Encyclopedia of Special Forces Units
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Force Maritime des Fusiliers Marins et Commandos. French Naval special operations component.
Fleet Antiterrorist Security Team or FAST. A US Marine Corps Antiterrorist Security unit.
French Foreign Legion. French army unit which recruits soldiers with other nationalities.
G
Glider Pilot Regiment. British Army specialised combat pilot unit.
Grenzschutzgruppe-9 or GSG-9. German Border Police Special Forces Unit.
Grey Fox. US Intelligence Support Activity Unit. The unit was established by the Pentagon to work as man hunters, assassins and deep penetration agents.
Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno Mobilnego or Grom. Polish Army Special Forces Unit.
Grupo Albatros. Special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture.
Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale or GIGN. French Gendarmerie Special Forces unit.
Groupe de Commandos Parachutistes. Reconnaissance troop, of the 2ème Régiment Etrangér Parachutiste of the French Foreign Legion. The unit is specialised in a wide range of special forces operations.
Groupe de Sécurité de la Présidence de la République. French Police-Gendarmerie close protection unit (body guard unit) of the French President.
Grup Gerak Khas or GGK. Malaysian Army Special Forces Unit.
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale. Italian Carabinieri Special Forces Unit.
Royal Gurkha Rifles. British elite infantry unit whose members come from Nepal.
H
Hammer (Head) Unit. South African Army reconnaissance unit for the Eastern Cape area. Later the unit's mission was defined as urban and rural counterinsurgency operations.
Helios Lohos. Greek Army Special Forces unit.
Hostage Rescue Team or HRT. A US FBI unit that responds to terrorist and similar high-risk incidents.
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Immediate Reaction Cell. Belgium Army Special Forces unit.
Incident Response Regiment. Australian Special Forces chemical, biological, radiological or explosive emergency response team.
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Jedinica za Specijalne Operacije. Elite special unit of Serbian police.
Joint Task Force 1. Canadian Armed Forces task force in the Gulf war 1990-1989.
Joint Task Force 2. Canadian Armed Forces primary Counter Revolutionary Warfare unit.
Joint Task Force Gold. Special combined Task Force established to provide security and general support for New South Wales Police Service during the Sidney Olympic Summer Games in 2000.
Joint Special Operations Command or JSOC. A component of the U.S. Special Operations Command headquartered at Pope AFB that oversees the employment of DevGroup, SFOD-D, and 160th SOAR.