battalions - 4th Marine Brigade (Reserve) - Training Bn, Arrived at Headquarters - Battalion, WESCOM, Puerta Princesa, Palawan - Independent Force Reconnaissance Battalion - 3 x Force Recon Companies - Marine Security and Escort Group (MSEG), Batasan Complex to Marine Barracks Fort Bonifacio - Marine Guard Battalion - Marine Security and Escort Company

Air Force 710th Special Operations Wing (SPOW - ABD, FAC/TACP, EOD, K-9) -720th Special Operations Group - (Explosive and Ordnance Squadron, & Camp; K-9 Squadron) -740th Combat Group -Anti-terrorism team - 505th Search and Rescue Group (505th SRG) -5051st Search and Rescue Squadron (5051st SRS), 5052nd SRS, 5053rd SRS National Police Philippe National Police (PNP) Special Action Group (SAG) PNP Aviation Security Group Light Reaction Force (LRF) National Anti-Kidnaping Task Force (NAKTF) National Anti-Smuggling Task Force (NASTF) PNP SWAT teams Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) (Paramilitary special ops unit) Police Security Protective Office (PNP VIP protection unit) ============================================================== POLAND Agencja Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego (ABW- Vth Department of Internal Security Agency - SWAT/CT unit) Land Force Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno Mobilnego (GROM) (Commando Unit “Mobile Operational Reaction Group”) - 2 x Assault Squadorn (2 Platoons) 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów (1st Special Commando Regiment) (Lubliniec) 6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa im. Gen.Sosabowskiego (6th Air Asault Brigade) ( Krakow ) - 3 x Assault Battalion - Airborne Battalion Polskie Sily Specjalne GRN (Grupa Rozpoznawco Naprowadzajaca) GSP (Grupa Specjalna Pletwonurkow) 1 PSK (Pulk Specjalny Komandosow) 7 Lujcyka Psyops de Bydgoszcz Naval Force 1st Marine Rifle Regiment, Gdynia - Grupa Specjalna Płetwonurków MW (FORMOZA) (Special Naval Frogman Group) Air Force 1 Lotnicza Grupa Poszukiwawczo-Ratownicza in Bydgoszcz (1st Air Search and Rescue Group - (Polish AF CSAR unit) National Police Forces Speciales civiles : JAT (Jednostki Antyterrirystyczne) SPAT (Police SWAT units) Department of Polish Border Guard (Wydzial Zabezpieczenia Dzialan Strazy Granicznej) Activities Safety (SWAT unit) ============================================================== PORTUGAL Minister of the Defence Land Force Comando das Tropas Aerotransportadas

- Brigada Aerotransportada Independente (BAI) - Escola de Tropas Aerotransportadas (ETAT) (Airborn School), S. Jacinto - Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista (2BIPara) (Airborne Infantry Battalion), S. Jacinto - Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista (1BIPara) (Airborn Infantry Battalion), S. Jacinto - Companhia de Precursores (Cprecs - Pathfinders) - Saltadores de Operacionais de Grande Altitude - SOGA -- HALO/ HAHO teams) Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais (CIOE) - BEOE - Patrulhas de Longo Raio de Accao (PLRA - LRRPs) - Comandos “Rangers” Naval Force Fuzileiros Navais (Naval Rifles-Marines) - Destacamento do Accoes Especiais (DAE) -Marine Commandos Air Force Equipa de Resgate de Combate (RESCOM - AF CSAR Teams) Minister of the Interior Grupo de Intervençao e Segurança Prisional (Prison Intervention and Security Group) Guarda Nacional Republicana Pelotão des Operaçoes Especiais (Republican National Guard Special Operations Platoon) Grupo De Operacoes Especiais (GOE - National Police CT unit) - Assault Group ============================================================== QUATAR Special Forces Airmobile Company Barzan Camp, Doha ============================================================== ROMANIA Minister of the Defence 1 x Naval Battalion 2 x Mountain Infantry Brigades 93/1st Escadrille de Timisoara Giarmatra Minister of the Defence Unitatea Speciala de Aviatie Brigada Speciala de interventie a Jandermeriei SPP (Serviciul de Paza si Protectie) SIPA (Serviciul Independent de Protectie si Anticoruptie) ============================================================== RUSSIE Spetsnaz FSB - Spetsgruppa Alfa /“Spetsgruppa A”/ - Spetsgruppa Vympel (“Pennant” or “Banner”) SVR (russian CIA) has also its own Spetsnaz unit, called “Zaslon”, but nothing is known about them so far. Spetsnaz militaires/GRU - `Razvedchiki': 1 batt/division divided into 2 Coys (one for LRRP, one for airborne operations) - `Rejdoviki': brigade sized: operate in bn. & co sized units in an independent recon role

- `Vysotniki': brigade sized: operate in 11man units and are the closest to US SF/UK SAS Land Forces Airborne Forces (VDV) ( Moscow ) - 7th ' Cherkassy ' Guards Airborne Division (A) (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Midt) - 108th 'Kuban Cossack' Guards Airborne Rgt (Novorossiisk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Midt) - 247th 'Cossack' Guards Landing Assault Regiment ( Stavropol , North Caucasus Midt) - 1137th/1141st? Guards Artillery Regiment (Anapa, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Midt) - 185th Separate Transport Aviation Squn (Krymsk, Krasnodar Kray, North Caucasus Midt) - 76th ' Chernigov ' Guards Airborne Division (A) ( Pskov , Leningrad Midt) - 104th ' Iasi '? Guards Airborne Regiment ( Pskov , Leningrad Midt) - 234th 'Black Sea' Guards Airborne Regiment ( Pskov , Leningrad Midt) - 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment ( Pskov , Leningrad Midt) - 242nd Separate Transport Aviation Squadron ( Pskov , Leningrad Midt) - 106th Guards Airborne Division (A) ( Tula , Moscow Midt) - 51st Guards Airborne Regiment ( Tula , Moscow Midt) - 119th Guards Airborne Regiment (Naro-Forminsk, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Midt) - 137th Guards Airborne Regiment ( Ryazan , Moscow Midt) - 1182nd Guards Artillery Regiment (Yefremov, Tula Oblast, Moscow Midt) - 110th Separate Transport Aviat Sqn ( Tula - Klokovo, Tula Oblast, Moscow MiDt) - 98th 'Svirsk' Guards Airborne Division (B) ( Ivanovo , Moscow Midt) - 217th Guards Airborne Regiment ( Ivanovo , Moscow Midt) - 331st Guards Airborne Regiment2 ( Kostroma , Moscow Midt) - 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment ( Kostroma , Moscow Midt) - 243rd Separate Transport Aviation Squadron ( Ivanovo - Kokhma, Ivanovo Oblast, Moscow Military DDDistrict) - 45th Special Designation Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment (B) (Medvezhy Ozera, Moscow Oblast) - 38th Separate Communications Regiment (Medvezhy Ozera, Moscow Oblast) - 58th Separate Military Transport Aviation Sqn ( Ryazan - Dyagilevo, Ryazan Oblast, Moscow Midt) - 242nd Training Center3 ( Omsk , Siberian-Transbaikal Midt) - 226th Training Airborne Regiment ( Omsk , Siberian-Transbaikal Midt) - 285th Training Airborne Regiment ( Omsk , Siberian-Transbaikal Midt) - 1120th Training Artillery Regiment (Ishim, Omsk Oblast) Spetsnaz and Special Recon Unit’s - 1st Separate Security Brigade ( Moscow ) - 2nd Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Promezhits, Pskov Oblast) - 16th Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade ( Tambov ) - 250th Separate Special Designation Reconnaissance Regiment (Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Oblast) - 10th Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Goryachy Klyuch, Krasnodar Kray) - 22nd Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Aksai, Rostov Oblast)

- 31st Separate Guards Airborne Brigade34 (A) ( Ulyanovsk ) - 3rd Guards Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Samara) - 12th Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast) - 313th Special Designation Reconnaissance Regiment ( Perm ) - 24th Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade ( Ulan-Ude , Buryatia) - 62nd Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Berdsk, Novosibirsk Oblast) - 14th Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Brigade (Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai) Naval Infantry - 71e détachement naval de nageurs de combat Ocharkov Rattaché à la flotte de la Mer Noire. - 140e détachement naval de nageurs de combat Vladivostok Rattaché à la flotte du Pacifique. - 181e détachement naval de nageurs de combat Mourmansk, Petchenga Rattaché à la flotte de la Mer du Nord. - (?) Détachement naval de nageurs de combat ? Rattaché à la flotte de la Baltique. - Diving Naval Training Center in Saint-Pétersbourg - 61st 'Kirkenesskaya' Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Pechenga, Murmansk -420th Naval Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Regiment (Polyarny, Murmansk Oblast) - 336th 'Belostokskaya' Guards Naval Infantry Brigade ( Kaliningrad ) - 46th Marine Regiment (Gorodkovo) - 4th Naval Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Regiment (Parusnoye) - 159th Separate Coastal Defense Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Reconnaissance Regiment (Gvardeysky) - 810th Separate Naval Infantry Regiment ( Sevastopol , Crimea , Ukraine ) - 431st Naval Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Regiment (Tuapse, Krasnodar Kray) - 77th 'Moscow-Chernigov' Separate Guards Marine Brigade (Kaspiysk, Dagestan ) - 55th 'Mozyrskaya' Marine Division ( Vladivostok , Primorsky Kray) - 106th Naval Infantry Regiment - 165th 'Cossack' Naval Infantry Regiment - 390th Naval Infantry Regiment (Slavyanka, Primorsky Kray) - 921st Artillery Regiment - 923rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - 42nd Naval Special Designation (Spetsnaz) Regiment (Dzhigit, Primorsky Kray) - Delfin (Dolphin – combat diver unit) ??????????? - Delta Brigade - Morskaya Voiska Spetsial'nogo Naznachenia Brigada - Podvodniye Sapyory - Osobogo Nazacheniya (ONAZ) - Otryad Militsi Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya (OMSN) ????????????? MVD (Interior Ministry Troops) Spetsnaz VV (Troupes de l'intérieur) - 1er PSN VV (ancien 6e OSN VV) "Vityaz" ("chevalier"), basé à Moscou, sans doute unité CT nationale du MVD - 7e OSN VV "Rosich" - Novocherkassk - 8e OSN VV "Rus" - Moscou - 12e OSN VV "Ratnik" - Nizhni Tagil - 15e OSN VV "Vyatich" - Armavir

- 16e OSN VV "Skif" - Rostov Militsiya (police) - Otryad Militsii Osobennogo Naznacheniya (OMON) “Bérets noirs” maintien de l'ordre, anti-émeutes - OMSN (anciennement Spetsial'nye Otryady BystrogoReagirovanya - SOBR - Special Rapid Reaction Detachment), lutte anticriminalité - Kondor Division of MVD (Anti-Terrorist) - Spetsgruppa Vega (formerly Vympel - special ops/CT)

============================================================== SALVADOR Comando de Fuerzas Especiales (CFE) Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOE) - Patrullas de Reconocimiento de Alcance Largo (PRAL - LRRPs) - Hacha “Hatchet” (SAS type direct action unit) Minister of Defense Brigada Especial de Seguridad Militar - Special Brigade for Military Security (BESM) - 4 x Battalions, including - military police battalion Batallon de Paracaidistas (BAPAC - Parachute Battalion) Battelion de Infateria de Marina Compania de Comandos Marina (Marine Commando Company) Air Force Commando Especial Anti-Terrorista (CEAT) - Special Anti-Terrorist Command, Ilopango Air Base Ministry of Public Security Grupo de Respuesta Policial (GRP) - Police Response Group (counterterrorist unit) Divisiones de Proteccion de Personalidades Divisiones de Armas y Explosivos Unidad de Mantenimiento de Orden Grupo Aero Policial DECO (Division Elite Contra Crimen Organizado) ============================================================== SAUDI ARABIA Land Force Airborne Brigade - Riyadh - 1st Airborne Battalion - 2nd Airborne Battalion - 1st Special Forces Company - 2nd Special Forces Company - 3rd Special Forces Company Royal Guard Brigade - Riyadh - 1st Royal Guard Battalion - 2nd Royal Guard Battalion - 3rd Royal Guard Battalion brigade (numéro inconnu) « Imam Faisal Bin Turki », Tabuk (possiblement 1ère brigade ou 1ère brigade parachutiste) 85e bataillon de forces spéciales (peut-être rattaché à la 1ère brigade parachutiste) 4e brigade « Roi Fadh » (pas FS ?) National Guard Special Security Force

- 2 x battalions - 3-4 x independent company - Special Warfare Unit Police Security Special Security Force (SWAT) ============================================================== SINGAPORE Land Force 21st Rapid Deployment Division, Camp Dieppe - 7th SIB, Kranji Camp Complex - 1st Commando Battalion Singapore Guards REDCOM (1 Guards), Dieppe Barracks - 5 x Companies Commando - 2nd Reserve Battalion Singapore Guards (2 Guards), Dieppe Barracks - 3rd Reserve Battalion Singapore Guards (3 Guards), Kranji Camp Complex - 3 x Companies - Commando School - 13th SIB (three Guards battalions) - 15th SIB (three Guards battalions) 10th Commando Bn (Airborne, Reserve) Naval Force Naval Diving Unit (NDU) -The Clearance Diving Group (CDG) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EOD) - Underwater Demolition Group (UDG) - Combat Diving Group Police Coast Guard Special Task Squadron "Flying Fish" (Maritime SWAT unit) National Police Singapore Prisons Emergency and Action Response (SPEAR) Force Special Operations Command - Task Force - K-9 Unit - Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Police Ghurka Contingent ============================================================== SLOVAK REPUBLIC Slovakia 's 5th Special Forces Regiment Slovkl-5 Pluk Specialneho Urcenia (5th PSU) - 4 x Special Forces Companies Utvar Osobitneho Urcenia (UOU - police CT unit), Bratislava Special Task Force Unit, Bratislava ============================================================== SLOVENIA 1st Brigada Slovenske Vojske Odrer za Specialno Delovanje Posebna Policijska Enota ou PPE Specialna Enota ou SE (Enota A) (Enota B) (Enota C) (Vodstvo) Urad Za Varnost in Zascito ou UZVZ ============================================================== SOLOMON ISLANDS National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force ============================================================== SOUTH AFRICA Special Forces Brigade - 4th Special Forces Regiment (Maritime / Urban) Langebaan - 3 x Commando Bataillons

- Commando - Special Forces Amphibious and Urban School (SFAUS) - 5th Special Forces Regiment (land / Ari) Phalaborwa - 2 x Commando Bataillons - Training Wing 44 Parachute Regiment “Para Bats” -1, 2(CF), 3(CF) PARA , Parachute Battalions SA Navy Combat Divers (SEAL-type; although 4 RECCE has similar role) South Africa Police Service Operational Response Services - 3 x Platoons Special Task Force ou STF (CT) DSO (Directorate Of Special Operation of The Scorpions) ============================================================== SOUTH KOREA Land Force Special Warfare Command -Songnam, Kyonggi Province - Special Operations Training Group - 707th Special Missions Bn (Abn) -Songnam [ROK Delta Force equivilant] - “Strategic Units” - 1st Special Forces Brigade (Abn) ("Golden Eagle") - Kimpo Peninsula [specializes in HALO/HAHO ops] - 3rd Special Forces Brigade (Abn) ("Flying Tiger"), Seangram [specializes in land infiltration] - 5th Special Forces Brigade (Abn) ("Black Dragon"), Inchon [specializes in SCUBA ops] - “Tactical Units” - 7th “Flying Horse” Special Forces Brigade - Iksan, N. Cholla Province - 35th Special Forces Battalion -Kunsan - 9th “Ghost” Special Forces Brigade - 11th “Golden Bat” Special Forces Brigade - Damyong, S. Cholla Province - 62nd Special Forces Battalion - 13th “Black Jaguar” Special Forces Brigade - N. Chungchong Province - Special Warfare Center : Overall training center for ROKA Special Forces Special Assault Regiments are similar to U.S. Ranger - 702nd Special Assault Regiment of II ROK Corps -Chunchon, Kangwon Province - 703rd Special Assault Regiment of III ROK Corps -Hyonni, Kangwon Province - 708th Special Assault Bn of VIII ROK Corps -Yangyang, Kangwon Province - 700th Special Assault Regt of Capital Corps - Anyang , Kyonggi Province - 701st Special Assault Regiment of I ROK Corps -Byokjoe, Kyonggi Province - 705th Special Assault Regiment of V ROK Corps -Ildong, Kyonggi Province - 706th Special Assault Regiment of VI ROK Corps -Pochon, Kyonggi Province - 707th Special Assault Regiment of VII ROK Corps -Changhowan, Kyonggi Province - 203rd Special Assault Brigade of IX ROK Corps - Taejon Special City , N.Chungchong Province - 205th Special Assault Brigade of XI ROK Corps -Changnyong, S. Kyongsang Province Armed Forces Psychological Warfare Group ROK Military Police Special Guard Team (SGT) Naval Force 56th Squadron -Special Operations Force (SEAL) - 1st-2nd UDT / Special Assault Teams - 3rd UDT / Special Assault Team (Counter Terrorism) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team

- Naval Special Warfare Training Team - Swimmer Delivery Vehicle Unit (Dolgoraa & Dolphin) ROK Marine Corps Command - 1st Special Recon Battalion “The Shark-men”, Pohang - Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Co - 1st Marine Division, Pohang - 3 x Marine Infantry Regts - Marine Artillery Regt - Armor Battalion - Assault Amphibian Vehicle Bn - Amphibious Reconnaissance Co - Support Bn - 2nd Marine Division (Capital Defence), Kimpo - 3 x Marine Infantry Regtx - Marine Artillery Regt - Armor Battalion - Assault Amphibian Vehicle Bn - Amphibious Reconnaissance Co - Support Bn - 6th Marine Brigade, Kumhwa - Amphibious Reconnaissance Co - 5 x ROK garrisoned islands Air Force 259th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) 233rd Search & Rescue Squadron ROKAF Para-Rescue Unit ? ROKAF Combat Control Team MP Special Guard Team (MPSGT) National Police SWAT unit (868 Unit- National Police Counter-terrorism) National Police Regional SWAT teams ============================================================== SPAIN Land Force Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE) - Special Operations Command, Rabasa (Alicante) - Command HQ - HQ Company/Experience Unit - Communication Unit - III Grupo de Operaciones Espaciales (GOE III), Alicante - IV Tercio Alexandre Faresio Grupo de Operaciones Espaciales (GOE IV), Barcelona - XIX "C.C. Maderal Oleago Legion Special Operations Bandera (BOEL), Ronda ( Malaga ) VII " Galicia " Airmobile Light Infantry Brigade (BRILAT), Pontevedra - No. 3 " Principe " Airmobile Light Infantry Battalion - No. 29 "Isabel la Catolica " Airmobile Light Infantry Battalion - Airmobile Artillery Group - Airmobile Engineer Group - Airmobile Logistics Group The Legion II "Rey Alfonso XIII" Light Infantry Brigade (BRILEG), Almeria rd - The Legion 3 "Don Juan de Austria" Tercio (Regiment) - VII Bandera (Battaillon) - VIII Bandera (Battaillon)

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- The Legion 4 "Alejandro Farnesio" Tercio (Regiment) - X Bandera (Battaillon) - The Legion Engineer Unit - The Legion Logistics Unit - Military Band VI "Almogavares" Parachute Light Infantry Brigada (BRIPAC), Alcala de Henares (Madrid) - Reconocimiento/Sección de Desembarco Aéreo (RECO/SADA) Platoons (Pathfinder/recon) - Unidad de Patrullas de Reconocimiento en Profundidad (UPRP - deep recon patrols/LRRPs) - I "Roger de Flor" Parachute Bandera (Battaillon) - I I "Roger de Lauria" Parachute Bandera (Battaillon) - III "Ortiz de Zarate" Parachute Bandera (Battaillon) - Parachute Engineer Group - Parachute Logistics Group - Parachute Launching Group - Parachute Instruction Battalion Spanish Legion - 1 and 2 Tercio Ceuta and Mellila - 3 Tercio] Combine to form basis of RDF - 4 Tercio] unit in Spanish Armed Forces with BOEL (infra) Naval Force Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate (UEBC) (naval commandos) Unidad Especial de Desactivado de Explosivos (UEDE- naval EOD) Unidad de Buceadores de Medidas Contra Minas (naval counter mine unit) Tercio de la Armada (TEAR-Spanish "Fleet Marine Force"), San Fernando - Brigada de Infantería de Marina (BRIMAR) - Unidad Anfibia de Operaciones Especiales (UOE) "Valientes por tierra, mar... y por aire" - 3 x Estol (company) de Operaciones (One Swinmmer) - Batallones de Desembarco BD-I y BD-2 - 3 x Compañías de Fusileros (I, II y III) - Compañía de Armas - Batallón Mecanizado de Desembarco BMD-III - Compañía de Plana Mayor y Servicios - 2 x Compañías Mecanizadas de Fusiles (I y II) - Compañía de Carros de Combate - Grupo de Artillería de Desembarco (GAD) - 2 Baterías de Artillería Remolcada - 1 Batería de Artillería Autopropulsada - Compañía de Plana Mayor y Servicios - Grupo de Armas Especiales (GAE) - Compañía Contracarro - Compañía de Tractores Anfibios - Compañía de Ingenieros - Unidad de Embarcaciones Rápidas Air Force Escuadrilla de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC -LRRPS, FAC, CT, CSAR), Alcanrerilla Escuadrilla de Apoyo al Despliegue Aereo (EADA- CCT, ABD/ABGD, NBC defense), Zaragosa Guardia Civil

Special Intervention Unit [Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI), Madrid (Civil Guard CT unit) - 2 Platoon Intervention Rural Action Unit [Unidad de Acción Rural (UAR.)], Logroño ( La Rioja ) (Civil Guard SWAT units) - 4 x Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR.) (Companies) National Police Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) (Operations Special Groups), Guadalaraja (National Police SWAT teams) - 3 x Assault Platoons Grupo Operativo Especiales de Seguridad (GOES) (Security Special Operativ Group) - 8 x SWAT teams Local Police Grup Especial d'Intervencio (GEI) (Catalonia Police SWAT) Berroci Berezi Talda (BBT- Basque Police tactical unit) ============================================================== SRI LANKA Independent Special Forces Brigade - 2 x Army Commando Regiments - 2 x Special Forces Regiments Commando Brigade 2 Airmobile Brigade Army's Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Navy Special Boat Squadron (SBS) Special Task Force (STF) Natinal Police, Batticaloa, Amparia Districts & Colombo City ============================================================== SUDAN 144th Conter-Terrorist Unit (CTU) ============================================================== SWEDEN Joint Service Units Forsvarsmaktens Sarskilda Skvddsgrupp-(SSG) (Special Protection Group), Karlsborg Army Armans Fallskarmsjagerkola (FJS)-(Army Parachute Ranger School-LRRP), Karlsborg - 3 x Para Infantry Companies Livregemente Husarer (K3)-(Life Hussar Regiment), Karlsborg - 2 x Company (division MI/airborne) - Company (division MI company) Livgardet (I1/K1) ? (Life Guard) (Military Police Rangers), Stockholm - The Battalion of Dragoons (cavalry battalion) - The Guards Battalion (mechanized battalion) MilitarPolis-Jagarna-(Military Police Rangers) Lapplands Jageregmente (I22)-(Lappland Ranger Regiment), Kiruna (Disbanded in 2006) Norrlands Dragonerregemente (K4)-(Northland Dragoon Regiment) (Disbanded in 2006) Stadsskyttebataljonerna (Urban Infantry Battalions) in Kungs?en (I1/K1) and in Halmstad (IB16? disbanded). Navy Amfibieregementen Amf 1 & Amf 4 (wartime form the 1st Amphibian Brigade) (Amphibian Regiments), Stockholm & Gothenborg Kustjagare (KJ)-(Coastal Airborne Rangers) Attack Dykarna-(combat swimmer unit

Rojdykare-(Mine Clearance Divers) Bassak – Bassakerhetskompaniet (Naval Counter SOF Company) Air Force Flybasjagarna-(Swedish Air Force Rangers / SAFRs): National Police Ordningspolisens Nationel Insatsstyrka-(ONI): Stockholm City - 2 x Assault Groups ============================================================== SUISSE Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10 (AAD 10) / Détachement de Reconnaissance d'Armée 10 (DRA 10) Fallschirmaufklärerkompanie 17 (FSK 17) / compagnie d’éclaireurs parachutistes 17, Locarno (forces aériennes suisses)

Groupes d'interventions civils Stern (Stadtpolizei Bern / Berne ) Sondereinheit Enzian (Kantonspolizei Bern / Berne) Argus (Aargau) Santis (Appenzell) Basilisk (Basel Stadt) Barrakuda (Basel Land) Le Grif (Fribourg) Brigade d'Intervention, gendarmerie (service d'ordre et sécurité publique - civil) de la Police Cantonale de Genève - Groupe d'Intervention (GI) - Tireurs d'élite (TE) - Brigade des chiens Groupes d'Investigetion Speciale (Geneve Internationale) Kristal (Graubunden) Groupe d'intervention (Jura) LUCHS (Luzern) Le Cougar (Neuchatel) Gren Team (Sankt Gallen) Falk (Solothurn) Leu (Thurgau) Tiratori Scelti et Subacquei SWAT (Tessin) LUCHS (Unterwalden) ou Luchs (Nidwalden) Section Intervention (Valais) Canton de Vaud : - Détachement d'Actions Rapides et de Dissuasion (DARD) - Unité d'Appui Tactique (UAT) (tireurs d'élite) Diamant (Zurich) ============================================================== SYRIA 14th Special Forces Division - 55th, 54th, 46th, 35th, 44th, 53rd, 804th, 51st Special Forces Regiment 4th Regiment of special forces (2 helicopter-deployable Commando federations) 5th Regiment special forces ( Lebanon ) Al-Wahdat al-Khassa Saraya al Difa al-Haras al-Jumhuri As Saiqa ==============================================================

TAIWAN Land Force

Aviation & Special Warfare Command, Pingtung

- 601st (northern) Air Cavalry Brigade, [confirmed 07/11/01] [Taoyuanbased, 22/08/01] - 602nd (central) Air Cavalry Brigade, [Taichung-based, 22/08/01] - 603rd (southern) Air Cavalry Brigade, Pingtung - 862nd Special Warfare Brigade - School, Taichung - Army Ranger Training Unit - ROC Army 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion - 1st Attack Helicopter Wing, Tao Yuan - 2nd Attack Helicopter Wing, Tainan ROC Military Police Command Special Service Company “Nighthawks” (CT) ROC Military Police Command SWAT units Naval Force Navy Underwater Demolition Units (UDU) Navy Fleet Salvage Unit (Navy SAR/salvage unit) Republic of China (ROC) Marine Corps (Chinese Marine Corps - CMC) - 2nd Special Task Squadron (100 man marine unit, part of the ARG) - Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit “Amphibious Recon Battalion” deactivated - Special Service Company (CMC SSC) - deactivated - Airborne and Special Warfare Command Special Service Company/Army Air Special Services Commando? (Desactivated) - Brigade Marines - 4 x Marine Infantry Battalions - Light Armor Battalion - Reinforced Armored Artillery Battalion - Defensive Brigade (responding to airborne and amphibious attacks in Kaohsiung area) 4 x Marine Infantry Battalions Light Armor Battalion Reinforced Armored Artillery Battalion National Police Wei-An (Security Task Force Headquarters) Taipei SWAT - 3 Platoons National Police Administration (Police Corps) 23 x SWAT Units First Peace Preservation Police Corps Special Services Commando (CT) ============================================================== THAILAND Land Force Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command, Lop Buri - 1st Special Forces (Airborne) Division & 2nd Special Forces Division - 5 x Special Forces (Airborne) Regiments - 2nd Special Forces Regiment, PsyOps Battalion - 5th Long Range Reconnaissance Company - Task Force 90 (Counter terrorism) Naval Force Royal Thai Marine Corps, Sattahip Naval Base

- 2 x Divisions - 6 x Landing Infantry Regiments - 2 x Artillery Regiments - Amphibious assault battalion - Light tank battalion - 3 x Recon Battaillons, Chatabury, Sattaship, Babkok - Company Frogman - 2 x Motorized Companies - Detachment Counter terrorism Naval Special Warfare Unit - SEAL Group, Sattahip - 2 x SEAL Teams - 4 x Platoons Air Force Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company National Police Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit (PARU) ============================================================== TUNISIA Brigade Para Commando - 2 x Battalions each has a dedicated Anti-Terrorist and HRU Company, Tunis 51st Infantry Naval Regiment Groupement de Commando of the Garde National (GCGN), Tunis AIP Unite Speciale of the Garde Nationale (USGN), Hammemet - 2 x operational sections ============================================================== TURKEY Genelkurmay Ozel Kuvvetler Komutanligi - (General Staff Special Forces Command SFC) “Red Berets” Muharebe Arama Kurtarma (MAK - CSR/Combat Search and Rescue - Joint service Delta type unit) Land Force 1st Commando Brigade HQ Kayseri 2nd Commando Brigade HQ Bolu 3rd Amphibious Marine Commando Brigade HQ Foca/Izmir (Aegean operations) 4th Commando Brigade HQ Iskenderun (Aegean or Cyprus operations) Mountain Commando Brigade Naval Force 3rd Amfibi Deniz Piyade (Amphibious Rifle Brigade) - 3 x Infantry battailons - Reconnaissance Platoon - Sualty Alti Taaruz (SAT- Under Water Attack) - Sualty Alti Savunma (SAS-Under Water Defense) Air Force Air Force Search and Rescue Group Jandarma (Gendarmerie) OIKB (Ozel Intihar Komando Bolugu) OJKB (Ozel Jandarma Komando Bolugu) (CT-HRT), Ankara - 3 x Operational Companies (assigned to regions) National Police National Police Crisis Action Teams (SWAT teams) ============================================================== UKRAINE Airmobile Division (Bolgrad)

- Airborne Brigade (Bolgrad) - Air Assault Brigade (Bolgrad) th 95 Airmobile Brigade [Gchitomir] Naval Infantry Brigade Spetzsnaz Bars (Snow Leopard) Yahuar (Jaguar) Hepard (Leopard) “Panther” The Panther unit is an anti-terrorist Spetsnaz team operating under the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) Titan Gboz MBC ============================================================== UGANDA Military Anti-mine Warfare Forces Military Special Forces Special Forces Unit of police ============================================================== UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Emirate of Dubai - Commando Squadron (CT) Emirate of Abu Dhabi - Police Special Unit (SAS) ============================================================== UNITED KINGDOM DSF (Directorate of Special Forces) - 22 Special Air Service, Crendenhill - Hereford - HQ Squadron - Sabre Squadrons - A Squadron * 1 Troop : Boat * 2 Troop : Air * 3 Troop : Mobility * 4 Troop : Mountain B Squadron * 6 Troop: Boat * 7 Troop : Air * 8 Troop : Mobility * 9 Troop : Mountain (C Squadron - Rhodésie, A combattu en Malaisie avec le 22 SAS (1950-58), mais pas au Jebel Akhdar (1958-59) ni Bornéo (1962-66), séparé du régiment suite à l'indépendance de la Rhodésie en 1965) D Squadron * 16 Troop : Air * 17 Troop : Boat * 18 Troop : Mobility * 19 Troop : Mountain G Squadron * 21 Troop : Mobility * 22 Troop : Mountain * 23 Troop : Boat * 24 Troop : Air - L Detachment

- Counter-Revolutionary Warfare (CRW) Wing - Pagoda Troop (1972-1977) - Special Projects (SP) team (since 1977) - 8 Flight AAC (AS365 N3 Dauphin) - "Ulster Troop" (~1980) - Quartermaster (QM) department - Training Wing - F Troop (Bélize) - Demonstration Troop "Goon Troop" - Bodyguard Training Team (1962) : instructeurs de gardes du corps envoyés à l'étranger - Bodyguard Cell (début années 70) : instructeurs des instructeurs - 264 (SAS) Signal Squadron - R Troop (TA) ? - Intelligence and Planning Cell "The Kremlin" [GF 225] - Force Projection Cell (FPC) [GF] - Demolition Training Wing [GF 114] - Medical Wing [EOTS 61] - Northern Ireland Cell ? - Operational Research Cell [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ obituaries/1429016/David-Gilbert-Smith.html] - Revolutionary Warfare Wing (RWW) - "The Increment" - Special Boat Service (SBS), Poole, Dorset - C Squadron - M Squadron (MCT) * 5 Troop (rigs ?) - Z Squadron (Black Troop, Gold Troop, -Purple Troop), - SBS(R) - Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) - 268 (UKSF) Signal Squadron - Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR), Crendenhill - Hereford - 267 (SRR) Signal Squadron - 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment. - 21 (Artists Rifles) Special Air Service (SAS) - 23(VR) Special Air Service - 63 (SAS) Signals Squadron

Apache ?)

- Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing (JSFAW), Odiham RAF * 7 Squadron RAF (Chinook HC.2 ou HC.2A) * 651 Squadron AAC (Britten Norman 4S Defender AL.1) * 657 Squadron AAC (Lynx AH.7, peut-être des AH.9 voir des - Special Forces (SF) Flight, 47 Squadron RAF (Hercules C.1 et C.3A), Lyneham RAF - “M” Flight, 848 Naval Air Squadron (CTM)

Land Force Army’s Special Intelligence Wing (SIW) -Force Research Unit (FRU)/Joint Services Group Intelligence & Security Group (N.I) or 14 Intelligence Company 16th Air Assault Brigade, Colchester - Brigade HQ and 216 Signals Squadron

- The Parachute Regiment - Pathfinder Platoon - 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment - 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery - 23rd Engineer Regiment - 13th Air Assault Support Regiment, RLC - 16th Close Support Medical Regiment - 7th Battalion, REME, and 132d Aviation Support Unit, RLC - 156th Provost Company, RMP - 89th Intelligence Section Intelligence Corps - Air Force Liaison Section, RAF - 1x Armed Recce Regt from Household Cavalry Regt - 658th Aviation Squadron, Army Air Corps - 613rd, 614th Tactical Air Control Parties, RAF - 10th ( Para ) Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 4/73th (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery, 5th Artillery Regiment (Surveillance & Target Acquisition Battery-STA Battery ) The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), Forward Observation Battery, Royal Artillery (TA equivalent of 148 Battery ) Brigade of Gurkhas - 1st Bn, The Royal Gurkha Rifles - 2nd Bn, The Royal Gurkha Rifles - Gurkha Signal Bn. - Gurkha Engineer Bn. - The Queen’s Gurkha Engineers - Queen’s Gurkha Signals - Queen’s Own Gurkha Transport Regiment Naval Force 3rd Commando Brigade, Mount Wise ( Plymouth ) - Brigade HQ and Signals Squadron, RM - 539th Assault Squadron, RM - Tactical Air Control Parties, RAF - Air Defence Troop, Royal Artillery - 40th, 42nd, 45th Commando RM - Commando Logistic Regiment - Commando Air Squadron - 29th Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery - 59th Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers - 845th, 846th Naval Air Squadrons, Royal Navy - Special Boat Service, Royal Marines (SBS) - Brigade Patrol Troop (BPT- former Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre (M&AWC)) - 148th (Meiktila) Commando, Forward Observation Battery, Royal Artillery ( Para , Commando, & diver trained FAC’s support SAS, SBS, and Parachute Regiment) - Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) - Fleet Protection Group, Royal Marines (formerly Commacchio Group), Arbroath - Fleet Standby Rifle Troop (FSRT) Miniter of the Interior London Metropolitan Police Special Operations - Serious and Organised Crime Group SO7 - Central Criminal Intelligence Branch SO11 - Counter Terrorism Branch SO13

- National Identification Service SO4 - Special Branch SO-12 - 43 x SBs in England and Wales , 9 in Scotland and 1 in Northern Ireland - Protection Team - Surveillance Team - Royalty and Diplomatic Protection - SO14-Royalty Protection Branch - SO16-Diplomatic Protection Group - SO17 Palace of Westminster - Firearms / Aviation Security Policy Dev - Service Firearms Unit SO19, Lippits Hill N London - Armed Response Units Branch - Armed Response Vehicles Units (ARV's) - Specialist Firearms Teams - Specialist Firearms Officers (SFO's) - Training Wing - Heathrow Airport OCU - Greenwich Borough OCU S015 Counter Terrorism Comnand regroupe : - SO12 Special Branch (SB) - SO13 Anti-terrorist Branch (ATB) Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department (RDPD) - Royalty Protection Group (SO14) - Specialist Protection (SO1) - Diplomatic Protection Group (CO6) - Palace of Westminster Division (CO7)

Le SO19 s'appelle CO19 maintenant. ============================================================== UNITED STATES Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Special Activities Division (SAD) - Special Operations Group - Foreign Training Group - Propaganda and Political Action Group - Computer Operations Group - Proprietary Management Staff Special Training Center "The Farm", Camp Peary, VA Harvey Point, N.C. Department of Defense National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS), Fort Meade MA (SWAT / CT Units) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Bolling AFB Washington DC (SWAT / CT Units) - Defense HUMINT Service (DHS) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Fairfax VA US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM, MacDill AFB, FL) Center for Special Operations (CSO / SCSO)

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Intelligence Support Group (J2) Operations Support Group (J3) Campaign Support Group (J5) Interagency Task Force (IATF) * Global Forecasting Team (GFT) - Joint Military Information Support Command (JMISC) Chief of Staff and Command Support Center (SOCS) J-1 Center for Acquisition and Logistics (SOAL) J-4 Center for Networks and Communications (SONC) J-6 and other C4 functions Center for Force Structure, Requirements, Resources, and Strategic Assessments (SORR) J-8 Center for Knowledge and Futures (SOKF) J-7 (exercises, joint training, and joint doctrine) & J-9 (future of SOF) Special Operations Joint Interagency Collaboration Center (SOJICC) Interagency Partnership Program (IAPP) International Engagement Program (IEP) Crisis Action Planning Team Special Operations Detachment-Global (SOD-G), Rhode Island ANG, Coventry ANGS, Coventry, RI Deployment Cell (D-Cell) Joint Special Operations University (JSOU), Hurlburt Field, Floride Crisis Action Center (CAC) ? Joint Mission Analysis Team ? Special Operation Research, Development and Acquisition Center (SORDAC) ? Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) (Pope AFB, NC) - Delta / 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Ft Bragg , NC) * A, B, C (D ?) Squadrons * Flight Concepts Division, Fort Eustis, VA * Operational Support Troop - SEAL Team 6 / Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG) (Little Creek NAB, VA) - Gray Fox / Task Force Orange / US Army Office of Military Support / Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) - 24th Special Tactics Squadron - unité Armored Ground Mobility System (AGMS) ? - Joint Communication Unit (JCU), Fort Bragg - Joint Medical Augmentation Unit (JMAU), Fort Bragg - Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group, Fort Bragg/Pope AFB - 66th Air Operations Squadron (AOS) Wolfpack, New Beern, NC - 66th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), Pope AFB US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) (Ft Bragg, NC) - US Army Special Forces Command (Airborne) (Ft Bragg, NC) * 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Ft Lewis, WA) * 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Ft Bragg, NC) * 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Ft Campbell, KY) * 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Ft Bragg, NC) * 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (Ft Carson, CO) *19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (UT ARNG) (Draper, UT)

* 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (AL ARNG) ( Birmingham , AL) - Special Operations Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments (CRD) * 14th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (3rd SFG) * 26th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (7th SFG) * 56th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (5th SFG) * 82nd Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (10th SFG) * 112th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (1st SFG) * 190th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (19th SFG) * 200th Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment (20th SFG) - 75th Ranger Regiment (Ft Benning , GA ) * 1st Battalion * 2nd Battalion * 3rd Battalion * Ranger Special Troops Battalion (RSTB) - Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC) - 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (Ft Campbell, KY) - 1st Battalion, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky - 2nd Battalion, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky - 3rd Battalion, Hunter Army Airfield , Georgia - 4th Battalion, Etat de Washington - 528th Sustainment Brigade (Airborne) - Brigade Troops Battalion (Airborne) (Provisional) - 5 x Groups Support Battalions - 3 x Ranger Support Companies - Ranger Support Operations Detachment - 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (detachments in Germany and Korea ) - 4th Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Group (POG) - 95th Civil Affairs (CA) Brigade - US Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School, Fort Bragg NC * 1st Special Warfare Training Group (SWTG) US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) (Hurlburt Fd, FL) - 1st Special Operations Wing (Hurlburt Fd, FL) - 27th Special Operations Wing - 193rd Special Operations Wing (PA ANG) ( Harrisburg IAP, PA) - 919th Special Operations Wing (AFRes) (Eglin Aux. Fd 3, FL) - 352nd Special Operations Group (RAF Mildenhall , UK ) - 353rd Special Operations Group (Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japon) - 720th Special Tactics Group (Hurlburt Fd, FL) * 21st Special Tactical Squadron (STS), Pope AFB * 22nd Special Tactical Squadron, Mac Chord AFB * 23rd Special Tactical Squadron, Hurbult Filed FL AFB and 210th RQS, Kulis ANGB , AK * 24th Special Tactical Squadron, Ft Bragg NC * 10th Combat Weather Squadron. Hurlburt Field , FL - Det 1, 10th CWS. Ft. Lewis , WA (supports the 1st SFG (A)) - Det 2, 10th CWS. Ft. Campbell , KY (supports the 5th SFG (A) and 160th SOAR) - Det 3, 10th CWS Ft. Carson, CO (supports the 10th SFG (A))

Regiment) Battalion)

- Det 4, 10th CWS FT. Benning, GA (supports the 75th Ranger - Det 5, 10th CWS Ft Bragg , NC . (Suports the 3rd SFG (A)) - OL-A, 10th CWS Hunter AAF, GA. (Supports the 1st Ranger - OL-A, 320th STS Torii Station JP. (Supports 1/1 SFG (A)) - OL-A, 321st STS Panzer Kaserne GE (Supports the 1/10 SFG (A)) * 17th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) * Special Tactics Training Squadron (STTS) + 321st Special Tactics Squadron (352nd SOG, EUCOM) + 320th Special Tactics Squadron (353rd SOG, PACOM) + 123rd Special Tactics Squadron (ANG) + 125th Special Tactics Squadron (ANG)

US Marine Corps forces Special Operation Command (MARSOC), Camp Pendelton & Camp Lejeune - Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR) * 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion (MSOB) * 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion (MSOB) * 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion (MSOB) - Marine Special Operations Support Group (MSOSG) - Marine Special Operations Intelligence Battalion (MIB) - Marine Special Operations School (MSOS) * 1st Special Missions Training Branch (SMTB) * 2nd Special Missions Training Branch (SMTB) Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM) ( Coronado NAB, CA) - Naval Special Warfare Group 1 (NAVSPECWARGRU 1) ( Coronado NAB, CA) - Detachment Training, ( Kodiak , AK ) - Seal Team 1, ( Coronado NAB, CA) - Seal Team 3, (Coronado NAB, CA) - Seal Team 5, (Coronado NAB, CA) - Seal Team 7, ( San Diego NB , CA) - Naval Special Warfare Detachment Training 1, ( San Diego NB , CA) - Naval Special Warfare Unit, One, ( Guam ) - Seal Delivery Vehicle Team 1, ( Pearl Harbour NB , HI - Naval Special Warfare Group 2 (NAVSPECWARGRU 2) (Little Creek, VA) - Seal Team 2, (Little Creek, VA) - Seal Team 4, (Little Creek, VA) - Seal Team 6, ( Norfolk NB , VA) - Seal Team 8, (Little Creek, VA) - Seal Team 10, ( Norfolk NB , VA) - Naval Special Warfare Detachment Training 2, ( Norfolk NB , VA) - Seal Delivery Vehicle Team 2, (Little Creek NAB, VA) - Naval Special Warfare Unit 2, (Suttgart Ger) - Naval Special Warfare Unit 4, ( Roosevelt Road , PR) - Naval Special Warfare Unit 10, (Rota Spain )

US Army (Land Force) 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) Fort Drum NY 82nd Airborne Division Ft Bragg , NC “All Americans” 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Fort Campbell KY “Screaming Eagles” 173rd Airborne Brigade “The Sky Soldiers” Vicenza , Italy Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) US Army Long-Range Surveillance Units (LRSU) - Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD) - Divisional Platoon operationnal 50 km - Long Range Surveillance Company (LRDC) - Armed corps Companies operationnal 150 km Units : - 129th Inf Det. (LRS) - 173rd Inf. Det (LRS) Rhode Island Army National Guard (ARNG) - 207th Inf. Grp (Scout) Lt Recon Det. - F Co. 425th (LRS) Michigan ARNG - 143rd Infantry Detachment (LRS) TX ARNG - 173rd Infantry Detachment - V Corps LRSC - XVIII Abn Corps LRSC - 10th Mountain Div. (Light) LRSD - 82nd Abn. Div. LRSD - 101st Abn Div. (AA) LRSD - 73rd Airborne Brigade LRSD - 2nd Infantry Division LRSD US Army Pathfinders - 101st Abn Pathfinder Det - 17th Avn Bde Pathfinder Section - “en-route” Tactical Team B/1/58th Avn Regiment (XVII Abn Corps unit, supports 82nd ABN.) US Army Military Police (MP) - Special Reaction Teams (SRT) CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and Explosive) Enhanced Response Force (CERF “surf”), Virginia National Guard - Command and control element from Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery, Hampton and 276th Engineer Battalion, Richmond - Mass casualty decontamination element from Richmond and Norfolk-based Alpha and Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 111th Field Artillery, and Roanoke and Danville-based 229th Chemical Company - Search and extraction element from Virginia Beach-based 203d RED HORSE with the Bowling Green-based 189th Engineer Company - Mass casualty triage element from the 192nd Medical Group, Virginia Air National Guard, Langley Air Force Base. US Navy (USN) Navy’s Alert Anti Terrorist Center (NATC) Anacostia River ( Washinton DC ) Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Washington Navy Road DC Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) Suitland (MA) Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 84 (HSC-84) "Red Wolves" (HH-60H Seahawk) (USN Reserve) (SOF support & CSAR) US Marines Corps (USMC)

Force Reconnaissance Company (sans numéro) 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, Marine Forces Reserve (II Marine Expeditionary Force si celle-ci a besoin de forces en plus de la Force Reconnaissance Company) 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, Marine Forces Reserve (I Marine Expeditionary Force - idem) 1st, 2nd , 3rd (USMCR), 4th (USMCR), 5th ANGLICO (Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) 1st Radio Battalion 2nd Radio Battalion 3rd Radio Battalion Scout Sniper Platoons Marine Corps Security Force Regiment - 1st FAST (Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team) Company, Camp Allen, Norfolk, Virginia - 2nd FAST Company, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia - 3rd FAST Company, Camp Allen, Norfolk, Virginia Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve Marine Corps Embassy Security Group Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), Indian Head, MD 3rd Civil Affairs Group (CAG), Camp Pendleton, et 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG), Naval Support Facility Anacostia Scout Sniper Platoons (SSP) (one platoon per USMC regt) Marine Expeditionary Units (Special Operations Capable) - MEU (SOC) - 11th MEU (SOC), 13th MEU (SOC), 15th MEU (SOC), 22nd MEU (SOC), 24th MEU (SOC), 16th MEU (SOC), 31st MEU (SOC) Special Operations Training Group (SOTG) I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) SOTG, II MEF SOTG, III MEF 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendelton CA 2nd Marine Division, Camp Leujeune NC 3rd Marine Division, Okinawa ( Japan ) 4th Marine Division (reserve), New Orleans LA USMC Provost Marshal's Office (police) - Special Reaction Teams (SRT) US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command Units - 437th Airlift Wing (C-17 Special Operations Low Level II [SOLL II]) - C-130 SOLL II ? - 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron (GCRS) ? Air Combat Command Units - Tactical Air Control Parties (TACP) - 22nd Air Support Operations Flight (ASOF) - Combat Weathermen - 18th Weather Squadron Security Forces Units - Air Combat Command - 820th Security Forces Group 822nd Security Forces Squadron (SFS), 823rd SFS, 824th SFS - 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron (GCTS)

- Airbase Defense School (Silver Flag Alpha/Expeditionary Readiness Training - ExpeRT) - 204th SFS (Heavy Weapons unit also conducts FID missions in Spanish speaking countries) - USAF Europe Units - 786th SFS - USAFE Ground Combat Training Flight - USAFE Ground Defense School (Creek Defender)/USAFE Security Forces Training Flight (Creek Defender) - 86th Security Forces Group 568th SFS, 569th SFS - 607th Training Flight (TRF) - PACAF Security Forces Regional Training Center (Commando Warrior) USAF Emergency Services Team (EST) Department of Energy Office of Emergency Response Special Response Teams (SRT) Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) National Training Center (NTC) ARG NN-62 REAC/TS Department of Justice Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI) - Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) - Operational Support Branch - Crisis Negotiation Unit (CNU), HQ in FBI Academy in Quantico , Virginia - Crisis Management Unit - Critical Incident Negotiation Team - Rapid Deployment Logistics Unit - NCAVC - National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime - Behavioral Analysis Unit - Child Abduction Serial Murder Investigative Resources Center - Violent Criminal Apprehension Program - Tactical Support Branch - Operations Training Unit - Special Detail Unit - Hostage Rescue Team (HRT), FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia - 3 x Groups - 56 x FBI SWAT Teams & Enhanced SWAT Teams all US States US Marshals Service (USMS) - Special Operations Group (SOG), Camp Beauregard LA - Special Response Teams (SRT) - Los Angeles Arrest Response Team - Western Virginia Special Tactics, Arrest & Rescue (STAR) Team Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - 10 x Special Operations and Special Mission Units - 19 x Mobile enforcement teams (MET) - “Snow Cap” Teams - Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement Teams (CLET) - Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Teams (DEA FAST)

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) - Special Operations and Response Teams (SORT) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) - Special Response Teams (SRT)

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Department of Homeland Security US Coast Guard (USCG) - US Coast Guard International Training Team - Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST) - Security Port Units US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) - Air Interdiction - Special Response Teams * US Border Patrol - Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) - Special Response Teams (SRT) - Regional Emergency Crisis and Action Team (REACT), San Diego US Secret Service (USSS) - Emergency Response Team (ERT) - Counter Assault (Team (CAT) - Counter Sniper Team (CST) - Canin Detection Team - Crime Scene Search Techno Branch - Special Operation Section Federal Protective Service (FPS) SRT Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Fort Benning GA Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - Special Response Teams (SRT) US Mint Police - Special Response Teams (SRT) US Capitol Police - Containment & Emergency Response Team (CERT) US Park Police - Special Forces Branch * SWAT Team DOE Office of Safeguards and Security ( OSS ) SRT DOE Transportation Safety Division (TSD) Special Response Force (SRF) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) Department of the Treasury Department of State Foreign Security Agency (FSA) (Protection VIP) Counter Terrorist Joint Task Force Command, Pope AAF ( Fort Bragg NC ) Command Alert Center , Suitland MA Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) - Mobile Security Deployment (MSD) * Mobile Training Teams (MTT) * Security Support Teams (SST) * Tactical Support Teams (TST) Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) Non-federal Law Enforcement agencies

LAPD Metropolitan Division - D Platoon (SWA) LASD Special Enforcement Detail (SED) NYPD Emergency Service Unit (ESU) Miami-Dade Police Department SRT DC Metro Police Department Emergency Response Team (ERT) Detroit Police Department Special Response Team Dallas Police Department SWAT Orlando Police Department SWAT Team Orange County , Florida Sheriff's Department SWAT Team Houston Police Department SWAT Metro Atlanta Police Department SWAT Indianapolis Police Department SWAT Chicago Police Department Hostage, Barricade, Terrorism Team Baltimore Police Department Quick Reaction Team (QRT) San Francisco Police Department SWAT Team California Joint Terrorist Task Forces (JTTF) : unités délocalisées mélangeant services de police locaux et fédéraux (FBI, USSS...) Organisation des Nations Unies (ONU) United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) / Mission d’administration intérimaire des Nations Unies au Kosovo (MINUK) - Special Team 6