Brigada Specială de Intervenție a Jandarmeriei

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Special Intervention Brigade of the Gendarmerie
Coat of Arms of the Unit
Active15th of March 2002
CountryRomania
BranchRomanian Gendarmerie
TypeSpecial Forces, Riot control
Garrison/HQBucharest
PatronVlad Țepeș
Commanders
Current
commander
General de brigadă Zoltan Balint

Brigada Specială de Intervenţie a Jandarmeriei (Gendarmerie's Special Brigade of Intervention, BSIJ) is a special operations force belonging to the Romanian Gendarmerie. The unit carries the name "Vlad Țepeș" after the legendary Wallachian ruler, Vlad the Impaler.

The Brigade is divided into two units:[1]

  • "Batalionul Special Intervenţie Antiteroristă şi Acţiuni Speciale" (Special Battalion of Anti-terrorist Intervention and Special Actions)
  • "Batalionul Special Intervenţie" (Special Battalion of Intervention)

Image gallery

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Gendarmes of the Special Intervention Brigade on parade

See also

References

  1. ^ "Comandament" (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 March 2016.

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