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Special forces units in the world
Portuguese Military – Special Operations and Elite Units
Portuguese military has a long history of special operations and elite units. Portugal is a relatively small country…
FINSOF – an elite component of Finland’s Army
Today, almost every country has a significant number of special forces operators. In Finland, a non-NATO member, Army…
Naval Special Operations Group | NAVSOG
Being one of the smallest elite unit of the Philippine Navy, the Naval Special Operation Group is trained…
Portuguese Army Special Operations Forces
They are the Portuguese Army Special Operations Forces (SOF) and are part of the Army Rapid Reaction Brigade.…
Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine (KSM): German alternative to US Navy SEALs
The elite detachment of combat divers, Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine (KSM) is a special unit of commandos of the…
JW Komandosow: People are more important than hardware
JW Komandosow is part of the Polish Special Operations Forces. The unit or JWK (Polish: Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosow, JW Komandosow)…
Special Boat Service (SBS): By Strength and Guile
Special Boat Service (SBS) is one of those units that you are probably heard about but still doesn’t…
NZSAS: A premier combat unit of the New Zealand Defence Force
New Zealand Special Air Service NZSAS is often seen as the toughest unit in the New Zealand Army.…
FSB Alpha Group: Where Alpha appears, compromise stops
Alpha Group (Alfa), also known as Spetsgruppa “A” and Directorate “A”, is a special unit within FSB Special…
Canada’s Special Operations Regiment – CSOR
The Canada’s Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) is a part of the secretive Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2). The…
Estonian Special Operations Forces ESTSOF
Estonia, the small country in the Baltic, has an elite Estonian Special Operations Forces known as ESTSOF or…
Enota za Specialno Delovanje: A Slovenian prime SOF unit
Even the Slovenian Armed Forces have their own special unit, called the Enota za Specialno Delovanje (ESD) which…