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unusual facts about Special Operations



Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight

The TA01NSN, a 4x32 ACOG with only tritium night illumination and backup iron sights, is included the Special Operations Peculiar MODification (SOPMOD) kit for the M4A1 carbine used by Special Operations personnel to configure their weapons to individual preferences and mission requirements.

Atlanta Prison riots

After the hostage situation was identified, Special Operations soldiers from Fort Bragg, NC, were sent to advise the civilian law enforcement authorities.

Bollinger Shipyards

These ships can also provide full mission support for Navy SEALs and other special operations forces.

Fallskärmsjägarna

Fallskärmsjägarna (English: "Parachute Rangers"), also known as Fallskärmsjägarkåren (English: "Parachute Ranger Corps"), is a Swedish military special operations unit.

Ground Mobility Vehicle

The Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) is a special operations version of the Humvee used by the United States Armed Forces.

Keni Thomas

Thomas donates some of the proceeds to the Hero Fund, which directs those funds to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, an organization created to provide college scholarships and financial aid to the children of deceased or wounded Special Operations soldiers.

Operation Credible Sport

JTD trained a large and diverse force of U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force special operations and aviation units, but the critical factor remained extracting the rescue team and freed hostages from Tehran.

Type 2 Ka-Mi

The Type 2 Ka-Mi was designed for the Navy's Special Naval Landing Forces for the amphibious invasion of Pacific Islands without adequate port facilities, and for various special operations missions.


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2013 Belgorod shooting

Pomazun claimed said his battalion participated in a series of special operations in Chechnya and killed nearly a thousand people "all the way from Mozdok to Khasavyurt," including crushing them under tanks and beheading women and children in order to intimidate the population, something that he says has since plagued him in his nightmares.

36th Bombardment Squadron

The radar countermeasure effort came under RAF Bomber Command where they performed a variety of special operations activities.

Afzal Tahir

He joined the Pakistan Navy on 11 May 1967 and attended the Pakistan Military Academy (with 40th PMA Long Course) and the Naval Academy at Abbottabad and Karachi respectively prior to commissioning in December 1970 in the special operations branch.

Anatoly Lebed

From 1999 to 2007, he made over 10 trips to Chechnya and participated in special operations in the areas of the cities of Gudermes and Argun, as well as in the suburbs of Grozny and the Vedeno region.

Boston Police Special Operations Unit

One unique feature of the unit is that the Special Operations Unit primarily relies on the use of Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptors and Harley-Davidsons in their daily patrols.

Byck

Muriel Byck, female Special Operations Executive agent during World War II

Camorra

The Italian police are coordinating their efforts with Europol at the European level as well as Interpol to conduct special operations against the Camorra.

Carl Stiner

Among the many missions in which he was involved was the capture of the terrorists in the Achille Lauro hijacking, the Panama invasion and the capture of Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, and all special operations activities during Operation Desert Storm.

Charles Holland

Charles R. Holland, (born 1946) former Commander at United States Special Operations Command

Counter-intelligence and counter-terrorism organizations

There are some standing military special operations forces, such as Sayeret Matkal, but ad hoc task forces were assembled for major operations such as the 1976 Entebbe rescue.

Danish Air Transport

Soon special operations like the transport of live horses or supplies for the Paris Dakar Rally in Africa were offered, too.

Dell L. Dailey

Although his planning helped the US effectively insert its Special Operations units into the country, Dailey faced criticism for not deploying more troops in the unsuccessful hunt to capture Osama bin Laden.

Dermot Earley, Snr

He undertook the Ranger Course in the Defence Forces, which led to the establishment of special operations training and the establishment of the Army Ranger Wing (ARW).

Donald C. Wurster

He commanded special operations forces at the squadron, group, wing and subunified command level, and he served as commander of all U.S. forces assigned to Joint Task Force-510 during Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines.

Emerson Combat Systems

New York Times bestselling author David Morrell underwent training in Emerson Combat Systems as research for several of his books about Special Operations and close quarters combat.

Eric E. Fiel

“Lt. Gen. Wurster has been a brilliant and strong leader,” said Adm. Eric Olson, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command.

From September 2001 to March 2003, he was forward-deployed as the Joint Special Operations Air Component Commander in Operation Enduring Freedom.

On June 24, 2011 General Fiel took over Air Force Special Operations Command from General Donald C. Wurster in a ceremony held at Hurlburt Field.

Eric Olson

Eric T. Olson (born 1952), retired admiral in the United States Navy and former commander of United States Special Operations Command

Eric Schadt

In 1983, Schadt left high school early to enlist in the United States Air Force and joined a Special Operations/Rescue unit.

Fraser Commando School

FCS was the basic Special Operations training facility for the Services Reconnaissance Department, Far Eastern Liaison Office and also hosted students from the Philippines Regional Section.

Frederick Bradnum

After joining the Army, he served in France (1939), Narvik (1940), Crete (1941), and Saint-Nazaire raid (1942), before transferring into administration with the Special Operations Executive.

George Starr

George Reginald Starr (1904–1980), British mining engineer and member the Special Operations Executive

George Wilkinson

George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson, part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and on the roll of honour at the Valençay SOE Memorial

Hærens Jegerkommando

William H. McRaven a United States Navy vice admiral, who serves as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)said in an interview with a Norwegian newspaper in 2007 that he regarded the Special forces of Norway to be among the top special forces in the world and that one of his favourite operations was the Norwegian heavy water sabotage by the Norwegian resistance forces during World War II .

Hector E. Pagan

Also present were ROTC classmates, a friend from Chile, family members from Puerto Rico and a South Korean brigadier general and Admiral Eric T. Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

Iraqi Special Operations Forces

The 2nd Special Operations Brigade has four commando battalions 1440-men, currently at Basra, Mosul, Diyala and Al Asad.

Joseph Maguire

Following Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training (BUD/S), where he graduated as Honor Man - Class 93, Rear Adm. Maguire served in Underwater Demolition Team Twenty One, SEAL Team Two, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, Naval Special Warfare Group Two, and later as Deputy Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific, and Deputy Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command.

KASOTC

King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) is a facility located in Amman, Jordan that specializes in the latest counter-terrorism, special operations and irregular warfare tactics, techniques and procedures.

Leon County Emergency Medical Services

Most recently, members of the Special Operations Unit have been deployed to Mississippi following Hurricane Katrina and to South Florida following the devastating 2005 Atlantic hurricane season there.

McRaven

William H. McRaven (born 1955), United States Navy four-star admiral, currently Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.

Peulot Meyuhadot

The Peulot Meyuhadot (POM or Pum) (Hebrew: פלוגות מיוחדות) were three highly secret special operations squads set up in Palestine by Yitzhak Sadeh on David Ben-Gurion's orders early in 1939, towards the end of the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.

Polish involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq

The logistic support ship ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki which served as a base for special operations, included 50+ crew as well as the navy SOF unit JW Formoza.

Portuguese Army Commandos

For the denomination of "commando" see commando; for the Argentine special operations unit see Amphibious Commandos Group; for other special forces with "Commando" in their names see list of special forces units.

Rodger Corser

From 2008-2010 Corser starred as Lawson Blake in the Australian police drama Rush, which follows the lives of members of the prestigious Tactical Response team (TR), which is based on the real life Victoria Police Critical Incident Response Team, a highly mobile unit that fills the operational gap between general duties police and the SWAT-like Special Operations Group.

SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation

The game features several playable special operations forces teams: the United States Navy SEALs, U.K.'s Special Air Service (SAS), Germany's Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK), Spain's Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE), and France's 1er Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine (1er RPIMa).

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

David Eigenberg - Nick Delvecchio (former DEA Special Operations GS-13; undercover operations, escape artist)

Special forces of Australia

# Support units such as the Special Operations Engineer Regiment, Special Operations Logistics Squadron, No. 200 Flight RAAF and the 171st Aviation Squadron.

Special Operations Troops Centre

The unit members wear a grass green beret and are the heir of the Special Hunters: the beret badge includes a trumpet — a symbol of the Special Hunters; and the unit is known as Rangers because the instructors of the Special Hunters completed the Ranger Course and adapted the characteristics of that training to the Special Operations Course.

Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt

He also completed parachute training at RAF Ringway, Manchester England (This base was used for Men and women agents of the Special Operations Executive as well as all (60,000) allied paratroopers trained in Europe during WW2).

United States Air Force Special Operations School

USAFSOS builds on the functional training conducted by other agencies like the USAF Air Education and Training Command and USSOCOM Service component training schools: Naval Special Warfare Command's Special Warfare Center and U.S. Army Special Operations Command's John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command

During STC the Special Operations Capabilities Specialists will also attend Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training along with a MARSOF Level 1 Course specific to their MOS: Explosive Ordnance Disposal (6 weeks), Communications (12 weeks), Intelligence (4-6 weeks), Joint Terminal Attack Controller (4 weeks), Multi-Purpose Canine (10 weeks), or SARC/IDC Corpsman (13 months).

United States Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Marine forces can work in coordination with the other components of the United States Pacific Command, such as the United States Army Pacific, the United States Pacific Fleet, the Pacific Air Forces, Special Operations Commands in the area.

United States Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland

The Airland Subcommittee has primary jurisdiction over all issues related to the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps tactical aviation programs; however, it does not include strategic forces, strategic airlift issues, and special operations programs.

Walter E. Gaskin

During his assignment to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, Lieutenant General Gaskin was the Commanding Officer and also served as the Commanding Officer of Battalion Landing Team 2/2 when the battalion was assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), II MEF for deployment as Landing Force-6th Fleet (LF6F) during Operations Assured Response and Quick Response in defense of American Embassies in Liberia and The Central African Republic.

Youngstown-Warren Air Reserve Station

The group later trained as a forward air control/tactical air support group from 1970–1971, as an air support special operations group from 1971–1973, and as a fighter group from 1973–1981, during which time it operated the A-37 Dragonfly and U-3 Blue Canoe and was operationally gained by the Tactical Air Command (TAC).

Z Experimental Station

A site on Fraser Island in South East Queensland was selected and all basic Special Operations training had been transferred to the Fraser Commando School by October 1943.

Zuz

Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe Zoll is the special operations group of the German customs service