List of military special forces units

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.

Afghanistan

Afghan National Army

• ANA Commando Battalion

Albania

• Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA)
• Reparti i Operacioneve Speciale (ROS) (disbanded 2002)
• Shqiponjat "The Eagles"(police unit)
• Special Commando Battalion
• Commando Regiment
• Immediate Intervention Forces - FNSH (police units)
• Republican Guard Operative Company
• Port Authority Security Force

Algeria

Army

• Special Forces

Navy

• Offensive Combat Divers

Police

• Groupe d'Intervention Spécial (GIS)

Argentina

Argentine Army

• Special Operations Forces Group
  • 601 Air Assault Regiment
  • 601 Commando Company
  • 602 Commando Company
  • 601 Special Forces Company
  • 601 Special Operations Forces Support Company
  • Commando Course Division
• 6th Mountain Cazadores Company
• 8th Mountain Cazadores Company
• 12th Jungle Cazadores Company
• 18th Jungle Cazadores Company
• 17th Jungle Cazadores Company
• 19th Jungle Cazadores Company

Argentine Navy

• Tactical Divers Group (APBT)
• Amphibious Commandos Group (APCA)

Argentine Air Force

• Special Operations Group (GOE)

Argentine Federal Police

• Federal Special Operations Group (GEOF)
• Hawk Special Operations Brigade (BEOH)
• Albatross Group
• Scorpion Group

Australia

See also: Special forces of Australia

File:Autriservice.gif Australian Defense Force

• Special Operations Command

Australian Army

• Special Air Service Regiment (SASR)
  • Tactical Assault Group (West) (TAG West)
• 4th (Commando) Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (4RAR [Cdo])
  • Tactical Assault Group (East) (TAG East)
• 1st Commando Regiment
• Incident Response Regiment
• 171st Aviation Squadron

Australian Navy

• Clearance Divers
  • Clearance Diving Team One
  • Clearance Diving Team Four

Austria

Austrian Army

• Jagdkommando

Austrian Federal Police

• Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)

Bahamas,The

Royal Bahamas Defence Force

• Bahamas Army
  • Special Operations Unit
• Bahamas Navy
  • Commando Squadron

Royal Bahamas Police Force

• Security and Intelligence Branch

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Armed Forces

• Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)
• Presidential Guard Regiment

Bangladesh Army

• Special Land Operations Group

Bangladesh Navy

• Bangladesh Naval Commandos/Navy SEALs

Belgium

Belgian Land Component

• Special Forces Group (SFG)

File:Politie-Police.svgBelgian Federal Police

• Federal Police Special Units (former SIE/ESI)

Bolivia

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

File:Armija BiH.svgBosnian Army

• Crni Labudovi (Black Swans)
• Zelene Beretke (Green Berets)

Botswana

Botswana Army

• SSG

Brazil

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

Brunei Darussalam

File:RBLF badge.gifRoyal Brunei Land Forces

• Rejimen Pasukan Khas (Special Force Regiment)

Bulgaria

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

Cambodia

File:RCAlogo.jpgRoyal Cambodian Army

• 911 Special Forces

Canada

Main article: Canadian special forces

Canadian Forces

• Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
  • Joint Task Force 2
  • Canadian Special Operations Regiment
  • 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron

Canadian Forces Land Force Command

• Devil's Brigade (World War II)
• The Canadian Airborne Regiment (1968-1995)

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• Emergency Response Team (RCMP) / Groupe Tactique d'Intervention (GTI)

China, People's Republic of

People's Liberation Army Ground Force

• People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces

People's Liberation Army Air Force

• People's Liberation Army 15th Airborne Corps

People's Liberation Army Navy

• PLA Marine Corps

People's Armed Police (CAPF)

• Snow Wolf Commando Unit (SWCU)
• Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
• Provincial Special Police Groups (SPG)

Municipal Public Security Police Bureaus

• Beijing SWAT Unit

Hong Kong

File:Hongkongpolicelogo.png Hong Kong Police

• Airport Security Unit (ASU)
• Police Tactical Unit (PTU)

• Special Duties Unit (SDU)
• Quick Reaction Force (QRF)

• Small Boat Unit (SBU)
• VIP Protection Unit (VIPPU, a.k.a. "G4")

Macau

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

Chile

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)

Colombia

Colombian National Army

• Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas (AFEUR)
• Brigada Anti-Narcóticos
• Brigada De Fuerzas Especiales (BRFER)
• Fuerza De Despliegue Rápido (FUDRA)
• Grupos de Acción Unificada por la Libertad Personal (GAULA)
• Unidad De Aviación Del Ejército
• Escuela de Lanceros

Colombian Air Force

• Agrupación de Comandos Especiales Aereos (ACOEA) (Demonstration unit only)

Colombian National Armada

• Grupo de Commandos Anfibios (GCA)

Colombian National Police

• JUNGLAS

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

• 10th Special Infantry Brigade

Costa 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)

Croatia

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

• ATJ Lučko (counter-terrorist unit)

Cuba

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

Police

• BE PNR

Czech Republic

• 7th Reconnaissance Battalion
• SOG (Special Operations Group)
• 601st Special Forces Group (601st SFG Official Website)

Denmark

Royal Danish Army

• Danish Hunter Force ("Jægerkorpset")
• Sleigh Patrol Sirius ("Slædepatruljen Sirius")
• Special Support and Reconnaissance Coy - Danish National Guard special unit ("Hjemmeværnets Særlige Støtte og Rekognosceringskompagni)

Royal Danish Navy

• Danish Frogman Corps ("Frømandskorpset")

Royal Danish Police

• The Police Task Force ("Politiets aktionsstyrke - often abbreviated AKS")

Ecuador

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

Egypt

Egyptian Army

• Unit 777
• HRF - Hostage Rescue Force

Egyptian Navy

• UDT/Navy SEALs

Eritrea

• Eritrean Special Forces

Estonia

Estonian Police

• K-Commando

Ethiopia

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

Fiji

• Police Tactical Response Unit

Finland

Finnish Army

• Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (in the Continuation War)
• Utti Jaeger Regiment

Finnish Navy

• Taistelusukeltajat ("Combat divers")

Finnish Police

• Karhuryhmä (Special unit of the Police)
  • Finnish Border Guard
    • Border Guard Readiness Unit

France

French Army

• Army Special Forces Brigade (BFST)
  • 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (1er RPIMa)
  • 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment (13e RDP)
  • ALAT detachment for Special Operations (DAOS)
• Intelligence Brigade
• Plongeurs de combat du génie (PCG)
• Equipes d'Observation dans la Profondeur (EOP)
• Unité de Recherche Humaine (URH)
• Pelotons de Reconnaissance et Balisage (PRB)
• French Foreign Legion

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

• Naval Commandos
• Escouade de contre-terrorisme et de libération d'otages
• Groupes de Plongeurs-Démineurs (GPD)
• Commandos de Recherche et d'Action en Jungle (CRAJ)

Gendarmerie

• Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN)
• Pelotons d'Intervention de 2e Génération (PI2G)

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

• KUD
• SOD

Germany

WWII

• Brandenburgers

Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR (German Democratic Republic 1949-1990)

• NVA 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger
• 9. Kompanie (Volkspolizei)

Deutsches Heer (German Army)

• Fallschirmjägerkompanien B1 (Kommando) (Airborne Brigade Commandos) of the Fallschirmjäger (1990-1996)
• Division Spezielle Operationen
  • Hochgebirgszüge (Mountain Leader) of the Gebirgsjäger
  • Fallschirmspezialzüge (Pathfinder) of the Fallschirmjäger
  • Fernspählehrkompanie 200 (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol)
  • Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK)

Deutsche Marine (German Navy)

• Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine (SEK M)
  • Kampfschwimmer (Combat Divers)
  • Minentaucher
  • Boarding Troops

Bundespolizei (Federal Police)

• GSG 9 (formerly Grenzschutzgruppe 9)

Landespolizei (State Police)

• Spezialeinsatzkommando (SEK)
• Mobiles Einsatzkommando (MEK)
• Rauschgifteinsatzkommando (REK); Narcotics task force

Zoll (Customs Police)

• Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll (ZUZ)

Greece

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

• 31st Special Operations Squadron (31 Moira Eidikon Epihiriseon, 31η MEE)

Greek Police

• Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (EKAM)

GreekCoast Guard

• Special Operations Teams (OEA (Greece)|OEA)

Guatemala

Guatemalan Army

• Kaibiles

Honduras

• Batallon de Fuerzas Especiales
• TESON

Hungary

Hungarian Army

• Special Forces

Police

• TESZ

Iceland

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU)

Icelandic Police

• Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad / Special Operations Unit of the National Commissioner)

Icelandic Coast Guard

• Ordnance disposal Unit / Frogman team

India

Indian Army

• Para Commandos
• Ghatak Force

Indian Navy

• Marine Commando Force (MARCOS)

Indian Air Force

• Garud Commando Force

Indian Police Service

• National Security Guards

Paramilitary

• Special Frontier Force

Protective Service Unit

• Special Protection Group

Indonesia

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

• Kopaska (Komando Pasukan Katak / Frogmen Commandos, Naval Special warfare, Maritime Counter Terrorist Modelled on by US Navy SEAL) TNI AL
• Indonesian Marine Corps/ Korps Marinir TNI AL
  • Denjaka (Detasemen Jala Mengkara / Maritime Anti Terror) TNI AL
  • Taifib (Intai Amphibi / Marine Reconnaissance) Korps Marinir TNI AL

File:Id-airforceflag.gifIndonesian Air Force / TNI AU

• Detachment Bravo (Modelled on by British SAS) PASKHAS TNI AU

Indonesian National Police / POLRI

• Brigade Mobil (National Police Special Operations Force, Police Commandos, Special Response team) POLRI
  • Detachment 88 (Police Counter-terrorist force)

Iraq

Iraqi Army

• Iraqi Special Operations Forces
  • Iraqi Counterterrorism Force
  • Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion

Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran Army

• Takavar

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

• Takavaran

Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution

• Qods Force

Ireland

Irish Police

• Emergency Response Unit (ERU)

Irish Army

• Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

Israel

Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)

Israeli Army

• Infantry Corps
  • Palsar Givati (part of Givati Brigade)
  • Palsar Golani (part of Golani Brigade)
  • Yahsar Nahal (part of Nahal Brigade)
  • Yahsar Tzanchanim (part of Paratroopers Brigade)
• Armored Corps
  • Palsar 7 (part of the 7th Brigade)
  • Palsar 188 (part of 188 Brigade)
  • Palsar 401 (part of 401 Brigade)
• Field Intelligence Corps
  • Shahaf (part of Shahaf Battalion)
  • Nitzan (part of Nitzan Battalion)
  • Nesher (part of Nesher Battalion)
• Engineering Corps
  • Sayeret Yahalom
• Special Mission Units
  • Sayeret Matkal
  • Sayeret Duvdevan
  • Alpinistim
  • Lotar Eilat
  • Unit Oketz
  • Tibam Team
  • Urban Tactical Unit (Yata)
  • General Staff Security Unit
  • Sayeret Egoz

Israeli Air Force

• Sayeret Shaldag
• Airborne Rescue & Evacuation Unit (Unit 669)
• Airplanes Security Unit
• Yanmam

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

• Nachshon
• Dror
• Masada

Border Police (Magav)

• Yamam
• Yamas
• Yamag
• Matilan

Italy

Italian Carabinieri

• Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS)

Italian State Police

• Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS)

Italian Finance Security

• AntiTerrorismo Pronto Impiego (AT-PI)

Italian Army

• 9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"
• 185th Parachute Reconnaissance Regiment "Folgore"
• 4th Alpini Parachute Regiment "Monte Cervino"

Italian Navy

• Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei ed Incursori "Teseo Tesei" (COMSUBIN) GOS (Gruppo Operativo Subacquei) e GOI (Gruppo Operativo Incursori)

Italian Air Force

• Reparto Incursori dell'Aeronautica Militare (RIAM)

Japan

Ground Self-Defense Force

• 1st Airborne Brigade
  • Guide Unit
• Special Operations Group
• Western Army Infantry Regiment
  • Ranger Platoon

Maritime Self-Defense Force

• Maritime Interception Team
• Special Boarding Unit

National Police Agency

• Special Assault Team

Maritime Safety Agency

• Special Security Team

Jordan

Royal Jordanian Land Force

• Special Forces Brigade

Royal Jordanian Naval Force

• UDT/SEALs

Royal Jordanian Air Force

• Special Operations Aviation Squadron

Kazakhstan

• Aristan
• Spetsnaz Brigade

Kenya

• D Company, 20th Parachute Battalion
• Reece Company, General Service Unit (GSU)

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Korean People's Army

• Light Infantry Training Guidance Bureau

Korea, Republic of

File:Rokarmymark.GIFRepublic of Korea Army

• Special Warfare Command
  • 707th Special Mission Battalion (White Tigers)
• 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

• Naval Special Warfare Flotilla (UDT/SEAL)
• File:Rokmc.gifRepublic of Korea Marine Corps
  • Force Reconnaissance
  • Military Police Special Guard Team (SGT)

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)
  • Seoul Metropolitan Police SWAT Team (Unit 868)
  • Incheon Metropolitan Police SWAT Team (Unit 313)

Republic of Korea Coast Guard

• Sea Special Assault Team (SSAT)

Kosovo, Republic of

Kosovo Police Force

• First Intervention Team - (F.I.T)

Kuwait

• 10th Commando Battalion

Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyz Special Forces (Scorpion)

Latvia

Latvian Armed Forces

• OMEGA
• Speciālo uzdevumu vienība (SUV)

Lebanon

Lebanese Army

• Commando Regiment

Lebanese Navy

• 1 Navy Commando Regiment (SEAL/UDT)

Lebanese Police Force

• Fuhud (Panthers)(Special Police Unit)

Lithuania

• 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

Macedonia

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

Malaysia

Main article: Malaysian Special Operations Force

File:Tenteradaratlogo.jpgMalaysian Army / Tentera Darat Malaysia

• 10th Paratrooper Brigade
  • Rapid Deployment Force
• Grup Gerak Khas (GGK, English:(Special Operations Group))
  • 11 Rejimen Gerak Khas
  • 21 Komando
  • 22 Komando

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

• Pasukan Gerakan Khas (Police Counter-terrorist force) PDRM
  • 69th Commando Battalion (Police Commandos, Paramilitary Police, Bomb Squad)
  • Special Actions Unit (Metropolitant Police SWAT, Anti-Organized Crime Task Force, Special Response Teams)
• Police Combat Diving Unit (Marine Police SWAT, Counter-Piracy units, Maritime Anti Terror units / Modelled on by US Navy SEALs)

Malta

Maltese Armed Forces

• C (Special Duties) Company (1st Regiment, Armed Forces)
• Rapid Deployment Team (2nd Regiment, Armed Forces)

Maltese Police

• Special Assignments Group

Mexico

Mexican Army

• Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE)
• Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando (High Command GAFE)

Mexican Navy

• Fuerzas Especiales (FES)

Federal Preventive Police

• Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES)

Netherlands

Former Dutch Indies

• Korps Speciale Troepen

Royal Netherlands Army

• Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)

Royal Netherlands Navy

• Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid Mariniers (BBE-M, Part of Netherlands Marine Corps)
• 7th Troop (Integrated with British SBS)
• Mountain Leader Platoon]] (Integrated with British ML)

Marechaussee (Military Police)

• Brigade Speciale Beveiligingsopdrachten (BSB)

Police

• Dienst Speciale Interventies (DSI)
• Arrestatieteam

New Zealand

New Zealand Army

• Special Air Service of New Zealand (NZSAS)

File:Nz police logo.gifNew Zealand Police

• Special Tactics Group (STG) - NZ Police

Norway

Norwegian Army

• Norwegian Army Paratroopers (Fallskjermjegere)
• Norwegian Special Force (Forsvarets spesialkommando/ Hærens Jegerkommando, FSK/HJK)

Norwegian Navy

• Naval Ranger Branch (Marinens jegervåpen)
  • Norwegian Naval Special Forces (Marinejegerkommandoen, MJK)
  • Norwegian Coastal Ranger Command (Kystjegerkommandoen, KJK)
  • Norwegian Mine Diver Command (Minedykkerkommandoen)
  • Tactical Boat Squadron

File:Luftforsvaret-emblem.gifNorwegian Air Force

• 720 Squadron

Norwegian Police Service

• Team Delta (Beredskapstroppen)

Palestinian National Authority

• Force 17
• Palestinian Presidential Guard

Pakistan

Pakistan Army

• Special Services Group

Pakistan Navy

• Special Service Group Navy

Pakistan Air Force

• Special Service Wing

Panama

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

Peru

Peruvian Navy

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

Philippines

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

• File:SOCOMPA.jpg Special Operations Command
  • File:Ranger logo.gif 1st Scout Ranger Regiment
  • File:SFTab.jpg 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) (SFR "A")
  • Light Reaction Battalion
• Philippine Army Civil Relations Service
  • Psychological Warfare Group

Philippine Air Force

• File:710th SOW patch.jpg 710th Special Operations Wing
• 505th Search and Rescue Group
• Deactivated
  • Aviation Security Command (AVSECOM)

Philippine Navy

• Naval Special Warfare Group
• File:Pmcseal.gif Philippine Marine Corps
  • File:PMCFRBn1.jpgPhilippine Marine Corps Force Recon Battalion

File:PNPSeal.jpg Philippine National Police

• Special Action Force
• Philippine National Police Aviation Security Command
• Police and Armed Forces Anti-Crime Emergency Response Task Force (PACER) Note: This is a Joint AFP-PNP Task Force
• Deactivated
  • Philippine Anti-Organized Crime Task Force (PAOCTF)

File:PSG1.jpg Presidential Security Group

• Special Reaction Unit

File:PCG.jpg Philippine Coast Guard

• Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Group

File:NBISeal.png National Bureau of Investigation

• National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorist Division

Poland

Polish Land Forces

• 1st Special Commando Regiment
• GROM (Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego)

Polish Navy

• Grupa Specjalna Płetwonurków FORMOZA (GSP FORMOZA)

Policja

• Pododdziały Antyterrorystyczne (Zarzad Operacji Antyterrorystycznych, ZOA KGP)

In history

• Wawelberg Group

Portugal

Portuguese Army

• Comandos (Commandos)
• Operações Especiais (Special Forces)
• Companhia de Precursores (Paratrooper Pathfinders Company)

Portuguese Navy

• Destacamento de Acções Especiais (Special Actions Detachment)
• Destacamentos de Mergulhadores Sapadores (Combat Divers Detachments)

Portuguese Air Force

• Combat Search and Rescue Unit

Security Forces (Public Security Police & National Republican Guard)

• Grupo de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Group)
• Companhia de Operações Especiais (Special Operations Company)

Romania

File:Stema MAPN.JPGMinistry of Defense

• Detaşamentul de Intervenţie Rapidă (MApN)

Romanian Land Forces

• Reconnaissance Brigade
  • 528th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 317th Reconnaissance Battalion
• Special Operations Command
  • Batalionul 1 Operaţii Speciale
  • Batalionul de Informatii (HUMINT)
  • Departamentul Operatiuni Psihologice (PSY OPS)

Romanian Navy

• 307th Marine Battalion
• Scafandri de luptă (Combat Divers)

Russia/Soviet Union

Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation/KGB

• Alpha Group (FSB).
• Vympel (Pennant, aka Group V) (FSB)
• OSNAZ (Rus, Vityaz, Grom)

Russian Navy

• Russian commando frogmen
• Spetsnaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie)
  • Spetsnaz GRU
  • Naval infantry Spetsnaz (black berets)

Russian Ground Forces

• VDV
  • Independent Air Assault Brigades
  • 45th Distinct Reconnaissance Regiment

File:Mvdgerb.gifMVD

• ODON (Separate Operational Purpose Division)
• OMON
• OMSN (SOBR)
• SVR
• Saturn

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian Defence Forces

Saudi Arabian Army

• Special Emergency Forces
• Saudi Special Security Forces

Saudi Arabian Navy

• Saudi Navy Special Forces

Serbia

Serbian Army

• Special Brigade
  • 63rd Paratroop Battalion
  • 72nd Reconnaissance-commando Battalion
  • Anti-terrorist Battalion

River Flotilla of Serbian Armed Forces

• 93 River Center

Military Police

• Battalion of Military Police Cobras

Law enforcement

• Gendarmerie (Serbia)
• SAJ (Special Anti-terrorist Unit)
• PTJ (Anti-Terrorist Unit)

Singapore

File:SAF Crest coloured.JPGSingapore Army

• Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation
  • Singapore Special Operations Force (SOF)

File:RSN Logo.jpgRepublic of Singapore Navy

• Naval Diving Unit (NDU)

Singapore Police Force

• Special Operations Command
  • Special Tactics and Rescue (STAR)
• Police Coast Guard
  • Special Task Squadron (STS)

Slovakia

• 5th PSU
• Special Task Force of National Anti-Drug Department - Slovakia

Slovenia

• MORiS
• Enota za specialno delovanje (Unit for special operations)

Slovenian National Police Forces

• Specialna Enota Policije (SEP)

South Africa

South African Army

• Special Forces Brigade (SFB), commonly known as "Recces" an abbvreviation for "reconnaissance commandos".

South African Police Service

• Special Task Force (STF)

Spain

Spanish Army

• Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE) (Army Special Operations Command)

Spanish Air Force

• Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC)

Spanish Navy

• Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE) (Special Operations Unit)

Guardia civil

• Unidad Especial de Intervención (UEI)
• Grupo Antiterrorista Rural (GAR)

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 Lanka

Sri Lanka Army

• Sri Lanka Army Commando Regiment (CR)
• Sri Lanka Army Special Forces Regiment (SF)

Sri Lanka Navy

• Special Boat Squadron (SBS)

Sri Lanka Air Force

• Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment Special Force

Sri Lanka Police Service

• Special Task Force (STF)

Switzerland

Swiss Armed Forces

• Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17
• Grenadiers (Special Forces)
  • Army Reconnaissance Detachment

Federal Office of Police

• Détachement Action Rapide et Dissuasion (DARD)

Syria

• Special Defence Companies

Sweden

Swedish Army

• fallskärmsjägarna (paratroopers)
• Särskilda Skyddsgruppen (Special Protection Group)
• Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen (Special Reconnaissance Group)

Swedish Navy

• Kustjägarna (coastal rangers)
• Attackdykarna (attackdivers)

Swedish Air Force

• Flygbasjägarna (air base security rangers)

Swedish Police Service

• Nationella Insatsstyrkan (Police CT Unit)

Republic 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

Thailand

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 Navy SEALs
• Royal Thai Marine Corps
  • Royal Thai Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion

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)

Tunisia

• GCGN
• USGN

Turkey

Turkish Army

• Bordo Bereliler

Turkish Navy

• Su Altı Taaruz (SAT)
• Su Altı Savunma (SAS)

Turkish Gendarmerie

• Ozel Jandarma Komando Bolugu

Ukraine

Intelligence

• GUR Spetsnaz

Ukranian Police Force

• Berkut (Golden Eagles)

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates Army

• Commando Squadron

Dubai Police Force

• Police Special Unit

United Kingdom

File:Triserv-600.jpgBritish Armed Forces

Main article: United Kingdom Special Forces

• United Kingdom Special Forces
  • Special Air Service (SAS)
  • Special Boat Service (SBS)
  • Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
• Units in direct support of SF
  • Special Forces Support Group (SFSG)
  • 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment
  • Joint Special Forces Avaiation Wing

• Disbanded units :
  • Long Range Desert Group (LRDG, WWII)
  • Popski's Private Army
  • Combined Operations Pilotage Parties
  • Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (Its traditions are carried on by the SBS)
  • Force 136
  • V Force
  • Small Scale Raiding Force
  • Raiding Support Regiment
  • Special Operations Executive

United States

Main article: United States Special Operations Forces

Counter-Terrorist Units

• • Intelligence Support Activity (known under various codenames since 1989, including Centra Spike, Torn Victor and Gray Fox)
  • FBI Hostage Rescue Team (HRT)

United States Army

• Delta Force
• United States Army Special Forces ("Green Berets")
• 75th Ranger Regiment (United States)
• Long Range Surveillance
• 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (160th SOAR (A) also known as "Night Stalkers")
• Civil Affairs
• Psychological Operations

United States Navy

• Naval Special Warfare Development Group ("DEVGRU")
• SEAL (SEa, Air, Land) Teams
• Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC "Swics", Special Boat Teams)
• SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams
• EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)
• Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 84 (HSC-84) "Red Wolves"

United States Marine Corps

• • Force Reconnaissance ("Force Recon")
  • Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
  • Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team ("FAST")
  • Special Reaction Teams (SRT, a SWAT unit in the Military Police)
  • Surveillance and Target Acquisition sniper
  • Scout Sniper
  • MARSOC
  • Recapture Tactics Team (RTT, a SWAT unit in the Infantry based Marine Corps Security Forces)
  • Marine Security Guard

United States Air Force

• Air Force Special Tactics ("Air Commandos")
  • Combat Controllers
  • Pararescue
  • Combat Rescue Officer (CRO), a pararescue officer
  • Special Operations Weather Technician

United States Coast Guard

• Port Security Units (overseas port security for U.S. Navy and allied civilian installations)
• Law Enforcement Detachments
• Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST)

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

• NYPD's Emergency Service Unit
• US Capitol Police SWAT

Venezuela

• 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

Vietnam

• Đặc công (Special Attack Unit)

Zimbabwe

Main article: Special Forces of Zimbabwe

• One Commando Regiment
• One Parachute Regiment
• Combat Diving Unit
• Special Air Service
• Anti Terrorism Unit
• Boat Squadron