List of military special forces units
This is a list of special forces units.
- Brigade 127
- Offensive Divers
- Marine Fusiliers
- Air Commando Fusiliers
- GIS
- Saaykaa
- URS
- Régiment Parachutiste Commando
- BMPJ
- Alacran
- Albatros
- GEOF
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales
- Buzos Tacticos
- Comandos Anfibios
- Compania De Comandos 601
- GEK (Cobra unit)
- Jagdkommando
- Jatio Rokhi Bahanini (defunct)
- 1st Batalhio de Forcas Especiais
- Comando de Operaciones Tacticas
- Força de Ação Rápida
- GER
- GRUMEC
- Projecto Talon
- Devil's Brigade (WW II)
- JTF2
- Immediate Action Unit (IAU)
Costa Rica has no military. The UIE unit of the Civil Guard is trained in VIP protection and hostage rescue, and also assists with dangerous criminal arrests.
- 6th Special Forces Brigade
- 115th Long Range Reconnaissance Battalion
- 4th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 43rd Airborne Mechanized Battalion
- 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion
- 7th Reconnaissance Battalion
- Eritrean Special Forces (note: accepts female members)
- Erillinen Pataljoona 4 (Continuation War)
- Osasto Karhu (Bear Force)
- Sissikomppaniat
- Utti Jaeger Regiment
- 1er Regiment Parachutiste d'Infanterie de Marine
- Commando Parachutiste De l'Air 10
- Division Des Operations Speciales
- Escadrille Des Helicopteres
- GSG-9
- Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK)
- Víkingasveitin (Viking Squad)
- Sciathan Fhiannoglaigh an Airm (note: accepts female members)
- Unit 101
- Sayeret Matkal
- Shayetet-13
- YAMAM
==Netherlands== (Holland)
- Alfa Brigade
- OMON (Black Berets)
- MVD
- Delfin (Dolphin)
- Kondor Division of MVD
- Vympel
- Spetznaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie)
- Spetsnaz (defunct)
- Alfa squad (defunct)
- VDV (defunct)
- Särskilda Skydsgruppen SSG
- Kustjägarna (Coastal Rangers)
- Berkut (Golden Eagles)
- Commandos - Royal Marines
- Special Air Service
- Special Boat Service
The US military refers to such units as "Special Operations Forces" (SOF). They also use the term in reference to analogous foreign organizations.
- Air Force Air Commandos
- Delta Force
- Devil's Brigade (WW II)
- Gray Fox
- Green Berets
- Marine Corps Force Recon (defunct)
- Navy SEALS
- Rangers
- Task Force 20
- Tiger Force (defunct)