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US Army: 75th Ranger Regiment; 160th Special Operations Aviation

Regiment (Airborne); US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)

US Navy: Sea, Air, Land Forces (SEALs)

US Air Force: Special Operations Squadrons

Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)

16 Air Assault Brigade, including HQ and Signal Squadron; Pathfinder

Platoon, Army Air Corps; 7th Para RHA; 21st Defence Battery, RA;

9th Parachute Squadron RE; RAF Support Helicopter Force;

47 Air Despatch Squadron

Parachute Regiment

Royal Marines

Special Air Service (SAS)

Special Boat Service (SBS)

Gurkha Regiment

Commandement des oprations spciales (COS)

1 Rgiment parachutiste dinfanterie de marine (I RPIMa)

Dtachement arien des oprations spciales (DAOS)

Groupement spcial autonome (GSA)

Commandement des fusiliers marins commandos (COFUSCO)

Commando parachutiste de lair no. 10 (CPA 10)

Escadrille des hlicoptres spciaux (EHS)

Division des oprations spciales (DOS)

Gebirgsjger (Mountain Infantry Division)

Fallschirmjger (Parachute Infantry Brigade)

Kommando Spezialkrafte (Commando Brigade)

Spetsnaz (Spetsialnoje Naznachenie forces of Special Designation)

Razvedchiki (Long-range and airborne operations)

Naval Spetsnaz (Amphibious reconnaissance and operations)

Morskaya Pekhota (Marine Commandos)

Paratroop Commando Brigade

1st Battalion (Paratroopers and commandos)

Frogmen (Trained on lines of Britains Special Boat Service)

Alpini Brigades (Mountain fighters)

Raggruppamento Anfibio San Marco (Rapid intervention force)

Commando Raggruppamento Subacqui ed Incursori (Comsubin)

(Assault divers)

Gruppo Operativo Incursori (GOI) (Includes combat divers, parachutists, helicopter-borne commandos)

Nederlands Korps Mariniers (KNKM) (Special amphibious force)

1st Marine Battalion and 7 Troop SBS (Amphibious force capable of operating worldwide)

Bijzondere Bijstands Eenheid (BBE) (Counter-terrorist unit)

Korps Commandotroepen (KCT) (Commandos)

108 Special Forces Company (Commando special operations)

11th Air Mobile Brigade (Rapid-deployment airborne special forces)

Fuerzo de Accin Rpido (FAR) (Rapid-reaction force)

Brigada Paracaidista (BRIPAC) (Parachute Brigade)

Unidad Especial de Buceadores de Combate (UEBC) (Water-borne special forces)

Tercio de Armada (TEAR) (A Marines brigade)

1st Airborne Bandera (Free-fall parachutists)

Unidades de Operaciones Especiales (UOE) (Three separate forces involved in anti-terrorism, anti-guerilla warfare and commando operations)

Special Forces Directorate

1 Parachute Regiment

1 Marine Brigade

1 Special Operations Command

1 Ranger Regiment

1, 2 and 3 Airborne Platoons of the Guards Regiment (All three platoons are battalion-strength commandos, marines and paratroopers)

1st Commando Brigade (Underwater defence)

2nd Commando Brigade (Underwater attack)

3rd Commando Brigade (Long-range amphibious intelligence-gathering and sabotage)

202nd Parachute Regiment (Spearheads every war against Arab nations)

Sayaret (Deep-penetration raids, anti-commando missions and reconnaissance)

Golani Brigade (Infantry brigade Israels premier elite unit)

Parachute Reconnaissance

Sayaret Matkal (GHQ Reconnaissance, unofficially called Unit 269

special commando force under GHQ Intelligence Corps)

Israeli Border Guard (Anti-terrorist and special operations)

Yamam (Counter-terrorist and hostage-rescue unit)

Yamas (Highly secret unit which conducts undercover operations against Palestinian fighters in the West Bank and Gaza Strip)

The Naval Commando (13th Flotilla) (Based on Britains Special Boat Service)

A-Saiqa (Lightning) Commandos

130th Marine Brigade

182nd Paratrooper Brigade

Force 777 (counter-terrorist unit)

Al-Wahdat al-Khassa (Special Units elite forces similar to Britains Special Air Service)

14th Special Forces Division (four regiments)

Saraya al Difa (paratroopers)

Rapid-reaction special forces are available at all times to the Supreme

Allied Commander Europe

Immediate-reaction forces are on three-day deployment

Rapid-reaction forces are on seven-day deployment

Elite Commando, Paratroop and Special Forces forces from all

NATO countries