ITALY:
Brigata Paracadutisti "Folgore"
(C.O.FO.S. - The joint special operations command)
Nucleo Coordinamento Forze per Operazioni Speciali - Special Operations Forces Coordination Cell
9° Regimmento d’' Assalto Incursori Paracadutisti “Col Moschin”
- 1° Battaglione Incursori (110° Compagnie Incursori, 120° Compagnie Incursori )
- RAFOS (Reparto Addestramento Forze Operazioni Speciali)
* 101° Compagnia Allievi
*Base Operativa Incursori (BAI)
- 4° Reggimento Alpini Paracadutisti- “Ranger” - “Monte Cervino”
185° Reggimento Acquisizione Obiettivi (185° RAO)
- Batteria Comando e Supporto Logistico
- 1° Gruppo Acquisizione Obiettivi - GAO
- (3) Batteria Acqusizione Obiettivi (BAO), "Draghi" (ambiente artico e alpino/ arctic and mountain), "Aquile" (ambiente desertico/desert) e "Diavoli" (ambiente continentale /continental).
- Compagnia LRRP
26° Gruppo Squadroni Cavalleria dell' Aria REOS (Reparto Elicotteri Operazioni Speciali /Special Operations Helicopter Unit - The Army’s special ops avn. unit)
13 (GRACO) - disbanded
Comando Truppe Alpine
-Brigate Alpine “ Tourinese”
-Brigate Alpine “Julia”
-Brigate Alpine “Tridenta”
Reggimento Lagunari “Serenissima” (Army amphibious troops)
- Plotone Esploratore Anfibio (Amphibious Exploration/Reconnaissance Platoon)
Forza da Sbarco della Marina Militare (MARIFORSBARC)
Reggimento San Marco (Italian Marines)
- Reparto Comando (Command Unit)
*Nucleo Osservatori Tiro Contra Costa (NOTCC -Forward Observer Cell)
- Battaglione Assalto “Grado” (Assault Battalion “Grado”)
- (3) Compagnia Assalto
- Compagnia Armi (Arms Company)
- Compagnia Operazioni Navali (Naval Operations Company)
- Compagnia Operazioni Speciali (COS - Special Operations Company) former Recon/DOA (Demolitori Ostacoli Antisbarco) (obstacle clearance divers)
15° Stormo
-82nd Centro SAR
-83rd Centro SAR
-84th Centro SAR
Reparto Incursori dell’ Aeronautica Militare (RIAM - formally Squadre Supporto Operazioni Speciali - SSOS (Special Operations Support Squadron - Italian Air Force’s CSAR, LRRP, TACP specialists - equivalent of USAF Special Tactics Teams) “Aerosoccorritori”.
*It also includes COM.SU. BIN’s GOI incursori .
16° Stormo Fucilieri dell’Aria (new AF air base defense unit)
Battaglione Fucilieri dell'Aria
-1° Compagnia, 2° Compagnia
Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori “Teseo Tesei” (COM.SUB.IN - Italian Navy combat diver/Special Ops unit)
-GOI (Gruppo Operativo Incursori)
-GOS (Gruppo Operativo Subacquei)
-GNS (Gruppo Navale Speciale)
2a Brigata Mobile
- 1° Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti “Tuscania”
Regimental HQ
Command and Support Company
Training Unit
and Battaglione Tuscania, made up of:
1a Compagnia (Amphibious ops)
2a Compagnia (Mountain ops)
3a Compagnia (HALO/HAHO)
- Gruppo d’Intervento Speciale (GIS)
-7° Reggimento Carabinieri "Trentino Alto Adige"
-13° Reggimento Carabinieri "Friuli Venezia Giulia"
Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS - National Police CT unit)
Gruppo Operativo Speciale (GOS - National Police SWAT unit)
AntiTerrorismo Pronto Impiego (ATPI - Anti-terrorism Quick Intervention) (Guardia di Finanza /Finance Guard SWAT/ riot control unit)
Gruppo Operativo Mobile (GOM) (Operational Mobile Group - Polizia Peniteziaria)
JAPAN:
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)
“S” GSDF CT/Special Ops unit
Special Guard Force - (SGF, MSDF/ Navy special ops unit)
Special Security Team (SST, Japanese Maritime Safety Agency’s -- Coast Guard-- maritime CT unit)
Special Assault Team (SAT, National Police Agency’s CT unit)
Special Investigaton Team (SIT)
Special Boarding Unit (SBU)
JORDAN:
Royal Jordanian Special Operation Command (RJSOC)
Special Forces Brigade
-Special Operations Unit 71 (SOU 71)
-81st Ranger Battalion
-91st Airborne Orientation Battalion
-101st Special Forces Battalion
Royal Jordanian Special Operations Aviation Squadron
-Fixed Wing Element
-Helicopter Element (Puma, UH-1, AH-1 Cobras)
-Special Forces Element
Royal Jordanian Navy Frogman Team
Royal Jordanian Navy Special Boat Unit
KENYA:
General Service Unit (GSU) of the Kenya Police
KUWAIT:
Special Forces Counterterrorist Unit - CT unit under Interior Ministry
10th Commando Battalion - Guards Falayka Island and Kuwait International Airport (in peacetime), and reportedly also has a special boat unit for maritime ops.
Special Forces Unit - revived by Allied forces after end of Desert Storm.
Fast Attack Unit - coastal patrol and maritime interdiction
Combat Swimmer Unit
LATVIA:
Specialo Uzdevumu Vieniba (SUV) (SF- green beret )
Izlukdesanta Bataljons (IDB) “Lynx Battalion” (Airborne/Parachute Reconnaissance Battalion)
VAP (Latvian Secret Service)
-Special Intervention Group (SIG-SF/CT unit)
-Escort Unit (Body Guards)
LEBANON:
Maokataha of the Lebanese Army
Marine Commando Regiment
LITHUANIA:
ARAS (police CT/SWAT unit)
Gelezinis Vilkas “Iron Wolves” (an Airborne Brigade)
MALAYSIA:
Grup Gerak Khas (GGK - Special Service Group)
-21st Commando Regiment
-22nd Commando Regiment
-11th Special Forces Regiment
Pasukan Khas Laut (PASKAL - Special Naval Force)
Pasukan Gerakan Khas (PGK) (Police special ops unit)
Special Operations Force
- Special Action Unit
- VAT 69
PASKAU
- CART (Combat Air Rescue Team)
- CT Team
- ABGD unit
MALTA:
C (Special Duties) Company, 1st Regiment, Armed Forces of Malta
Rapid Deployment Team, Maritime Squadron, 2nd Regiment, AFM
Special Assignment Group, Malta Police Corps
EOD Section, Ammunition & Explosives Company, 3rd Regiment,
MEXICO:
Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas
- Precursor de asalto aéreo ( Pathfinder Platoons)
Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales
- Grupos Aeromóviles de Fuerzas Specials (GAFE)
*Intervention
*Attack
Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales
Patrullas Operaciones Especiales (POE)
“Agujas Negras” (Black Needles)
“Boinas Verdes” (Green Berets)
Kaibiles(Mexican "Kaibils")
Air Force Special Ops unit (euipped with UH-60)
Fuerzas Anfibias
Infantería de Marina Mexicano (Mexican Marine Corps)
* (2) Fuerza Reacción Anfibia (FRA - Amphibious Rapid Reaction Force)
* (1) Fusileros Paracaidistas de la Armada(naval airborne troops)
* (4) Agrupamientos de Infantería de Marina para la Seguridad de Instalaciones Estratégicas (ASIES - Groups for the Security of Strategic Facilities)
* (2) Grupos Anfibios de Fuerzas Especiales (GANFE)
Grupo Antiterrorista (GAT - Police CT unit)
Grupo Especial de Reaccion e Intervencion (GERI- Special Reaction and Intervention Group).
MOROCCO:
Gruppe Intervention Gendarme Nationale (GIGN - CT)
NETHERLANDS:
11th Luchtmobiele Brigade
Korps Commando Troepen (KCT)
- 104th, 105th, 108th SOC
Koninklijke Nederlandse Corps Mariners (KMARNS) (Royal Netherlands Marine Corps - RNLMC)
Lange Afstand Verkenningscompagnie (LAVERCIE)
- Mountain Leader-Verkenningspeloton (MLVerkPel - Mountian Leaders” Reconnaissance Platoon)
- 7NL Special Boat Squadron (Amfibisch Verkenningspeloton/AmfVerkPel - Amphibian Reconnaissance Platoon)
Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid (BBE - CT)
Brigade Speciale Beveilingsopdrachten (BSB)
Arrestatie Team (AT - Regional SWAT units)
NEW ZEALAND:
1 New Zealand SAS
Navy Operational Diving Team (ODT)
Armed Offenders Squad (AOS)
New Zealand Police Special Tactics Group (STG)
Specialist Search Group (SSG)
Diplomatic Protection Squad
NORTH KOREA:
Light infantry Guidance Bureau
Reconnaissance Bureau
22x Commando Brigades
NORWAY:
Special Operations Forces:
-Marinejegerkommandoen - Naval special forces unit. Based in Ramsund, N.Norway
-Spesialjeger/FSK - Army special forces and counterterror unit. Based in Rena, E.Norway
-(HV-016 - National Guard special unit. Regionally based)
Other,
-FIST/H (Forsvarets Innsatsstyrke/Hær
-KJK/Kystjegerkommandoen/(Marines)
-FJ/Fallskjermjegertroppen(Airborne Pathfinders unit)
Police:
-Beredskapstroppen, or Delta - Police counterterror unit. AFAIK has detachments in major cities (Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger)
OMAN:
Sultan's Special Force
Combat swimmer unit
PAKISTAN:
Special Services Group (SSG)
- Musa Company (CT)
Naval Special Service Group (SSGN)
PAPA NEW GUINEA:
Special Forces Unit
PERU:
Dirección Nacional Contra el Terrorismo
Division de Fuerzas Especiales (DIFE) del Ejército - (Army Special Forces Division)
Batallón de Comandos “Comandante Espinar” Nº 19
- “Delta Company”
Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES - SEAL type unit)
-GOE Norte, GOE Centro, GOE Nororiente
-EOD
- Salvage unit
Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (GRUFE Peruvian AF special ops unit)
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
- Compañía de Reconocimiento Anfibio
Agrupamiento de Comandos
- Compañía de Comandos Anfibios (CAM) - “Comando Anfibios”/ CONAF (40 - man unit) (Buzos de Combate)
- Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC - 25 man unit)
LJEC?
PHILIPPINES:
Philippine Army Special Operations Command (PASOCOM)
- Alpha Two Zero (A-20, CT unit similar to "Delta")
- First Scout Ranger Regiment (FSRR/"Scout Rangers" - LRRPs) (3 - battalions)
- Special Forces Regiment (SFR) (7 - battalions)
1st Special Forces (Riverine) Battalion
5th Special Forces Company
-Psychological Operations (Psyops) Group
Light Reaction Company (LRC - CT unit)
710th Special Operations Wing (SPOW - Airbase Defense/ABD, FAC/TACP, EOD, K-9)
-720th Special Operations Group - (Explosive and Ordnance Squadron, & K-9 Squadron)
730th SOG
-740th SOG
-Anti-terrorism team
Philippine Marine (PM) Corps
-Force Reconnaissance Battalion -61st, 62nd, 63rd Force Recon Companies
Special Warfare Group (SWAG - Navy SEALs)
Presidential Security Group (PSG) Special Reaction Unit (SWAT/CAT unit)
Philippine National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF)
PNP SWAT teams
Police Security Protective Office (PNP VIP protection unit)
Aviation Security Group Special Operations Unit (CT/anti-hijack unit)
POLAND:
Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno Mobilnego (GROM)
1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów (1st Special Commando Regiment)
Grupa Specjalna Płetwonurków MW (FORMOZA - Special Naval Frogman Group)
6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa im. Gen.Sosabowskiego (6th Air Asault Brigade)
1 Lotnicza Grupa Poszukiwawczo-Ratownicza in Bydgoszcz (1st Air Search and Rescue Group - (Polish AF CSAR unit)
Biuro Operacji Antyterrorystycznych (BOA-Antiterrorist Operation Bureu)
Grupa Realizacyjna Biura Dokumentacji Skarbowej - Polish Bureu of Tresury SWAT unit)
V WYdzial Zebezpieczenia Realizacji i Dzialan Antyterrorystycznych Agencji Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego (V Counter-terrorist Activities and Realization's Safety Department of Internal Security Agency)
Wydzial Zabezpieczenia Dzialan Strazy Granicznej (Activities Safety Department of Polish Border Guard - main special unit of Polish Border Guard)
PORTUGAL:
Comando das Tropas Aerotransportadas (Airborne Troops Command)
- Brigada Aerotransportada Independente (BAI) (Independent Airborne Brigade)
Companhia de Precursores (Cprecs-Pathfinders)
- Saltadores de Operacionais de Grande Altitude - SOGA (The Pathfinder Company HALO/HAHO teams)
Centro de Instrução de Operações Especiais (CIOE) (Special Operations Instruction Center)
Batalhão de Elementos de Operações Especiais (BEOE)
-Comandos “Rangers”
-Patrulhas de Longo Raio de Accao (PLRA - LRRPs)
Equipa de Resgate de Combate (RESCOM - AF CSAR Teams)
Corpo de Fuzileiros (Rifle Corps -Marines)
Destacamento do Accoes Especiais (DAE)-(Marine Commandos/SBS type unit)
Destacamento de Merghuladores Sapadores (Portuguese navy diver/SAR det.)
Grupo De Operacoes Especiais (GOE -National PoliceCT unit)
Guarda Nacional Republicana Pelotão des Operaçoes Especiais (Republican National Guard Special Operations Platoon)
Grupo de Intervençao e Segurança Prisional (Prison Intervention and Security Group)
ROMANIA:
404 Recon Battalion
2nd Airborne Brigade
- Pathfinders
2nd Mountain Infantry Brigade
39 Combat Divers Center
1 Naval Infantry Battalion
Brigada Antiterorista (BAT) (CT unit of the Serviciol Roman de Formatii, SRF - Romanian Intelligence Service)
Antiterror Special Bn. of the Gendarmerie.
SIAS - (Police SWAT unit)
RUSSIA:
Ministry of Justice Spetsnaz
"Krechet"
Naval Infantry
103th, 104th, 105th Airborne Guards Divisions (VDV)
Independent Battalions
Independent Assault Brigades
GRU Spetsnaz:
* `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
16a Brigada Voyska Spetsial'novo Naznatcheniya
218 Battal'on Spetsial'novo Naznatcheniya
Morskaya Voiska Spetsial'nogo Naznachenia Brigada
Podvodniye Sapyory
Delfin (Dolphin – combat diver unit)
Osobogo Nazacheniya (ONAZ)
Otryad Militsi Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya (OMSN)
Delta Brigade
FSB Spetsnaz:
Spetsgruppa Al'fa /“Spetsgruppa A”/ Alfa Brigade - (FSB-CT/special ops)
* Spetsgruppa Vympel (“Pennant” or “Banner” - formerly “Zenith” one of two sub-groups within “Al’fa” - disbanded?
Spetsgruppa Beta/ “Spetsgruppa B”
Spetsgruppa Zenit
Spetsgruppa Kaskad (Cascade)
The SVR- (russian CIA) has also its own Spetsnaz unit, called “Zaslon”, but nothing is known about them so far.
MVD (Interior Ministry Troops) Spetsnaz:
Spetsgruppa Vitjaz "Vityaz"
Kondor Division of MVD (Anti-Terrorist)
Spetsgruppa Vega (formerly Vympel - special ops/CT)
Otryad Militsii Osobennogo Naznacheniya (OMON - Special Purpose Militsiia Detachments) “Black Berets”
Spetsial'nye Otryady BystrogoReagirovanya (SOBR - Special Rapid Reaction Detachment)
Spetsgruppa Grom (Thunder)
"Rus`" (Anti-terror, Interior Troops)
"Rosich" (Anti-terror, Interior Troops)
"Skif" (Anti-terror, Interior Troops)
SAUDI ARABIA:
Special Forces (3 Special Forces Companies)
Special Security Force
SINGAPORE:
1 Commando Bn (Airborne)
Special Operations Force (SOF)(CT)
10 Commando Bn (Airborne, Reserve)
Naval Diving Unit (NDU)
-The Clearance Diving Group (CDG)
-Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EOD)
-Underwater Demolition Group (UDG)
-Combat Diving Group
Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR) Unit
- STAR Unit "MAC" (Maritime Assault Capability) (STAR's MCT team)
Police Coast Guard's Special Task Squadron (STS)
Singapore Prisons Emergency and Action Response (SPEAR) Force
SLOVAK REPUBLIC:
5. Pluk Specialneho Urcenia (5. PSU - 5th Special Forces Regiment)
2 Special Forces Companies (one based in Bratislava)
Utvar Osobitneho Urcenia (UOU - police CT unit)
SOLOMON ISLANDS:
National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force
SOUTH AFRICA:
Special Forces Brigade
- 1, 2, 4, 5 RECCE, Recconaissance Regiments “Recce Commandos/Recces/Specs Ops” (SAS type unit)
44 Parachute Brigade “Para Bats”
-1, 2(CF), 3(CF) PARA, Parachute Battalions
SAN Combat Divers (SEAL-type; although 4 RECCE has similar role)
SAPS Special Task Force (CT)
SOUTH KOREA:
Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command (ROKA SOCOM) The “Black Berets”
Special Forces Brigades (Airborne): Each brigade has Special Warfare Battalion, Antiterrorism Battalion and Maritime Reconnaissance Battalion.
- 707th Special Mission Battalion (CT and special missions unit)
“Strategic Units”
- 1st “Golden Eagle” Special Forces Brigade: Kimpo Peninsula - specializes in HALO/HAHO operations.
- 3rd “Flying Tiger” Special Forces Brigade: specializes in land infiltration.
- 5th “Black Dragon” Special Forces Brigade: specializes in SCUBA operations.
“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: Deployed by each Corp. Similar to US Army Rangers.
8th, 701st , 702nd, 703rd , 705th , 706th , 708th Special Assault Regiment
35th Special Assault Battalion for CDC
201st Special Assault Brigade
203rd Special Assault Brigade
205th Special Assault Brigade
Special Missions Co. ?
Special mission units that specialize in counter-infiltration warfare.
Korean National Police SWAT unit (868 Unit- National Police Counter-terrorism)
ROK Marine Corps (ROKMC)
Special Reconnaissance Battalion “The Shark-men”
1st Marine Division Amphibious Reconnaissance Co.
2nd Marine Division Amphibious Reconnaissance Co.
6th Marine Brigade Amphibious Reconnaissance Co.
Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) 56 Special Warfare Squadron/Naval Special Warfare Brigade (Underwater Demolition Team/SEALs)
-EOD, UDT, SEAL, Special Missions Group (SMG)
Swimmer Delivery Vehicle Unit - (KSS-51 [mini-submarines], KSS-52, KSS-53 6 x Dolphin class [mini-submarines])
Small Boat Unit 20 x small hovercraft
SSU (Special Salvage Unit)(55 Squadron)
259 SOS [Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) Special Operations Squadron](S-70C/UH-60P)(Special Operations)
233 Search & Rescue Squadron (UH-60P / UH-1H)
ROKAF Para-Rescue Unit?
ROKAF Combat Control Team
MP Special Guard Team (MPSGT)
SPAIN:
Spanish Army:
Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE)
-Unidad de Experiencias (Experience Unit)
-Grupos de Operaciones Especiales Valencia III (GOE III)
-Tercio del Ampurdán IV
Fuerza de Acción Rápida (FAR)
Brigada de Infantería Ligera Paracaidista (BRIPAC)
JAE
* Reconocimiento/Sección Avanzada de Desembarco Aéreo (RECO/SADA) (Recon/Pathfinder)
*Unidad de Patrullas de Reconocimiento en Profundidad (UPRP - deep recon patrols/LRRPs)
Brigada de Infantería Aerotransportable (BRILAT)
BRILEG (Brigada Legionaria)
-5th Banderas
-6th Banderas
-10th Banderas
Brigada de Cazadores de Montaña (BRICZM)
Sección de Reconocimiento (SERECO)
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)
Spanish Air Force:
* Escuadrilla de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC -LRRPS, FAC, CT, CSAR etc)
Escuadrilla de Apoyo al Despliegue Aereo (EADA- CCT, ABD/ABGD, NBC defense)
Spanish Navy:
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)
Infanteria de Marina- (Naval Infantry)
Brigada de Infantería de Marina (BRIMAR)
Tercio de la Armada (TEAR-Spanish "Fleet Marine Force")
Sección de Reconocimiento (SERECO)
Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE) (Spanish Marines SF)
Guardia Civil:
Unidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI - Civil Guard CT unit)
Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR - Civil Guard SWAT units)
Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO -National Police CT unit)
GEOS (Grupos Especiales de Operaciones) (National Police SWAT teams)
Grup Especial d'Intervencio (GEI) (Catalonia Police SWAT)
Berroci Berezi Talda (BBT- Basque Police tactical unit)
SRI LANKA:
Army Commando Regiment
Special Forces Regiment
SUDAN:
144th Conter-Terrorist Unit (CTU)
SWEDEN:
Amphibious Battalions
KustJagare - Navy Coastal Rangers
Attack Dykarna (Attack Divers)
Rojdykare Division (Mine Clearance Divers)
Säkpluton Sjö (formerly Bassäk-Naval Security Platoon/counter SOF unit)
Flybasjagarna-(Swedish Air Force Rangers /SAFRs- Counter SOF unit)
Fallskärmsjägarskolans Insatskompani (FSJ IK - LRRP type unit)
Fallskärmsjägarskolan (FSJ- trains stundents in LRRP/Ranger type missions)
Särskilda Skydds Gruppen (SSG -Special Protection Group (Delta/SAS type unit)
Livregemente Husarer (ranger type unit)
K4/Norrland Dragoons (ranger type unit)
Militärpolisjägare (MPJ- MP Rangers/hunters counter SOF unit)
Ordningspolisens Nationella Insatsstyrka (ONI - National Rescue Unit - part of the Stockholm Police Dept)
SWITZERLAND:
Fallschirmaufklärerkompanie 17 (FSK 17)
Grenadiere
A Aufkl Det 10 (Armeeaufklärungsdetachement)
- motorize detachment
- para detachment
- mountain detachment
- amphibious detachment
Stern Unit (based in Berne) (CT)
TAIWAN:
Aviation and Special Warfare Command
-601st , 602nd , 603rd Air Cavalry Brigades
-862nd Special Operations Brigade
Army Ranger Training Unit
ROC Army 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
Republic of China (ROC) Marine Corps (Chinese Marine Corps - CMC)
-Amphibious Reconnaissance Group (ARG - former Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit (Amphib Recon Battalion) & CMC Special Service Companie)
-2nd Special Task Squadron (100 man marine unit, part of the ARG)
ROC Military Police Command Special Service Company “Nighthawks” (CT)
ROC Military Police Command SWAT units
ROC Navy Underwater Demolition Units (UDU - -Underwater Demolition &
EOD
ROC Navy Fleet Salvage Unit (Navy SAR/salvage unit)
Wei-An (Security Task Force Headquarters):
National Police Administration (Police Corps) SWAT Units
- First Peace Preservation Police Corps Special Services Commando (CT)
*CMC Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit “Amphibious Recon Battalion” - deactivated
*CMC Special Service Company (CMC SSC) - deactivated
*ROC Army Airborne and Special Warfare Command Special Service Company/Army Air Special Services Commando? (deactivated)
THAILAND:
Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command
Royal Thai Army (RTA) 1st Special Forces (Airborne) Division:
RTA Second Special Forces Division
* 1,2,3,4,5 Special Forces (Airborne) Regiments
2nd Special Forces Regiment, PsyOps Battalion
* 5th Long Range Reconnaissance Company
Royal Thai Navy SEALS, Royal Thai Navy UDT, Royal Thai Navy EOD
Royal Thai Marine Corps Amphibious Recon Battalion
Special Unit of the Royal Thai Air Force ?
Police Aerial Reinforcement Unit (PARU)
TUNISIA:
Groupement de Commando of the Garde National (GCGN)
TURKEY:
Paracutcu (parachutist)
Paracutcu Komando (Parachute Commando)
1st Commando Brigade
2nd Commando Brigade
3rd Commando Brigade
Mountain Commando Brigade
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)
Amfibi Deniz Piyade (Amphibious Rifle Brigade)
- Reconnaissance Platoon
Sualty Alti Taaruz (SAT- Under Water Attack)
Sualty Alti Savunma (SAS-Under Water Defense)
Air Force Search And Rescue Group Command
UKRAINE:
Airmobile Division
Airmobile Brigade
Naval Infantry Brigade
Spetzsnaz
Naval Spetsnaz (combat swimmer unit)
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
UNITED KINGDOM:
16th Air Assault Brigade:
* 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
* 89 Intelligence Section Intelligence Corps
* Air Force Liaison Section, RAF
* 1x Armed Recce Regt from Household Cavalry Regt
* 658 Aviation Squadron, Army Air Corps
* 613, 614 Tactical Air Control Parties, RAF
* 10(Para) Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
4/73 (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)
3rd Commando Brigade:
* Brigade HQ and Signals Squadron, RM
* 539 Assault Squadron, RM
* Tactical Air Control Parties, RAF
* Air Defence Troop, Royal Artillery
* 40, 42, 45 Commando RM
* Commando Logistic Regiment
* Commando Air Squadron
* 29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery
* 59 Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers
* 845, 846 Naval Air Squadrons, Royal Navy
Brigade Patrol Troop (BPT- former Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre (M&AWC))
148 (Meiktila) Commando, Forward Observation Battery, Royal Artillery (Para, Commando, and diver trained FAC’s -support SAS, SBS, and Parachute Regiment)
Commando Helicopter Force (CHF)
Fleet Protection Group, Royal Marines (FPGRM-formerly Commacchio Group)/-Fleet Standby Rifle Troop (FSRT)
O, P, S
Special Forces Brigade:
* 21(TA)(Artists Rifles) Special Air Service (SAS)
* 63(TA)(SAS) Signals Squadron
* 22 Special Air Service:
- Sabre Squadrons (A, B, D, G, R Squadrons) (Includes Anti-terrorist Team)
- Royal Logistics Corps
- Army Air Corps `S' Flight
- 264 (SAS) Signals Squadron
- Operations Research Wing
- Operations Planning and Intelligence Wing (`The Kremlin')
- Demolitions Wing
- Training Wing
- Counter-Revolutionary Warfare Wing
* 23(VR) Special Air Service
* Special Boat Service, Royal Marines (SBS): “C” Squadron, “S” Squadron, “M” Squadron (Black Troop, Gold Troop, -Purple Troop)
Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
* Special Forces Flights: No. 7 Squadron, RAF (HC.2 Chinook), No. 47 Squadron, RAF (C-130J), “M” Troop 848 Squadron
The Increment
Army’s Special Intelligence Wing (SIW)
-Force Research Unit (FRU)/Joint Services Group
Intelligence & Security Group (N.I) or 14 Intelligence Company (now part of the SRR)
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
UNITED STATES:
Central Intelligence Agency:
* Special Activities Division - Special Operations Groups
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
- Army Aviation Support Activity (AASE)
- US Special Operations Command Deployment Cell (D-Cell)
Special Operations Commmand Central (SOCENT)
Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR)
Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH)
Special Opeations Command Pacific (SOCPAC)
US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
US Army Special Forces Command (USASFC)
US Army Special Forces “Green Berets”
* 1,3,5,7,10 Special Forces Group (Airborne)
Special Forces Det.-Korea
* 19th , 20th Special Forces Group(Airborne) (Army National Guard)
Chemical Reconnaissance Detachments
75th Ranger Regiment
* 1/75th Infantry, 2/75th Infantry, 3/75th Infantry, Regimental Recon Det. (RRD)
US Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC)
* 4th PSYOPS Group
* 96th Civil Affairs Battalion
Special Operations Support Command (SOSCOM)
112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (with detachments in Germany and Korea)
528th Special Operations Support Battalion
* 160TH SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) - (2) Battalions at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky ; (1) Battalion at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia; D/160th in Puerto Rico; E/160th in Korea
10th Mountain Division (Light)
82nd Airborne Division “All Americans”
101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) “Screaming Eagles”
173rd Airborne Brigade “The Sky Soldiers”
US Army Long-Range Surveillance Units (LRSU):
E Co, (LRSD) 125th MI BN
C Co, (LRSD) 110th MI BN
LRSD, 102nd MI Bn
LRSD, 311th MI BN
F Company, 51st INF (LRS) (ABN), 519th MI BN (TE) (ABN)
E Company, 51st IN (LRS) (ABN), 165th MI BN
LRSD, 313th MI BN (82nd abn)
104th INF DET
E Company (LRSD), 629th MI Bn
134th INF DET (LRS)
160th INF DET (LRS)
H Company, 121st INF (LRS)
74th LRSD (173rd Abn Bde)
173rd Inf . Det (LRS) Rhode Island Army National Guard (ARNG)
207th Inf Grp (Scout) Light Recon Det.
F Co. 425th (LRS) Michigan ARNG
143rd Infantry Detachment (LRS) TX ARNG
US Army Pathfinders:
6/101st Avn Regiment Pathfinder Company, 101st Airbone Division
7/101st Avn Regiment Pathfinder Company, 101st Airbone Division
“en-route” Tactical Team B/1/58th Avn Regiment (XVII Abn Corps unit, supports 82nd ABN.)
Joint Special Operations Command (JSSOC):
Campaign Support Group
US Army 1st SFOD-Delta (Also known as “1stCombat Applications Group” or “Combat Development Branch“ )
- A, B, C Squadrons "Sabre Squdrons"
- Aviation Squadron
- “Funny platoon”
* NAVSPECWARDEVGRU (former ST-6):
- Red, Blue, Gold teams (assault)
- Gray team (special boat unit)
- Green team (training)
- Black (recon/surveillance)
- E&R cell
- Sniper Cell
- Force Pprtection Cell
24th Special Tactics Squadron
-Red Flight, Combat Control Element
- Silver Team
-Gold Flight (24th STS Combat Weather Flight)
Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)
-Operations Squadron
A,B,C, D Troops
-SIGINT Squadron
Exploitation Troop
-Communications Squadron
Joint Communication Unit (JCU)
66th Air Operations Squadron, New Beern, NC
66th Air Support Operations Group (?)
Special Intelligence Squadron, US Army Office of Military Support
Army Tactical Support Team
US Marines Corps:
Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment 1 (MCSOCOM Det 1)
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Force Reconnaissance Companies
Deep Recon Patrol Company, 3rd Recon Battalion
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Marine Recon Battalions
Bravo Company (Radio Recon), 1st Radio Battalion
Radio Recon Platoon, 2nd Radio Battalion
Radio Recon Llatoon, 3rd Radio Battalion
Scout Sniper Platoons (SSP) (one platoon per USMC Regt
1st , 2nd , 3rd (USMCR), 4th ANGLICO (USMCR) (Air-Naval Gunfire Liaison Company)
11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) - MEU (SOC)
13th MEU (SOC), 15th MEU (SOC), 22nd MEU (SOC), 24th MEU (SOC), 31st MEU (SOC)
Special Operations Training Group (SOTG) I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF)
- Special Mission Branch
- Amphibious Raid Branch
- Sniper
SOTG II MEF
SOTG III MEF