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This article is about Special Forces Units. For Paratroop and Parachute Infantry Units, see Paratrooper forces around the world.
This article is about Special Forces Units. For Marine and Naval Infantry Units, see Marine (military) § National Marine units.

AfghanistanAfghanistan

Afghan National Army

AlbaniaAlbania

AlgeriaAlgeria

Army
Navy
Police

ArgentinaArgentina

Argentine Army
Argentine Navy
Argentine Air Force
Argentine Federal Police

AustraliaAustralia

See also: Special forces of Australia
File:Autriservice.gif Australian Defense Force
Australian Army
Australian Navy

AustriaAustria

Austrian Army
Austrian Federal Police

The BahamasBahamas,The

Royal Bahamas Defence Force
  • Bahamas Army
    • Special Operations Unit
  • Bahamas Navy
    • Commando Squadron
Royal Bahamas Police Force
  • Security and Intelligence Branch

BangladeshBangladesh

Bangladesh Armed Forces
Bangladesh Army
  • Special Land Operations Group
Bangladesh Navy
  • Bangladesh Naval Commandos/Navy SEALs

BelgiumBelgium

Belgian Land Component
File:Politie-Police.svgBelgian Federal Police

BoliviaBolivia

Bolivian Police Force
  • Polivalente
  • Fuerza especial de lucha contra el narcotráfico- FELCN (bolivian anti-narcotics force)
Bolivian Army
  • Condor Satinador (Bolivian elite commando unit)
  • Ranger
  • Paracaidista (Paratrooper)

Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia

File:Armija BiH.svgBosnian Army

BotswanaBotswana

Botswana Army
  • SSG

BrazilBrazil

Exército Brasileiro
  • 1º Batalhão de Ações e Commandos (1º BAC)
  • 1° Batalhão de Forças Especiais (1º B F Esp)
  • Brigada de Infantaria Pára-quedista
  • Brigada de Operações Especiais (Bda Op Esp)
  • Força de Ação Rápida
  • Pelotão de Operações Especiais (PELOPES)
Força Aérea Brasileira
  • Batalhão de Infantaria da Aeronáutica Especial (BINFAE)
  • Grupo Especial de Polícia da Aeronáutica (GEPA)
  • Projeto Talon
Marinha do Brasil
  • Commandos Anfíbios (COMANFs)
  • Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate (GRUMEC)
  • Grupo Especial de Retomada e Resgate (GERR)
Brazilian Military Police
  • Batalhão de Operações Especiais (BOE) - Brigada Militar do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) - Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) - Polícia Militar de Santa Catarina
  • Batalhão de Polícia de Choque (BPChq) - Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Commando e Operações Especiais (COE) - Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo
  • Força Nacional|Força Nacional de Segurança Pública (FNSP) - Força conjunta de Polícias Militares
  • Grupamento Aéreo-Marítimo (GAM) - Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (São Paulo)|Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais (GATE) - Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo
  • Rondas Ostensivas Táticas Metropolitanas (ROTAM) - Polícias Militares
  • Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar (ROTA) - Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo
Brazilian Federal Police
  • Commando de Operações Táticas (COT) - Polícia Federal
  • Coordenadoria de Recursos Especiais (CORE) - Polícia Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Grupo Armado de Repressão a Roubos e Assaltos (GARRA) - Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo
  • Grupo de Operações Especiais (Brasil)|Grupo de Operações Especiais (GOE) - Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo

BruneiBrunei Darussalam

File:RBLF badge.gifRoyal Brunei Land Forces
  • Rejimen Pasukan Khas (Special Force Regiment)

BulgariaBulgaria

Bulgarian land forces
  • Army Special Operations Command
    • 68th Special Operations Brigade - 68ма Бригада за специални операции - Based in Plovdiv, formerly 68th Paratrooper Regiment , based on the concept of the 45th Force Recon Regiment of the Russian VDV. Now transformed in lines with NATO Special Forces requirements, being certified for quick reaction duties
      • ALFA Company - NATO Rapid Reaction Force of 68th Brigade operators
    • 1st Para-Recon Regiment - 1ви Парашутно-разузнавателен полк - based in Sliven, being disbanded and soldiers absorbed into 68th SO Brigade
    • 34th Battalion for Psychological Warfare - 34ти Батальон за психологически операции - Sofia
  • Army Operational Command
    • 101st Mountain Brigade - 101ва Планинска бригада - being transformed into an alpine warfare battalion and put under 68th Special Operations Brigade
Bulgarian Air Force
  • (Combat) Search and Rescue Unit - Отряд за търсене и спасяване - based at Krumovo AB, made up of former 68th SO Brigade operatives
Bulgarian Navy
    • Navy Combat Divers (Black Sea Sharks) - Морски разузнавателно-диверсионен отряд - Bulgarian equivalent of US Navy SEALs
    • Naval specialized research and analysis division - Военноморски специализиран отдел за проучвания и анализи (disbanded 2005)
File:Ge1.gifBulgarian Gendarmerie
  • Special Counter-Terror Force - Специализиран Отряд за Борба с Тероризма("The Berets")
  • Counter-Terrorist Squads

CambodiaCambodia

File:RCAlogo.jpgRoyal Cambodian Army

CanadaCanada

Main article: Canadian special forces
Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces Land Force Command
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

ChinaChina, People's Republic of

People's Liberation Army Ground Force
People's Liberation Army Air Force
People's Liberation Army Navy
  • PLA Marine Corps
People's Armed Police (CAPF)
Municipal Public Security Police Bureaus

Hong KongHong Kong

File:Hongkongpolicelogo.png Hong Kong Police

MacauMacau

Macau Public Security Police Force
  • UNIDADE TÁCTICA DE INTERVENÇÃO DA POLÍCIA (Police Intervention Tactical Unit, UTIP, a.k.a. "Special Police")
    • Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operation Group, GOE, a.k.a. "Macau's Flying Tigers")
Macau Judiciary Police

ChileChile

Armada de Chile
  • Buzos Tácticos - Tactical Divers Group (COMBUTAC)
  • Commandos Anfibios - Amphibious Commandos Group (COMANDOS)
  • Agrupación de Commandos Infantería de Marina Nº 51 (Marines SOF unit)
  • Commando de Buzos Tacticos de la Armada (Navy SF commandoes)
Ejercito de Chile
  • 1st Parachute Battalion
  • 1st Commando Company "Iquique"
FACH (Fuerza Aerea de Chile)
  • Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales (Air Force SF/Commando unit)
  • Paracaidistas de Busqueda, Salvamento y Rescate (PARASAR - Air Force SAR unit)
  • Agrupación Antisecuestros Aéreos de la FACh- (ASA - Air Force anti-hijack unit)
Carabineros de Chile
  • Unidad Anti-Terroristes (UAT) of the National Police Force “Cobra”
  • Grupo de Operaciones de Policia Especiales (GOPE) of the Carabineros
Civilian Police(Policia de Investigaciones de Chile)
  • Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Policia de Investigaciones de Chile (GRUPO ERTA)

ColombiaColombia

Colombian National Army
Colombian Air Force
Colombian National Armada
  • Grupo de Commandos Anfibios (GCA)
Colombian National Police
  • JUNGLAS

Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo, Democratic Republic of the

  • 10th Special Infantry Brigade

Costa RicaCosta Rica

  • Unidad de Intervención Especial - DIS (Ministerio de la Presidencia)
  • Servicio Policial de Intervención Immediata - SPII-OIJ
  • Unidad Especial de Apoyo - MSP
  • Unidad de Intervención Policial (crowd-management) UIP (MSP)
  • Unidad Tactica Policial - MSP
  • Unidad Canina - MSP
  • Policia Antidrogas - PCD (MSP)

CroatiaCroatia

Croatian Ground Army
  • Special Operations Battalion (SOB) or Bojna za Specijalna Djelovanja (BSD)
  • 350. Military Intelligence Battalion or 350. Vojno-obavještajna bojna
  • ATVP - Antiteroristička jedinica Vojne policije or Counter-terrorist Unit of Military Police
Law Enforcement

CubaCuba

  • Direccion General de Tropas Especiales (DGTE)
  • Comando de Missiones Especiales (CME
  • Comando Tropas Especiales (CTE)
Police
  • BE PNR

Czech RepublicCzech Republic

DenmarkDenmark

Royal Danish Army
Royal Danish Navy
Royal Danish Police

EcuadorEcuador

Ecuadorian Army
  • 9th Special Forces Brigade "Patria"
    • 24th Special Forces Group "Rayo"
    • 25th Special Forces Group "Santo Domingo de los Colorados"
    • 26th Special Forces Group "Quevedo"
    • 27th Special Forces Group "Latacunga"
  • 54th Special Forces Battalion "Aguarico"
  • 60th Special Forces Battalion "Capitán Calles"
  • GIR/GOE(Intervention and Rescue Group/Special Operations Group)
Ecuadorian Navy
  • Combat Swimmers

EgyptEgypt

Egyptian Army
Egyptian Navy
  • UDT/Navy SEALs

EritreaEritrea

  • Eritrean Special Forces

EstoniaEstonia

Estonian Police

EthiopiaEthiopia

  • Agazi Commando Division
  • 205th Commando Brigade
  • 206th Commando Brigade

FijiFiji

  • Police Tactical Response Unit

FinlandFinland

Finnish Army
Finnish Navy
  • Taistelusukeltajat ("Combat divers")
Finnish Police

FranceFrance

French Army
French Air Force
  • Commando Parachutiste de l'Air n°10
  • Escadrille Spéciale d'Hélicoptères (ESH, special helicopters flight), attached to Escadron d'Hélicoptères 01.067 (EH 1/67) "Pyrénées" (two
  • Escadron de Transport 03.061 (EH 3/61) "Poitou"
French Navy
Gendarmerie
National Police
Joint unit
  • Groupement interarmées d'hélicoptères (GIH, joint air force and army light aviation helicopters unit for specialized units of Gendarmerie and Police)
  • Recherche Assistance Intervention Dissuasion (RAID)
  • Groupes d'Intervention de la Police Nationale (GIPN)
Department of Corrections
  • Équipes régionales d’intervention et de sécurité (ERIS)
Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE)
  • "11th Shock" (11e Bataillon Parachutiste de Choc, 11e BPC, 1946-1963; 11e Demi-Brigade Parachutiste de Choc, 11e DBPC, 1955-1963, 11e Régiment Parachutiste de Choc, 11e RPC, 1985-1993)
  • Centre d'Instruction des Réserves Volontaires Parachutistes (CIRVP), Centre Parachutiste d'Instruction Spécialisée (CPIS) and Centre Parachutiste d'Entraînement Spécialisé (CPES)
  • Centre d'Instruction des Nageurs de Combat (CINC) and Centre Parachutiste d'Entraînement aux Opérations Maritimes (CPEOM)
  • Groupe Aérien Mixte 00.056 (GAM 56) "Vaucluse"

Georgia (country)Georgia

  • KUD
  • SOD

GermanyGermany

WWII
Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR (German Democratic Republic 1949-1990)
Deutsches Heer (German Army)
Deutsche Marine (German Navy)
Bundespolizei (Federal Police)
  • GSG 9 (formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9)
Landespolizei (State Police)
Zoll (Customs Police)

GreeceGreece

Greek Army
  • 1st Para-Commando Brigade (1st Taxiarhia Katadromon-Alexiptotiston, 1η ΤΑΞΚΔ-ΑΛ)
  • Para-Commandos (Moirés Alexiptotiston, ΜΑΛ)
  • Alpine Commandos (Oreinoi Katadromeis, ΜΚ)
  • Amphibious Commandos (Amphibioi Katadromeis, MAK)
  • Special Paratrooper Detachment (Eidiko Tmima Aleksiptotiston, ETA)
  • Z Amphibious Raider Squadron (Z Moira Amfivion Katadromon, Z MAK)
  • 13th Joint Special Operations Command (13th Dioikisi Eidikon Epeixiriseon, 13η ΔΕΕ)
GreekNavy
  • Underwater Demolition Command (Dioikisi Ypovrihion Katastrofon, ΔΥΚ)
Greek Air Force
Greek Police
GreekCoast Guard
  • Special Operations Teams (OEA (Greece)|OEA)

GuatemalaGuatemala

Guatemalan Army

HondurasHonduras

  • Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales
  • TESON

HungaryHungary

Hungarian Army
  • Special Forces
Police
  • TESZ

IcelandIceland

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Icelandic Police
  • Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)
Icelandic Coast Guard
  • Ordnance disposal Unit / Frogman team

IndiaIndia

Indian Army
Indian Navy
Indian Air Force
Indian Police Service
Paramilitary
Protective Service Unit

IndonesiaIndonesia

Indonesian Army/ TNI AD
  • Kopassus (Komando Pasukan Khusus / Army Special Force Command) TNI AD
  • Tontaipur (Peloton Intai Tempur / The combat and reconnaissance platoon) Kostrad TNI AD
  • Batalyon Raiders (Raiders Battalions) TNI AD
File:Logo-Indonesian Navy.jpgIndonesian Navy / TNI AL
File:Id-airforceflag.gifIndonesian Air Force / TNI AU
Indonesian National Police / POLRI
  • Brigade Mobil (National Police Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team) POLRI

IraqIraq

Iraqi Army

IranIran

Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
  • Takavaran
Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

Republic of IrelandIreland

Irish Police
Irish Army

IsraelIsrael

Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)
Israeli Army
Israeli Air Force
Israeli Sea Corps
  • Shayetet 13 (13th Flotilla)
  • Yaltam (Underwater Task Force)
  • Yaban
  • Disbanded Units
    • Unit 101
    • Sayeret Haruv
    • Sayeret Rimon
    • Force 100
    • Tat'zam
Israel Police
  • Yasam
  • Gideonim
  • Yagal
  • Public Transportation (Yoav, Horev, and Nit'zan)
Israel Prison Service
Border Police (Magav)

ItalyItaly

Italian Carabinieri
Italian State Police
Italian Finance Security
Italian Army
Italian Navy
Italian Air Force
  • Reparto Incursori dell'Aeronautica Militare (RIAM)

JapanJapan

Ground Self-Defense Force
Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • Maritime Interception Team
  • Special Boarding Unit
National Police Agency
Maritime Safety Agency

JordanJordan

Royal Jordanian Land Force
  • Special Forces Brigade
Royal Jordanian Naval Force
  • UDT/SEALs
Royal Jordanian Air Force
  • Special Operations Aviation Squadron

KazakhstanKazakhstan

  • Aristan
  • Spetsnaz Brigade

KenyaKenya

North KoreaKorea, Democratic People's Republic of

Korean People's Army
  • Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau

South KoreaKorea, Republic of

File:Rokarmymark.GIFRepublic of Korea Army
  • Special Warfare Command
  • Military Police Special Guard Team (SGT)
  • 701st Commando Regiment (of 1st Corps)
  • 702st Commando Regiment (of 2nd Corps)
  • 703rd Commando Regiment (of 3rd Corps)
  • 705th Commando Regiment (of 5th Corps)
  • 706th Commando Regiment (of 6th Corps)
  • 201st/203rd/205th Commando Brigades (under the Second Operations Command, and resposible for counter-infiltration operations in the vulnerable rear areas. Army units designated "Commando(특공)" are essentially airmobile rapid reaction infantry units)
File:Ensign of the Republic of Korea Navy.jpgRepublic of Korea Navy
File:ROK af logo.pngRepublic of Korea Air Force
  • 6th Combat Control Team/Combat Search And Rescue (CCT/CSAR) Squadron
National Police Agency
  • Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT)
Republic of Korea Coast Guard
  • Sea Special Assault Team (SSAT)

KosovoKosovo, Republic of

Kosovo Police Force
  • First Intervention Team - (F.I.T)[1]

KuwaitKuwait

  • 10th Commando Battalion

KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan

  • Kyrgyz Special Forces (Scorpion)

LatviaLatvia

Latvian Armed Forces

LebanonLebanon

Lebanese Army
  • Commando Regiment
Lebanese Navy
Lebanese Police Force
  • Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)

LithuaniaLithuania

  • Aras (Lithuanian Aras)
  • Aitvaras (Lithuanian Special Forces)
  • VSAT SPB (Lithuanian State Border Guard Service Rapid Reaction Squads)
  • Lithuanian NAVY Underwater Warfare Team/EOD Diving unit

North MacedoniaMacedonia

  • Skorpii (Scorpions)
  • Volci (Macedonia)(Wolves)
  • Leopardi (Leopards)
  • Rangers

MalaysiaMalaysia

Main article: Malaysian Special Operations Force
File:Tenteradaratlogo.jpgMalaysian Army / Tentera Darat Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Navy/ Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia
  • PASKAL (Pasukan Khas Laut, English: Naval Special Forces)
File:Insignia of TUDM.gifRoyal Malaysian Air Force / Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia
  • PASKAU (Pasukan Khas Udara, English: Air Force Special Forces)
    • Field Protection Team (Pasukan Kawalan Medan)
    • Combat Air Rescue Squadron (Skuadron Penyelamat Tempur Udara)
    • Combat Wing Squadron (Skuadron Sayap Tempur)
Royal Malaysian Police/ Polis Diraja Malaysia

MaltaMalta

Maltese Armed Forces
Maltese Police
  • Special Assignments Group

MexicoMexico

Mexican Army
Mexican Navy
Federal Preventive Police

NetherlandsNetherlands

Former Dutch Indies
Royal Netherlands Army
Royal Netherlands Navy
Marechaussee (Military Police)
Police

New ZealandNew Zealand

New Zealand Army
File:Nz police logo.gifNew Zealand Police

NorwayNorway

Norwegian Army
  • Norwegian Army Paratroopers (Fallskjermjegere)
  • Norwegian Special Force (Forsvarets spesialkommando/ Hærens Jegerkommando, FSK/HJK)
Norwegian Navy
File:Luftforsvaret-emblem.gifNorwegian Air Force
  • 720 Squadron
Norwegian Police Service

State of PalestinePalestinian National Authority

PakistanPakistan

Pakistan Army
Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Air Force

PanamaPanama

  • National Maritime Service(SMN) Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
  • Institutional Protection Service (SPI) Grupo de Reaccion Especiales
  • Darien-Kuna Yala Border Security Police (DARKUN)

PeruPeru

Peruvian Navy
  • Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales (FOES)
  • Unidad Especial de Combate (UEC)
  • Agrupamiento de Commandos Anfibios

PhilippinesPhilippines

File:AFP 3D.jpg Armed Forces of the Philippines
  • AFP Joint Special Operations Task Force
  • Police and Armed Forces Anti-Crime Emergency Response Task Force (PACER) Note: This is a Joint AFP-PNP Task Force
  • Deactivated
    • AFP Anti-Crime Task Force (ACTAF)
    • AFP Task Force Libra (Anti-Coup Task Force)
    • Philippine Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF)
Philippine Army seal Philippine Army
Philippine Air Force seal Philippine Air Force
Philippine Navy seal Philippine Navy
File:PNPSeal.jpg Philippine National Police
File:PSG1.jpg Presidential Security Group
File:PCG.jpg Philippine Coast Guard
File:NBISeal.png National Bureau of Investigation
  • National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist Division

PolandPoland

Polish Land Forces
Polish Navy
  • Grupa Specjalna Płetwonurków FORMOZA (GSP FORMOZA)
Policja
  • Pododdziały Antyterrorystyczne (Zarzad Operacji Antyterrorystycznych, ZOA KGP)
In history

PortugalPortugal

Portuguese Army
Portuguese Navy
Portuguese Air Force
Security Forces (Public Security Police & National Republican Guard)

RomaniaRomania

File:Stema MAPN.JPGMinistry of Defense
Romanian Land Forces
Romanian Navy

RussiaRussia/Soviet UnionSoviet Union

Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation/KGB
Russian Navy
Russian Ground Forces
  • VDV
    • Independent Air Assault Brigades
    • 45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment
File:Mvdgerb.gifMVD

Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Defence Forces
Saudi Arabian Army
Saudi Arabian Navy
  • Saudi Navy Special Forces

SerbiaSerbia

Serbian Army
River Flotilla of Serbian Armed Forces
Military Police
Law enforcement

SingaporeSingapore

File:SAF Crest coloured.JPGSingapore Army
File:RSN Logo.jpgRepublic of Singapore Navy
Singapore Police Force

SlovakiaSlovakia

SloveniaSlovenia

  • MORiS
  • Enota za specialno delovanje (Unit for special operations)
Slovenian National Police Forces

South AfricaSouth Africa

South African Army
South African Police Service

SpainSpain

Spanish Army
  • Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE) (Army Special Operations Command)
Spanish Air Force
  • Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC)
Spanish Navy
Guardia civil
Cuerpo Nacional de Policía
  • Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES)
  • Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO)
  • Sección Especial de Reacción y Apoyo / Centauro (SERA)
  • Grupo Operativo de Respuesta (GOR)
  • Unidad de Intervención Policial (UIP)
  • Unidad de Drogas Y Crimen Organizado (UDYCO)
  • Grupo Especial d'Intervenció
  • Brigada Mòbil (BRIMO) (Mossos d'esquadra)

Sri LankaSri Lanka

Sri Lanka Army
Sri Lanka Navy
Sri Lanka Air Force
Sri Lanka Police Service

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Swiss Armed Forces
Federal Office of Police
  • Détachement Action Rapide et Dissuasion (DARD)

SyriaSyria

  • Special Defence Companies

SwedenSweden

Swedish Army
Swedish Navy
Swedish Air Force
  • Flygbasjägarna (air base security rangers)
Swedish Police Service

TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan)

Republic of China Army
  • Aviation and Special Warfare Command
  • Airborne Special Services Company (ASSC)
  • 862nd Special Warfare Brigade
  • 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion (ROC Army Frogmen, also known as the Sea Dragons)
  • Underwater Demolitions Unit (UDU)(disbanded)
File:ROC Military Police Seal.jpgRepublic of China Military Police
  • Special Services Company (Nighthawks Force)
File:Rocmc.gifRepublic of China Marine Corps
  • Special Service Company
File:Roc npa insignia.gifNational Police Agency (NPA)
  • Air Police Corps
  • Special Police Corps
    • Wei-An Special Services Commando
  • Thunder Squad (Special Weapons And Tactics Police Counter-Terrorism unit)
File:ROCCG insignia.jpgCoast Guard Administration
  • Special Task Unit

ThailandThailand

Royal Thai Army
  • Royal Thai Army Special Forces
File:Rtaf.jpgRoyal Thai Air Force
  • Royal Thai Air Force Commando Company
  • Royal Thai Air Force Pararescue
Royal Thai Navy
Royal Thai Police
  • Royal Thai Police Arintaraj 26 Special Operations Unit (Metro Bangkok SWAT)
  • Royal Thai Police Naresuan 261 Special Operations Unit (Border Patrol Police SWAT)

TunisiaTunisia

TurkeyTurkey

Turkish Army
Turkish Navy
Turkish Gendarmerie

UkraineUkraine

Intelligence
  • GUR Spetsnaz
Ukranian Police Force

United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Army
  • Commando Squadron
Dubai Police Force

United KingdomUnited Kingdom

File:Triserv-600.jpgBritish Armed Forces
Main article: United Kingdom Special Forces

United StatesUnited States

Main article: United States Special Operations Forces
Counter-Terrorist Units
United States Army
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
United States Air Force
United States Coast Guard
Intelligence Community Special Units
  • Strategic Support Branch (SSB, DIA)
  • Special Activities Division (CIA)
  • Special Collection Service (SCS, joint NSA - CIA)
  • Proactive and Preemptive Operations Group (P2OG, DoD)
Civilian police

VenezuelaVenezuela

  • Brigada de Acciones Especiales (BAE)
  • Grupo de Acciones Especiales (GAE, GAC)
  • JCEF (Venezuela)
  • 5 División de Infantería de Selva
  • 507 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales
  • 107 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales
  • Commando de Operaciones Especiales
  • Unidad de Fuerzas Especiales

VietnamVietnam

  • Đặc công (Special Attack Unit)

ZimbabweZimbabwe

Main article: Special Forces of Zimbabwe
  • One Commando Regiment
  • One Parachute Regiment
  • Combat Diving Unit
  • Special Air Service
  • Anti Terrorism Unit
  • Boat Squadron

References

  1. ^ Ministria e Punëve të Brendshme - Home
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