Many countries around the world maintain military units that are trained as

paratrooper A paratrooper is a military parachutist—someone trained to parachute into a military operation, and usually functioning as part of an airborne force. Military parachutists (troops) and parachutes were first used on a large scale during Worl ...

s. These include

special forces Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equi ...

units that are parachute-trained, as well as non-special forces units.

Abkhazia

* Independent Special Purpose Detachment (''Отдельный Отряд Специального Назначения - Otdel'nyy Otryad Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya'')''De facto'' state with limited international recognition

Albania

Special Operations Battalion The Special Operations Battalion ( hr, Bojna za specijalna djelovanja), or popularly BSD was founded on 8 September 2000 when the Special Combat Skills Center from Šepurine and the 1st Croatian Guards Brigade ( hr, 1. hrvatski gardijski zdrug, a ...

(''Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale'')

Algeria

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

** 17th Airborne Division *** 1st Parachute Commando Regiment (''الفوج 1 المظليين المغاوير - Alfawj 1 Almazaliyiyn Almaghawir'') *** 4th Parachute Commando Regiment (''الفوج 4 المظليين المغاوير - Alfawj 4 Almazaliyiyn Almaghawir'') *** 5th Parachute Commando Regiment (''الفوج 5 المظليين المغاوير - Alfawj 5 Almazaliyiyn Almaghawir'') *** 6th Parachute Commando Regiment (''الفوج 6 المظليين المغاوير - Alfawj 6 Almazaliyiyn Almaghawir'') *** 12th Parachute Commando Regiment (''الفوج 12 المظليين المغاوير - Alfawj 12 Almazaliyiyn Almaghawir'') *** 18th Parachute Commando Regiment (''الفوج 18 المظليين المغاوير - Alfawj 18 Almazaliyiyn Almaghawir'') *** Parachute Artillery Regiment *** Parachute Engineers Battalion ** 25th Reconnasissance Regiment ** 104th Operational Maneuver Regiment (''الفوج104 للمناورات العملياتية - Alfwj 104 Lilmunawarat Aleamliatia'') ** Commando Instruction and Parachute Training School "Martyr Derbal M'barek" (''مدرسة تكوين المغاوير و التدريب المظليالشهيد دربال أمبارك - Madrasat Takwin Almaghawir w Altadrib Almazaliyi "Alshahid Derbal M'barek"'') ** Special Troops Superior School "Martyr Mustapha Khoja called Si Ali" (''المـدرسـة العـليــا للقـوات الخـاصـة الشهيد مصطفى خوجة المدعو سي علي - Almdrst Alelya Llqwat Alkhas "Alshahid Mustapha Khoja almadeui Si Ali"'') *

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

** 772nd Parachute Air Commando Fusiliers Regiment (''الفوج 772 للرماة المغاوير المطاريون - Alfawj 772 Lilramat Almaghawir Almitariuwn'') ** 782nd Parachute Air Commando Fusiliers Regiment "Martyr Jaloul bin Azzouz" (''الفوج 782 للرماة المغاوير المطاريون "الشهيد جلول بن عزوز - Alfawj 782 Lilramat Almaghawir Almitariuwn "Alshahid Jalul bin Azzouz'')

Angola

* Special Forces Brigade (''Brigada de Forças Especiais'') * Special Forces Training School (''Escola de Formação de Forças Especiais'')

Argentina

Rapid Deployment Force A rapid deployment force is a military formation that is capable of fast deployment. Such forces typically consist of elite military units ( special forces, paratroopers, marines, etc.) and are usually trained at a higher intensity than the re ...

(''Fuerza de Despliegue Rápido'') *** 4th Airborne Brigade (''IV Brigada Aerotransportada'') **** (2nd Parachute Infantry Regiment) **** "14th Parachute Infantry Regiment", including ***** Parachute Reserve Company " Córdoba" (''Compañía de Reserva Paracaidista Córdoba'') **** ("4th Parachute Artillery Battalion") ****4th Parachute Cavalry Scout Squadron (''Escuadrón de Exploración de Caballería Paracaidista 4'') **** (4th Parachute Engineers Company) **** (4th Parachute Signal Company) **** ''Compañía Apoyo de Lanzamientos Aéreos Paracaidista 4'' (4th Parachute Airdrop Support Company) **** Parachute Guides Platoon "1st Lt. Guillermo Abally" (''Sección Guías Paracaidistas "Teniente Primero Guillermo Abally"'') **** Parachute Intelligence Platoon (''Sección de Inteligencia Paracaidista'') ***

Special Operations Forces Group The Special Operations Forces Grouping ( es, Agrupación de Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales, AFOE) is a special operations unit of the Argentine Army. Role Created 6 December 2005 as the first operational element of the Argentine Army Projec ...

(''Agrupación de Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales'') **** 601 Special Forces Company ****

601 Commando Company The 601 Commando Company ( es, Compañía de Comandos 601) is a special operations unit of the Argentine Army. History Created on 2 April 1982, it was based on the original ''Equipo Especial de Lucha contra la Subversión Halcón 8'' created b ...

(''Compañía de Comandos 601'') ****

602 Commando Company The 602 Commando Company ( es, Compañía de Comandos 602) is a special operations unit of the Argentine Army. Unit insignia The members of the unit wear green berets with unit badges. The company is divided into three assault sections. History ...

(''Compañía de Comandos 602'') **** (603 Commando Company) ** (Airborne Troops and Special Operations School) *

Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It in ...

Amphibious Commandos Group The Amphibious Commandos Group ( es, Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios, APCA) is a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps. Role Trained to perform quick and objective amphibious reconnaissance, assault raids, and direct acti ...

(''Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios'') **

Tactical Divers Group The Tactical Divers Group ( es, Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos, APBT) is the premier special operations force of the Argentine Navy. The Buzos Tácticos are based at Base Naval Mar del Plata (BNMP) on the Atlantic coast of Argentina. Its men ...

(''Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos'') *

** Special Operations Group

Armenia

* 1st Special Forces Regiment (Armenia) (''1-ին գնդակից հատուկ նպատակ - 1-in Gndakits' Hatuk Npatak'')

Australia

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA), who ...

** Special Operations Command ***

Special Air Service Regiment The Special Air Service Regiment, officially abbreviated SASR though commonly known as the SAS, is a special forces unit of the Australian Army. Formed in 1957, it was modelled on the British SAS sharing the motto, "Who Dares Wins". The re ...

*** 1st Commando Regiment ***

2nd Commando Regiment The 2nd Commando Regiment is a special forces unit of the Australian Army and is part of Special Operations Command. The regiment was established on 19 June 2009 when the 4th Battalion RAR (Commando) was renamed. It is based at Holsworthy, ...

***

Special Operations Engineer Regiment The Special Operations Engineer Regiment (SOER) is a specialised unit of the Australian Army. The regiment forms part of the Special Operations Command. The unit was formed in 2002 as the Incident Response Regiment (IRR), they are deployed to r ...

*** Australian Defence Force Parachuting School *

Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...

** B Flight, No. 4 Squadron

Austria

* * Jagdkommando * Military Partrooper School (''Militär Fallschirmspringer Truppenschule'')

Azerbaijan

** 777th Special Purpose Brigade (''777-ci Xüsusi Təyinat Briqada'') *

** Marine Special Purpose Sabotage and Reconnaissance Center - Military Unit 641 (''Dəniz Təxribat və Kəşfiyyat Mərkəz Xüsusi Təyinat - 641 Saylı Hərbi Hissə'')

Bahrain

* Royal Guard Special Forces Battalion (''الحرس الملكي كتيبة قوات خاصة - Alharas Almalakiu Katibat Quwwat Khasa'')

Bangladesh

** Para-Commando Brigade (''প্যারা কমান্ডো বিগ্রেড - Pyārā Kamānḍō Bigrēḍa'') *** 1st Para Commando Battalion "Leopard" (''১ প্যারা কমান্ডো ব্যাটেলিয়ন "চিতা" - 1 Pyārā Kamānḍō Byāṭēliẏana "Chitā"'') *** 2nd Para Commando Battalion (''২ প্যারা কমান্ডো ব্যাটালিয়ন - 2 Pyārā Kamānḍō Byāṭāliẏana'') ** School of Infantry and Tactics - Special Warfare Wing (''স্কুল ইনফ্যান্ট্রি এবং ট্যাকটিক্সের - স্পেশাল ওয়ারফেয়ার উইং - Skula Inaphyānṭri ēbaṁ Tyākaṭiksēra - Spēśāla Oẏāraphēẏāra U'iṁ'') *

** Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (''স্পেশাল ওয়ারফেয়ার ডাইভিং অ্যান্ড স্যালভেজ - Spēśāla Ōẏāraphēẏāra Dā'ibhiṁ Ayānḍa Syālabhēja'') *

** 41st Squadron (''৪১ স্কোয়াড্রন - 41 Skōẏāḍrana'')

Belarus

* Special Operations Forces Command (''Камандаванне сіл спецыяльных аперацый - Kamandavannie Sil Spiecyjaĺnych Apieracyj)'' ** 5th Independent Special Assignments Brigade (''5-я асобная брыгада спецыяльнага прызначэння - 5-ja Asobnaja Bryhada Spiecyjaĺnaha Pryznačennia'') ** 38th Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade "

Wien en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

" (''38-ю Венская асобную гвардзейскую дэсантна-штурмавую брыгаду - 38-ju Venskaya Asobnuju Hvardziejskuju Desantna-Sturmavuju Bryhadu'') ** " Viciebsk" (''103-ю Віцебскую асобную гвардзейскую паветрана-дэсантную брыгаду - 103-ju Viciebskuju Asobnuju Hvardziejskuju Pavietrana-Desantnuju Bryhadu'')

Belgium

* Special Operations Regiment ** 2nd Commando Battalion (''2e Bataillon de Commandos - 2 Bataljon Commandos'') ** 3rd Parachute Battalion (''3e Bataillon de Parachutistes - 3 Bataljon Parachutisten'') ** Special Forces Group ** 6th Communication and Information Systems Group (''6 Groupe Systèmes de Communication et d'Information - 6 Groep Communicatie- en Informatiesystemen'') ** Paratrooper Training Center (''Centre d'Entraînement de Parachutistes - Trainingscentrum voor Parachutisten'')

Benin

* 1st Parachute Commandos Battalion (''1er Bataillon de Commandos Parachutistes'')

Bolivia

** 16th Special Forces Regiment " Jordán" (''Regimiento de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 16 "Jordán"'') ** 18th Airborne Commandos Regiment "Victoria" - Special Troops instruction Center (''Regimiento de Comandos Aerotransportados Nº 18 "Victoria - Centro de Instrucción de Tropas Especiales"'') *

**Amphibious Commandos Battalion (''Batallón de Comandos Anfibios'')

Botswana

* Commando Battalion * Para and Presidential Guards Battalion

Brazil

Paratroopers Brigade The 35th Brigade ( he, חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים, ''Hativat HaTzanhanim''), also known as the Paratroopers Brigade, is an infantry brigade unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of ...

(''Brigada de Infantaria Pára-quedista'') *** Parachute Infantry Brigade Headquarters Company (''Companhia de Comando da Brigada de Infantaria Pára-quedista'') *** 25th Parachute Infantry Battalion " Campo dos Afonsos" (''25º Batalhão de Infantaria Pára-quedista "Campo dos Afonsos"'') *** 26th Parachute Infantry Battalion "

Alberto Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont ( Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavie ...

" (''26º Batalhão de Infantaria Pára-quedista "Alberto Santos-Dumont"'') *** 27th Parachute Infantry Battalion "General Newton Lemos" (''27º Batalhão de Infantaria Pára-quedista "General Newton Lemos"'') *** 8th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (''8º Grupo de Artilharia de Campanha Pára-quedista'') *** 20th Parachute Logistics Battalion (''20º Batalhão Logístico Pára-quedista'') *** Parachute Folding, Maintenance and Air Supply Battalion (''Batalhão de Dobragem, Manutenção de Pára-quedas e Suprimento Pelo Ar'') *** (''Companhia de Precursores Pára-quedista'') *** (''1º Esquadrão de Cavalaria Pára-quedista'') *** 21st Parachutist Anti Aircraft Artillery Battery (''21ª Bateria de Artilharia Anti-Aérea Pára-quedista'') *** 1st Parachute Combat Engineers Company (''1ª Companhia de Engenharia de Combate Pára-quedista'') *** 20th Parachute Signal Company (''20ª Companhia de Comunicações Pára-quedista'') *** Parachute Training Company (''Companhia de Instrução Pára-quedista'') *** 36th Parachute Army Police Platoon (''36º Pelotão de Polícia do Exército Pára-quedista'') *** Parachute Medical Detachment (''Destacamento de Saúde Pára-quedista'') ** Special Operations Command (''Comando de Operações Especiais'') *** 1st Special Forces Battalion "" (''1º Batalhão de Forças Especiais "António Dias Cardoso"'') *** "Captain Francisco Padilha" (''1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos "Capitão Francisco Padilha"'') *** 3rd Special Forces Company "Brigadier General Thaumaturgo Sotero Vaz" (''3ª Companhia de Forças Especiais "General de Brigada Thaumaturgo Sotero Vaz"'') ** Parachutist Training Center "General Penha Brasil" (''Centro de Instrução Pára-quedista "General Penha Brasil"'') *

** Combat Divers Group (''Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate'') ** Naval Fusiliers Special Operation Battalion "Tonelero" (''Batalhão de Operações Especiais de Fuzileiros Navais "Tonelero"'') *

** Air-Land Rescue Squadron (''Esquadrão Aeroterrestre de Salvamento'')

Brunei

** Special Forces Regiment (''Rejimen Pasukan Khas'') *

** Tactical Air Supply Parachute Unit (''Unit Payung Terjun Pembekal Udara Taktikal'')

Bulgaria

Joint Special Operations Command The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is a joint component command of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and is charged with studying special operations requirements and techniques to ensure interoperability and equi ...

(''Съвместно Командване на Специалните Операции - Sŭvmestno Komandvane na Spetsialnite Operatsii'') **

*** 1st Special Forces Battalion (''1ви Батальон Специални Сили - 1vi Batalion Spetsialni Sili'') *** 2nd Special Forces Battalion (''2ри Батальон Специални Сили - 2ri Batalion Spetsialni Sili'') *** 3rd Special Forces Battalion (''3ти Батальон Специални Сили - 3ti Batalion Spetsialni Sili'') **

*** (''65-и Морски Специален Разузнавателен Отряд "Черноморски Акули" - 65-i Morski Spetsialen Razuznavatelen Otriad "Chernomorski Akuli"'')

Burkina Faso

* 25th Parachute Commando Regiment (''25e Régiment Parachutiste Commando'') * Airborne Technics Training Center (''Centre d'Instruction aux Techniques Aéroportées'')

Burundi

* 121st Parachute Regiment (''121e Régiment de Parachutistes'')

Cambodia

* Special Forces Command (''បញ្ជាការដ្ឋានទ័ពពិសេស - Banhcheakear Dthan tp Pises'') ** 1st Airborne Commando Battalion ** 2nd Airborne Commando Battalion ** 3rd Airborne Commando Battalion ** 4th Airborne Commando Battalion

Cameroon

* Airborne Troops Battalion (''Bataillon des Troupes Aéroportées'')

Canada

** Mike Company,

3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR) is a regular force light infantry battalion of the Canadian Forces. 3 RCR's most notable service occurred in Korea, Germany, Bosnia and Afghanistan. In 2006–2010, the battalion was deployed ...

** Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion,

Royal 22nd Regiment , colors = Scarlet with blue facings (full dress and mess dress) , march = Quick: ''Vive la Canadienne''Slow: ''Marche lente du Royal 22e Régiment: La Prière en famille'' , mascot ...

** Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion,

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI, generally referred to as the Patricia's) is one of the three Regular Force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army of the Canadian Armed Forces. Formed in 1914, it is named for Princess Patrici ...

** Parachute Company (Reserve), The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada ** Parachute Training Company,

Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre The Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre (CAAWC, french: links=no, Centre d'instruction supérieure de l'Armée canadienne), formerly Canadian Forces Land Advanced Warfare Centre (CFLAWC), Canadian Parachute Centre (CPC), and Canadian Airborne Cen ...

** Search and Rescue Technicians -

Canadian Forces School of Search and Rescue Canadian Forces Base Comox , commonly referred to as CFB Comox or 19 Wing, is a Canadian Forces Base located north northeast of Comox, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air F ...

*** SAR Techs Teams -

103 Search and Rescue Squadron 103 Search and Rescue Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force is a search and rescue unit based at 9 Wing Gander on the Canadian island of Newfoundland. The squadron is responsible for a large area covering the offshore waters of Canada's Excl ...

*** SAR Techs Teams -

413 Transport and Rescue Squadron 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron is an air force squadron of the Canadian Armed Forces. It was originally a flying boat squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. It currently operates the C-130 Hercules and the CH-149 ...

*** SAR Techs Teams - 424 Transport and Rescue Squadron *** SAR Techs Teams - 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron *** SAR Techs Teams - 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron *

Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM; french: links=no, Commandement des Forces d'opérations spéciales du Canada; COMFOSCAN) is a command of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is responsible for all special forces operations that are ...

Joint Task Force 2 Joint Task Force 2 (JTF 2; french: links=no, Deuxième Force opérationnelle interarmées, FOI 2) is an elite special operations force of the Canadian Armed Forces, serving under the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. JTF 2 is known to wo ...

** Canadian Special Operations Regiment

Chile

** Special Operations Brigade "

Lautaro Lautaro (Anglicized as 'Levtaru') ( arn, Lef-Traru " swift hawk") (; 1534? – April 29, 1557) was a young Mapuche toqui known for leading the indigenous resistance against Spanish conquest in Chile and developing the tactics that would conti ...

" (''Brigada de Operaciones Especiales "Lautaro"'') *** 1st Parachute Battalion " Pelantarú" (''Batallón de Paracaidistas Nº 1 "Pelantarú"'') *** 5th Commando Company " Lientur" (''Compañía de Comandos Nº 5 "Lientur"'') *** 6th Commando Company "

Iquique Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191, ...

" (''Compañía de Comandos Nº 6 "Iquique"'') *** 12th Commando Company " Galvarino" (''Compañía de Comandos Nº 12 "Galvarino"'') *** Special Forces Group (''Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales'') **** Airborne Company (''Compañía Aerotransportada'') **** Amphibious Company (''Compañía Anfibia'') **** Mountain Company (''Compañía de Montaña'') ** Paratroopers and Special Forces School (''Escuela de Paracaidistas y Fuerzas Especiales'') *

** (''Comando de Fuerzas Especiales de la Armada'') *

** (''Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales - Comandos de Aviación "Águilas Negras"'') *** Special Forces Tactical Unit - 2nd Air Force Group (''Unidad Táctica de Fuerzas Especiales del Grupo de Aviación Nº 2'') *** Special Forces Tactical Unit - 5th Air Force Group (''Unidad Táctica de Fuerzas Especiales del Grupo de Aviación Nº 5'') *** Special Forces Tactical Unit - 6th Air Force Group (''Unidad Táctica de Fuerzas Especiales del Grupo de Aviación Nº 6'') *** Special Forces Tactical Unit - 8th Air Force Group (''Unidad Táctica de Fuerzas Especiales del Grupo de Aviación Nº 8'') *** Special Forces Tactical Unit - 9th Air Force Group (''Unidad Táctica de Fuerzas Especiales del Grupo de Aviación Nº 9'')

China

** People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces ( 中國人民解放軍特種部隊 ) *** 71st Special Warfare Brigade "Sword of the Kunlun Mountains" (「昆仑利刃」特战第71旅 ) *** 72nd Special Warfare Brigade (特战第72旅 ) *** 73rd Special Warfare Brigade "Flying Dragon" (「飛龍」特战第73旅 ) *** 74th Special Warfare Brigade (特战第74旅 ) *** 75th Special Warfare Brigade "Sword of South China" (「華南之劍」特战第75旅 ) *** 76th Special Warfare Brigade "Snow Maple" (「雪枫」特战第76旅 ) *** 77th Special Warfare Brigade "Hunting Leopard" (「獵豹」特战第77旅 ) *** 78th Special Warfare Brigade (特战第78旅 ) *** 79th Special Warfare Brigade "Siberian Tiger" (「東北虎」特战第79旅 ) *** 80th Special Warfare Brigade "Mount Tai Eagle" (「泰山雄鹰」特战第80旅) *** 81st Special Warfare Brigade "Oriental Sword" (「東方神劍」特战第81旅 ) *** 82nd Special Warfare Brigade "Ringing Arrow" (「響箭」特战第82旅 ) *** 83rd Special Warfare Brigade "Heroic Eagle" (「雄鷹」特战第83旅 ) *** 84th Special Warfare Brigade "Night Tiger" (「暗夜之虎」特战第84旅 ) *** 85th Special Warfare Brigade "Highland Snow Leopard" (「高原雪豹」特战第85旅 ) *** Hong Kong Special Battalion (香港特种营 ) *** Macau Special Company (澳門特种连 ) ** Academy of Airborne Troops *

** Marine Special Operations Brigade "Scaly Dragon" (海军陆战队特种作战旅 (蛟龍) ) ** Marine Corps 1st Brigade Amphibious Reconnaissance Special Team (海军陆战队第1旅两栖侦察特战队 ) ** Marine Corps 2nd Brigade Amphibious Reconnaissance Special Team (海军陆战队第2旅两栖侦察特战队 ) *

**Airborne Corps Special Operations Brigade "Thunder God" (中国人民解放军空降兵军特种作战旅(雷神) ) ** People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps (中國人民解放軍空降兵軍 ) *** 127th Airborne Brigade (127空降旅 ) *** 128th Airborne Brigade (128空降旅 ) *** 130th Airborne Brigade (130空降旅 ) *** 131st Airborne Brigade (131空降旅 ) *** 133rd Airborne Brigade (133空降旅 ) *** 134th Airborne Brigade (134空降旅 )

Colombia

** 19th Airborne Infantry Battalion " General Joaquín París" (''Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado No. 19 "General Joaquín París"'') ** 20th Airborne Infantry Battalion "" (''Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado No. 20 "General Manuel Roergas Serviez Medina"'') ** 21st Airborne Infantry Battalion "

Battle of Vargas Swamp Battle of Vargas Swamp ( es, Batalla del Pantano de Vargas) was a battle that occurred near Paipa, on July 25, 1819. A joint Venezuelan and Neogranadine army commanded by Simón Bolívar was trying to prevent Spanish forces from arriving at Sa ...

" (''Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado No. 21 "Batalla de Pantano de Vargas"'') **28th Airborne Infantry Battalion "Colombia" (''Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado No. 28 "Colombia"'') **31st Airborne Infantry Battalion " Rifles" (''Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado N°31 "Rifles"'') ** 7th Airborne Engineers Battalion "General Carlos Albán" (''Batallón de Ingenieros Aerotransportado No. 7 "General Carlos Albán"'') ** 18th Airborne Cavalry Group "General " (''Grupo de Caballería Aerotransportado No. 18 "General Gabriel Revéiz Pizarro"'') ** Military Parachuting School (''Escuela de Paracaidismo Militar'') * Joint Special Operations Command (''Comando Conjunto de Operaciones Especiales'') **

*** Special Forces Division (''División de Fuerzas Especiales'') **** 1st Special Forces Regiment (''1° Regimiento de Fuerzas Especiales'') **** 2nd Special Forces Regiment (''2° Regimiento de Fuerzas Especiales'') **** 3rd Special Forces Regiment (''3° Regimiento de Fuerzas Especiales'') **

*** Marine Infantry Special Forces Battalion (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Infantería de Marina'') **

*** Special Air Commandos Group (''Agrupación de Comandos Especiales Aéreos'')

Congo-Brazzaville (Republic of Congo)

* Parachute Commando Group (''Groupement Para-Commando'') * 102nd Airborne Battalion (''102ème Bataillon Aéroporté'')

Congo-Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo)

* 31st Fast Reaction Brigade (''31e Brigade de Réaction Rapide'') ** three Para-Commando Battalions * Airborne Troops Training Center (''Centre d'Entraînement des Troupes Aéroportées'')

Croatia

* Special Operations Command (''Zapovjedništvo Specijalnih Snaga'') ** 1st Special Forces Group (''1. Grupa Specijalnih Snaga'') ** 2nd Special Forces Group (''2. Grupa Specijalnih Snaga'') ** Commando Company (''Komando Satnija'')

Cuba

* Airborne Brigade (''Brigada Aerotransportada'') * (''Brigada Móvil de Tropas Especiales "Avispas Negras"'') * National Special Troops School " Baraguá" (''Escuela Nacional de Tropas Especiales "Baraguá"'')

Cyprus (Republic of Cyprus)

*Raiders Command (''Διοίκηση Kαταδρομών - Dioíkisi Katadromón'') * Underwater Demolition Team (''Ομάδες Υποβρυχίων Καταστροφών - Omádes Ypovrychíon Katastrofón'')

Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus)

* Parachute and Commando Training Battalion (''Hava Indirme ve Komando Eğitim Tabur'')''De facto'' state with limited international recognition.

Czech Republic

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" General Moravec" (''601.Skupina Speciálních Sil "Generála Moravce"'') * (''43.Výsadkový Pluk''), including: ** Airborne Training Center (''Středisko Výsadkové Přípravy'')

Denmark

* Special Operations Command (''Specialoperationskommandoen'') **

*** Light Infantry Corps (''Jægerkorpset'') **

***

Frogman Corps A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, comb ...

(''Frømandskorpset'')

Djibouti

National Gendarmerie The National Gendarmerie (french: Gendarmerie nationale, ) is one of two national law enforcement forces of France, along with the National Police. The Gendarmerie is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Mini ...

Intervention Group (''Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale'')

Dominican Republic

** Special Forces Command "Brigadier General Freddy Franco Diaz" (''Comando de Fuerzas Especiales "General de Brigada Freddy Franco Díaz"'')

Ecuador

** 9th Special Forces Brigade "Fatherland" (''Brigada Fuerzas Especiales Nº 9 "Patria"'') *** 25th Special Forces Group "South Base" (''Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 25 "Base Sur"'') *** 26th Special Forces Group " Cenepa" (''Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 26 "Cenepa"'') *** 27th Special Forces Group "General Miguel Iturralde" (''Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 27 "General Miguel Iturralde"'') *** 53rd Special Forces Group "Rayo" (''Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 53 "Rayo"'') *** Special Operations Group "Ecuador" (''Grupo Especial de Operaciones "Ecuador"'') *** 9th Special Forces School "Captain Alejandro Romo Escobar" (''Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 9 "Capitán Alejandro Romo Escobar"'') *

** 21st Marine Infantry Battalion "" - Special Operations (''Batallon de Infanteria Marina N°21 "Jaramijó" - Operaciones Especiales'') *

** Air Force Special Operations Group (''Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Fuerza Aérea'')

Egypt

* 414th Parachute Brigade ** 176th Mechanized Parachute Infantry Battalion ** 224th Parachute Infantry Battalion ** 225th Parachute Infantry Battalion ** 226th Parachute Infantry Battalion ** Parachute Reconnaissance Company * Parachute Forces School (''مدرسة قوات المظلات - Madrasat Quwwat al-Mizallat'')

El Salvador

* Special Forces Command (''Comando de Fuerzas Especiales'') **

*** Special Operations Group (''Grupo de Operaciones Especiales'') **

*** Parachute Battalion (''Batallón de Paracaidistas'')

Estonia

Special Operations Force Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...

(''Erioperatsioonide Väejuhatus'') ** Special Operations Group (''Erioperatsioonide Grupp'')

Eswatini (Swaziland)

* one Paratrooper platoon

Ethiopia

* 102nd Airborne Division (''አየር ወለድ 102ኛ ክፍለ ጦር - Āyeri Weledi 102nya Kifile T'ori'')

Fiji

* Special Operations Company

Finland

** Light Infantry Regiment "Utti" (''Utin Jääkärirykmentti'') *** "Special Light Infantry Battalion" **** Parachute Light Infantry Company (''Laskuvarjojääkärikomppania'') **** Special Light Infantry Company (''Erikoisjääkärikomppania'') *

** Coastal Brigade Special Operations Department (''Rannikkoprikaatin Erikoistoimintaosasto'')

France

** Special Forces Command (Land) (''Commandement des Forces Spéciales Terre'') *** 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (''1 Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine'') ***

13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment The 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes ( en, 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment) or 13e RDP is a special reconnaissance regiment of the French Army. It is a unit of the French Army Special Forces Command, the latter itself being under the Spec ...

(''13 Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes'') **

11th Parachute Brigade The 11th Parachute Brigade (french: 11e Brigade Parachutiste, 11e BP) is a unit of the French Army, predominantly infantry, part of the French Airborne Units and specialized in air combat and air assault. The brigade's primary vocation is to pr ...

(''11 Brigade Parachutiste'') ***

Commando Parachute Group The Commando Parachute Group (french: Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes, GCP) is a unit of elite pathfinders within the French Army's 11th Parachute Brigade (11e BP). These pathfinders are paratroopers drawn from the various regiments of t ...

(''Groupement des Commandos Parachutistes'') ***

1st Parachute Hussar Regiment The 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment (french: 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes, 1er RHP) is an airborne cavalry unit in the French Army, founded in 1720 by Hungarian noble Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny. It is stationed in Tarbes and is a p ...

(''1Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes'') ***

1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment The 1st Parachute Chasseur Regiment (french: 1er Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes, 1er R.C.P) is the oldest and among the most decorated airborne regiments of the French Army. Established in the French Army in 1943 and formerly part of the Fr ...

(''1 Régiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes'') ***

2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment The 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (french: 2e Régiment étranger de parachutistes, 2e REP) is the only airborne regiment of the Foreign Legion in the French Army. It is one of the four infantry regiments of the 11th Parachute Brigade and part o ...

(''2 Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes'') *** 3rd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (''3 Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine'') ***

8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 8th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (french: 8e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, (8e RPIMa) is an airborne regiment of the French Army. The 8e RPIMa was created on 28 February 1951 and the men wear the red beret. It is par ...

(''8 Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine'') *** (''1 Régiment du Train Parachutiste'') ***

35th Parachute Artillery Regiment The 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment (french: 35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste, 35e RAP) is the only airborne artillery unit of the French Army forming the air artillery component of the 11th Parachute Brigade. It is based in Tarbes ...

(''35 Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste'') *** 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment (''17 Régiment du Génie Parachutiste'') *** (''11 Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions Parachutiste'') *** Airborne Troops School (''École des Troupes Aéroportées'') *** 11th Parachute Brigade Troops Initial Formation Centre /

6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 6th Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (french: 6e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 6e RPIMa ) is an airborne infantry unit of the French Army. Creation and different nominations since 1951 * May 16, 1948: creation at ...

(''Centre de Formation Initiale des Militaires du rang 11 Brigade Parachutiste / 6 Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine'') **

2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment The 2nd Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (french: 2e Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine, 2e RPIMa) is an airborne regiment of the French Army created in 1947. The regiment is heir to the traditions of the 2nd Colonial Command ...

(''2 Régiment de Parachutistes d'Infanterie de Marine'') ** (''3 Régiment du Matériel'') *** 1st Mobility Maintenance Company (''1 Compagnie de Maintenance Mobilité'') *** 2nd Mobility Maintenance Company (''2 Compagnie de Maintenance Mobilité'') ** (''14 Régiment d'Infanterie et de Soutien Logistique Parachutiste'') *** 2nd Combatant Support Company (Paratrooper) (''2 Compagnie de Soutien du Combattant (Parachutiste)'') ** (''Plongeurs du Combat du Génie'')Underwater divers teams with additional paratrooper training, attached to each Engineer Regiment of the French Army ** National Commando Training Center / 1st Shock Regiment (''Centre National d'Entraînement Commando / '') *

** Navy Commandos (''Commandos Marine'') *** *** Commando Hubert *** *** *** *** *** *

** "Air Special Forces Brigade" *** Air Commando Force Wing (''Escadre Force Commando Air'') **** "10th Air Force Parachute Commando" **** (30th Air Force Parachute Commando) **** Flying Jump Air Center (''Centre Air de Sauts en Vol'') **** (Air Force Combatants Operational Preparation Center) *** Air Protection Force (''Force Protection Air'') **** ("s0th Air Force Parachute Commando") *

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National Gendarmerie Intervention Group National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, c ...

(''Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale'') * Joint ** Action Service of the External Security General Directorate (''Service d'Action de la Direction Générale de la Sécurité Ectérieure'') *** Parachute Reservists Instruction Center (''Centre d'Instruction des Réservistes Parachutistes'') **** Parachute Special Instruction Center (''Centre Parachutiste d'Instruction Spécialisée'') **** Parachute Special Training Center (''Centre Parachutiste d'Entraînement Spécialisé'') **** Parachute Special Training Center for Maritime Operations (''Centre Parachutiste d'Entraînement aux Opérations Maritimes'') ** Military Health Service (''Service de Santé des Armées'') *** eight Parachutist Surgical Detachments (''Antenne Chirurgicale Parachutiste'')

Gabon

*1st Parachute Regiment (''1er Régiment Parachutiste'')

Georgia

* Special Operations Forces (''სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალები'') ** Special Operations Battalion East (''სპეციალური ოპერაციების ბატალიონი აღმოსავლეთ'' ** Special Operations Battalion West (''სპეციალური ოპერაციების ბატალიონი დასავლეთში'' ), including: *** Naval Special Forces Squadron (''საზღვაო სპეციალური დანიშნულების რაზმი სოძ-ის'' ) ** Special Training Center "Major Gela Chedia" (''მაიორ გელა ჭედიას სახელობის სპეციალური დანიშნულების სასწავლო ცენტრი'' , including: *** Parachute Training School (''საპარაშუტო მომზადების სკოლა'' )

Germany

German paratroopers at Baumholder Urban Ops Site 2017

** Rapid Forces Division (''Division Schnelle Kräfte'') *** 1st Airborne Brigade "Saarland" **** Headquarters and Signals Company (''Stabs- und Fernmeldekompanie'') **** ''Fallschirmjägerregiment 26'' **** ''Fallschirmjägerregiment 31'' **** 260th Airborne Reconnaissance Company (''Luftlandeaufklärungskompanie 260'') **** ''Luftlandeaufklärungskompanie 310'' **** 260th Airborne Engineer Company **** 270th Airborne Engineer Company *** (Airborne/Air-transport School) ***

Kommando Spezialkräfte The Kommando Spezialkräfte (''Special Forces Command, KSK'') is the special forces military command of the German Army. The KSK has received decorations and awards from NATO, the United States, and its affiliates. KSK operatives have taken pa ...

(Special Forces Command) *

Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine Naval Special Forces Command, also called the ("Combat Swimmers", abbreviated "KSM") or (Deployment Group 3402) are an elite special forces unit of the Germany Navy, specializing in commando and amphibious warfare operations. They are the onl ...

(Navy Special Forces Command) *** Kampfschwimmerkompanie (Combat Swimmer Company) *

** Kampfretter (air force combat rescuemen)

Ghana

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Greece

** 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (''1η Ταξιαρχία Kαταδρομών-Αλεξιπτωτιστών'') *** 1st Raider Regiment (''1ο Σύνταγμα Καταδρομών'') *** 2nd Paratrooper Regiment (''2ο Σύνταγμα Αλεξιπτωτιστών'') *** (Paratrooper Special Section) ** Paratrooper School (''Σχολή Αλεξιπτωτιστών'') ** Mountain Raiders Company (''Λόχος Ορεινών Καταδρομών'') *

** Underwater Demolition Command (''Διοίκηση Υποβρυχίων Καταστροφών'') *

** 31st Search and Rescue Operations Squadron "Achilles" (''31η Μοίρα Επιχειρήσεων Έρευνας Διάσωσης "Αχιλλέας"'')

Guatemala

* Special Operations Brigade "Brigadier " (''Brigada de Operaciones Especiales "General de Brigada Pablo Nuila Hub"'') ** Special Forces Battalion " Kaibiles" (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Kaibiles"'') * Parachute Brigade "General Felipe Cruz" (''Brigada de Paracaidistas "General Felipe Cruz"'') ** 1st Parachute Battalion (''I Batallón de Paracaidistas'') ** 2nd Parachute Battalion (''II Batallón de Paracaidistas'') ** Military Parachutist School (''Escuela Militar de Paracaidismo'')

Guinea

* Commando Special Battalion (''Bataillon Speciale des Commandos'') * Independent Airborne Troops Battalion (''Bataillon Autonome des Troupes Aéroportées'')

Guyana

* 31 Special Forces Squadron

Honduras

*Special Operations Command (''Comando de Operaciones Especiales'') **1st Special Forces Battalion (''1º Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales'') **2nd Airborne Infantry Battalion (Special Tactical Group) (''2º Batallón de Infantería Aerotransportado (Agrupamiento Táctico Especial)'') * Armed Forces Parachutist School (''Escuela de Paracaidismo de las Fuerzas Armadas'')

Hungary

* HDF 2nd vitéz Bertalan Árpád Special Operations Brigade ** HDF 34th Bercsényi László Special Forces Battalion ** HDF 88th Light Mixed Battalion * Deep Reconnaissance Company,

HDF 24. Bornemissza Gergely Reconnaissance Regiment HDF may refer to: * Hadfield railway station (station code), in Derbyshire, England * Hereditary Disease Foundation, an American organization * Heringsdorf Airport (IATA code), near Garz on the island of Usedom, Germany * Hierarchical Data Format ...

* HDF 86th Szolnok Helicopter Base Special Parachute Training Group

India

** 50th Parachute Brigade *** two Parachute Battalions (on rotation from the Parachute Regiment units listed below) *** one Parachute Special Forces Battalion (on rotation from the Parachute Regiment units listed below) *** one Parachute Field Regiment (Artillery) (on rotation from the Parachute Artillery units listed below) *** 60 Parachute Field Hospital *** 411th (Independent) Parachute Field Company, Bombay Sappers *** 622 Parachute Composite Company (Army Service Corps) *** 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade (Ordnance Field Park) *** 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade Signal Company *** 2 (Independent) Parachute Field Workshop Company (Electronics and Mechanical Engineers) *** 252 (Para) Air Defence Battery *** 50th (Independent) Parachute Brigade Provost Section *** President's Body Guard Pathfinder Company ** Parachute Regiment (''पैराशूट रेजिमेंट'' ) *** Parachute Special Forces Battalions (''पैरा स्पेशल फोर्सेज़'' ) **** 1st battalion - 1 PARA (SF) **** 2nd battalion - 2 PARA (SF) **** 3rd battalion - 3 PARA (SF) **** 4th battalion - 4 PARA (SF) **** 9th battalion - 9 PARA (SF) **** 10th battalion - 10 PARA (SF) **** 11th battalion - 11 PARA (SF) **** 12th battalion - 12 PARA (SF) **** 13th battalion - 13 PARA (SF) **** 21st battalion - 21 PARA (SF) *** Parachute Airborne Battalions (''पैराशूट बटालियन'' ) **** 5th battalion - 5 PARA (SF/Airborne) **** 6th battalion - 6 PARA (SF/Airborne) **** 7th battalion - 7 PARA (SF/Airborne) **** 23rd battalion - 23 PARA (SF/Airborne) **** 29th battalion - 29 PARA (SF/Airborne) *** Parachute Battalions (Territorial Army) (''पैराशूट बटालियन (प्रादेशिक सेना)'' ) **** 106th Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (based at Bengaluru, Karnataka) **** 116th Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) (based at Devlali, Maharashtra) ***31st Battalion - 31 PARA (Commando),

Rashtriya Rifles The Rashtriya Rifles (RR; ) is a counter-insurgency force in India, formed in 1990, to specifically serve in the Jammu and Kashmir region. They also maintain public order by drawing powers from the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Po ...

(''31. बटालियन (कमांडो), राष्ट्रीय राइफल्स'' ) ** 9th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment ** 17th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment *

** Marine Commando Force (''मरीन कमांडो फोर्स'' ) *

** "Garuda" Commando (''गरुड़ कमांडो'' ) ** Paratroopers Training School (''पैराट्रूपर्स ट्रेनिंग स्कूल'' )

Indonesia

** Special Forces Command (''Komando Pasukan Khusus'') *** 1st Parachute Commando Group (''Grup 1 Para Komando'') **** 11th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 11'') **** 12th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 12'') **** 13th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 13'') **** 14th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 14'') *** 2nd Parachute Commando Group (''Grup 2 Para Komando'') **** 21st Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 21'') **** 22nd Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 22'') **** 23rd Parachute Commando Battalion (''Batalyon Para Komando 23'') *** Special Forces Instruction and Training Unit (''Satuan Pendikan dan Latihan Pasukan Khusus'') *** 81st Special Forces Counterterrorism Unit (''Satuan Penanggulangang Teror 81 Pasukan Khusus'') **

Army Strategic Command The Army Strategic Reserves Command ( id, Komando Cadangan Strategis Angkatan Darat; abbreviated ) is a combined-arms formation of the Indonesian Army. Kostrad is a Corps level command which has up to 35,000 troops. It also supervises operationa ...

(''Komando Strategis Angkatan Darat'') *** 1st Infantry Division (''Divisi Infanteri 1'') **** 17th Airborne Infantry Brigade (''Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 17'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 305'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 328'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 330'') *** 2nd Infantry Division (''Divisi Infanteri 2'') **** (''Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 18'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 501'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 502'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 503'') *** 3rd Infantry Division (''Divisi Infanteri 3'') **** (''Brigade Infanteri Lintas Udara 3'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 431'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 432'') ***** (''Batalyon Infanteri Para Raider 433'') *** Combat Reconnaissance Platoon (''Peleton Intai Tempur'') *

** "Prawn Net" Detachment (''Detasemen Jala Mangkara'') *

** Special Forces Corps (''Korps Pasukan Khas'') *** "Bravo 90" Detachment (''Satuan "Bravo 90"'') *** (''Danwing I Pasukan Khas'') **** 461st Parachute Commando Battalion (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 461'') **** (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 463'') **** (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 467'') *** ('' Danwing II Pasukan Khas'') **** (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 464'') **** 466th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 466'') **** 468th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 468'') *** (''Danwing III Pasukan Khas'') **** 462nd Parachute Commando Battalion (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 462'') **** 465th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 465'') **** 469th Parachute Commando Battalion (''Prajurit Batalyon Komando 469'')

Iran

** 55th Airborne Brigade (تیپ ۵۵ هوابرد ) *** 126th Airborne Battalion (گردان هوابرد ۱۲۶ ) *** 135th Airborne Battalion (گردان هوابرد ۱۳۵ ) *** 146th Airborne Battalion (گردان هوابرد ۱۴۶) ** 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade (تیپ ۶۵ نیروهای ویژه هوابرد ) ** Army Ranger and Parachuting School (کمیته تکاور و چتربازی ارتش ) *

Revolutionary Guards The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

** 33rd Al-Mahdi Airborne Brigade (تیپ ۳۳ هوابرد المهدی ) ** 66th Airborne Special Forces Brigade ** "Sabre" Special Brigade (یگان ویژه صابرین ) ** Sepah Navy Special Force (نیروی ویژه دریایی سپاه )

Ireland

* Army Ranger Wing (''Sciathán Fiannóglaigh an Airm'')

Israel

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** 98th Parachute Division "Fire Formation" (אוגדה 98 הָאֵשׁ אוגדה ) *** 35th Parachute Brigade "Flying Serpent" ( חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים) **** 101st Parachute Battalion "Cobra" (גדוד 101 פתן ) **** 202nd Parachute Battalion "Viper" (גדוד 202 צפע ) **** 890th Parachute Battalion "Adder" (גדוד 890 אפעה) **** 5135th Reconnaissance Battalion "Flying Serpent" *** 55th Parachute Brigade (Reserve) "Tip of the Spear" (עֻצְבַּת חוד החנית) **** 7063rd Parachute Battalion (גדוד 7063 ) **** 8150th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 8150) **** 9264th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 9264) **** 8171st Reconnasissance Battalion *** 551st Parachute Brigade (Reserve) "Arrows of Fire" **** 697th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 697) **** 699th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 699) **** 7008th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 7008) *** 89th Commando Brigade "Courage" (עוז - Oz) **** Maglan (Unit 212 "Ibis", יחידה 212 'מַגלָן ) **** Duvdevan Unit (Unit 217 "Cherry", יחידה 217 דובדבן) ****

Unit Egoz Unit 621, otherwise known as Egoz ( he, יחידת אגוז, ''Yehidat Egoz''. lit. " Nut"), is an elite Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commando unit specializing in guerrilla warfare, special reconnaissance, and direct action (military). It is a par ...

(Unit 621 "Walnut", יחידה 621 אגוז) ** 226th Parachute Brigade (Reserve) "Eagle Formation" (Otzvat Nesher) *** 7056th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 7056 ) *** 9255th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 9255 ) *** 9263rd Parachute Battalion (גדוד 9263 ) ** 646th Parachute Brigade (Reserve) "Sky Foxes" *** 420th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 420 ) *** 466th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 466) *** 8105th Parachute Battalion (גדוד 8105) ** Engineering Unit for Special Tasks "Diamond" (יהל"ם ) **

Sayeret Matkal General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (formerly Unit 269 or Unit 262), more commonly known as Sayeret Matkal ( he, סיירת מטכ״ל) is the special reconnaissance unit (''sayeret'') of Israel's General Staff (''matkal''). It is the prime special ...

Unit 269 - General Staff Reconnaissance Unit (סיירת מטכ"ל ) ** Parachute School (בית הספר לצניחה) *

** 7th Wing ***

Shaldag Unit Unit 5101, more commonly known as Shaldag ( he, שלדג, ''Kingfisher''), is an elite Israeli Air Force (IAF) special forces unit and one of the main Israeli special forces units. The unit is part of the Special Air Forces Wing (Wing 7) in the IA ...

Unit 5101 "Kingfisher" (יחידה 5101 שלדג - Yehida 5101 Shaldag) *** Search and Rescue Flight 669 (יחידת החילוץ והפינוי בהיטס 669 - Yechidat HaHilu'tz VeHaPinu'i Behethes 669) *

Shayetet 13 Shayetet 13 ( he, שייטת 13, lit. ''Flotilla 13'') is a unit of the Israeli Navy and one of the primary sayeret ''(reconnaissance)'' units of the Israel Defense Forces. Shayetet 13 specializes in sea-to-land incursions, counter-terrorism, ...

(Flotilla 13, שייטת 13)

Italy

Italian Soldier Olypmic Games Turin 2006

** Folgore Parachute Brigade (''Brigata Paracadutisti "Folgore"'') *** 183rd Paratroopers Regiment "Nembo" (''183º Reggimento Paracadutisti "Nembo"'') **** 1st Paratroopers Battalion "" (''1º Battaglione Paracadutisti "Grizzano"'') *** 186th Paratroopers Regiment "Folgore" (''186º Reggimento Paracadutisti "Folgore"'') **** (5th Paratroopers Battalion "

El Alamein El Alamein ( ar, العلمين, translit=al-ʿAlamayn, lit=the two flags, ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Arab's Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, it lies west of Alexandria and northwest of Cairo. , it had ...

") *** 187th Paratroopers Regiment "Lightning" (''187º Reggimento Paracadutisti "Folgore"'') **** 2nd Paratroopers Battalion " Tarquinia" (''2º Battaglione Paracadutisti "Tarquinia"'') ***

Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd) The Regiment "Savoia Cavalleria" (3rd) ( it, Reggimento "Savoia Cavalleria" (3°)) is a cavalry unit of the Italian Army based in Grosseto in Tuscany. The regiment is the reconnaissance unit of the Paratroopers Brigade "Folgore". History Form ...

(''Reggimento "Savoia Cavalleria" (3º)'') *** 8th Parachute Demolition Engineers Regiment "Lightning" (''8º Reggimento Genio Guastatori Paracadutisti "Folgore"'') *** 185th Paratroopers Artillery Regiment "Folgore" (''185º Reggimento Artiglieria Paracadutisti "Folgore"'') **** 1st Paratroopers Artillery Group "

Viterbo Viterbo (; Viterbese: ; lat-med, Viterbium) is a city and ''comune'' in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It conquered and absorbed the neighboring town of Ferento (see Ferentium) in its early history ...

" (''1º Gruppo Artiglieria Paracadutisti "Viterbo"'') *** Logistic Regiment "Folgore" (''Reggimento Logistico "Folgore"'') *** Headquarters and Tactical Supports Unit "Lightning" (''Reparto Comando e Supporti Tattici "Folgore"'') *** Parachuting Training Center (''Centro Addestramento di Paracadutismo'') **** 3rd Paratroopers Battalion "

Poggio Rusco Poggio Rusco ( Lower Mantovano: ) is a small town and '' comune'' in the Province of Mantua, whose inhabitants number 6,474 as of August 31, 2020. It is from the provincial capital. The town lies in the southeast of the Oltrepò Mantovano area, ...

" (''3º Battaglione Paracadutisti "Poggio Rusco"'') ** Army Special Forces Command (''Comando delle Forze Speciali dell'Esercito'') *** 9th Paratroopers Assault Regiment " Moschin Hill" (''9º Reggimento d'Assalto Paracadutisti "Col Moschin"''), **** 1st Raiders Battalion (''1º Battaglione Incursori'') **** Raiders Training Unit (''Reparto Addestramento Incursori'') **** Special Operations K9 Unit (''Nucleo Cinofili per le Operazioni Speciali'')) *** Special Operations Training Center (''Centro Addestramento per Operazioni Speciali'') *** Special Operations Support Unit (''Reparto Supporti alle Operazioni Speciali'') *** 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment (''4º Reggimento Alpini Paracadutisti'') **** Alpini Paratroopers Battalion "Monte Cervino"" (''Battaglione Alpini Paracadutisti "Monte Cervino"'') **** Alpini Paratroopers Battalion " Intra" - Operational Support Battalion (''Battaglione Alpini Paracadutisti "Intra" - Battaglione Supporto Operativo'') ***

185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore" The 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore" ( it, 185° Reggimento Paracadutisti Ricognizione Acquisizione Obiettivi "Folgore", abbreviated as: 185° RAO) is an Italian Army special forces unit. The regiment is pa ...

(''185º Reggimento Paracadutisti Ricognizione Acquisizione Obiettivi "Folgore"'') *

Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei COMSUBIN (''Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori " Teseo Tesei"''; Divers and Raiders Group Command "Teseo Tesei") is the Italian Navy's special operations unit. Italy was the first nation to use frogmen and human torpedoes. The Royal ...

(''Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori "Teseo Tesei"'') *** Operational Raiders Group (''Gruppo Operativo Incursori'') *** Submarine Parachute Assistance Section of the Operational Divers Group (''Nucleo SPAG del Gruppo Operativo Subacquei'') ** 1st San Marco Regiment (''1º Reggimento Marina "San Marco"'') *** Parachute Swimmers Company (''Compagnia Nuotatori Paracadutisti'') *

** 17º Stormo Incursori *** Raiders Group (''Gruppo Incursori'') *

Carabinieri The Carabinieri (, also , ; formally ''Arma dei Carabinieri'', "Arm of Carabineers"; previously ''Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali'', "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign polic ...

** 1st Paratroopers Carabinieri Regiment "Tuscania" (''1º Reggimento Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Tuscania"'') *** 1st Carabinieri Paratroopers Battalion "" (''1º Battaglione Carabinieri Paracadutisti "Eluet el Asel"'') ** Gruppo di intervento speciale

Ivory Coast

* 1st Commando Parachutists Battalion (''1er Bataillon des Commandos Parachutistes'')

Japan

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ( ja, 陸上自衛隊, Rikujō Jieitai), , also referred to as the Japanese Army, is the land warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Created on July 1, 1954, it is the largest of the three service b ...

Ground Component Command Ground may refer to: Geology * Land, the surface of the Earth not covered by water * Soil, a mixture of clay, sand and organic matter present on the surface of the Earth Electricity * Ground (electricity), the reference point in an electrical ...

(''陸上総隊'') *** 1st Airborne Brigade (''第1空挺団'') **** Headquarters Company (''団本部中隊'' ), including: ***** Reconnaissance Company (''偵察小隊'' ) ***** Landing Guidance Company (''降下誘導小隊'' ) **** (''第1普通科大隊'' ) **** (''第2普通科大隊'' ) **** (''第3普通科大隊'' ) **** (''空挺特科大隊'' )Mortars unit. **** (''空挺後方支援隊'' ) **** Signal Company (''通信中隊 -'') **** Engineer Company (''施設中隊'' ) **** (''空挺教育隊'' ) *** Special Operations Group (''特殊作戦群 '') *

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJ ...

Special Boarding Unit The is a special forces unit established by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on March 27, 2001, in response to a spy ship incursion that had taken place on the Noto Peninsula in 1999. The unit was created to perform similar roles to thos ...

(''特別警備隊'' ) *

Japan Air Self-Defense Force The , , also informally referred to as the Japanese Air Force, is the air and space branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace, other air and space operations, cyberwarfare and electronic warf ...

** Pararescue detachments, Air Rescue Wing (''航空救難団'' )

Jordan

* Royal Special Operation Forces Group "King Abdullah II" ** 1st Special Unit ** 2nd Special Unit * Rapid Intervention Brigade "Sheikh Muhamad bin Zayid Al Nahyan" ('' لواء الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان التدخل السريع'' ) ** 61st Rapid Intervention Battalion - Raiders (''كتيبة التدخل السريع / 61 المغاوير'' ) ** 81st Rapid Intervention Battalion (''كتيبة التدخل السريع/81'' ) ** 91st Rapid Intervention Battalion (''كتيبة التدخل السريع/91'' )

Kazakhstan

* Air Assault Forces ('' Десанттық-шабуылдаушы Әскерлері'') ** 35th Independent Guards Air Assault Brigade (''35-ші жеке гвардиялық десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы'' ) ** 36th Independent Air Assault Brigade (''36-ші жеке десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы'' ) ** 37th Independent Air Assault Brigade (''37-ші жеке десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы'' ) ** 38th Independent Air Assault Brigade (''38-ші жеке десанттық-шабуылдаушы бригадасы'' ) ** Independent Intelligence Battalion ** Independent Signal Battalion

Kenya

Special Operations Regiment (Kenya) The Army Special Operations Brigade is a special forces unit of the Kenyan Army, tasked with airborne operations, commando raids, reconnaissance, counter-insurgency, infiltration and other specialized forms of warfare. Overview This is the umbr ...

* 20th Parachute Battalion * 30th Special Operations Battalion * 40th Rangers Strike Force.

Kuwait

* one Special Forces Unit

Kyrgyzstan

** 24th Independent Special Purpose Battalion "Snow Leopard" (''Өзгөчө Бригада Ой-ниети Жөнүндө 25-Өзүнчө "Илбирс"'') ** 25th Independent Special Purpose Brigade "Scorpion" (''Өзгөчө Бригада Ой-ниети Жөнүндө 25-Өзүнчө '') *

National Guard National Guard is the name used by a wide variety of current and historical uniformed organizations in different countries. The original National Guard was formed during the French Revolution around a cadre of defectors from the French Guards. Nat ...

** Special Forces Battalion "Panther" (''Батталион Атайын Көздөлгөн "Чайка"'' )

Latvia

* Special Operations Command (''Speciālo Operāciju Pavēlniecība'') ** Special Task Unit (''Speciālo Uzdevumu Vienība'')

Lesotho

* one "Recce" (Special Forces) unit

Lithuania

** Reconnaissance Company, Mechanized Infantry Brigade " Iron Wolf" (''Zvalgybos Kompanija, Mechanizuotoji Pėstininkų Brigada "Geležinis Vilkas"'') ** Parachute Training Center (''Parašiutinio Rengimo Centras'') *

(''Specialiųjų Operacijų Pajėgos'') **

*** Light Infantry Battalion "

Vytautas the Great Vytautas (c. 135027 October 1430), also known as Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian: ', be, Вітаўт, ''Vitaŭt'', pl, Witold Kiejstutowicz, ''Witold Aleksander'' or ''Witold Wielki'' Ruthenian: ''Vitovt'', Latin: ''Alexander Vitoldus'', O ...

" (''"Ytauto Didžiojo" Jegerių Batalionas'') **

*** Combat Divers Service (''Kovinių Narų Tarnyba'') **

*** Special Operations Team (''Specialiųjų Operacijų Grandis'')

Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia)

** Regiment for Special Operations (''Полк за специјални операции - Polk za Specijalni Operacii'') *** Battalion for Special Purposes "Wolves" (''Баталјон за специјални намени "Волци" - Bataljon za Specijalni Nameni "Volci"'') *** Rangers Battalion (''Ренџерски баталјон - Rendžerski Bataljon'') *

** 501st Special Purposes Platoon "Falcons" (''501.Вод за Специални Намени "Соколи" - 501. Vod za Specijalne Razmene "Sokoli"'')

Madagascar

* 1st Intervention Forces Regiment (''1er Régiment des Forces d'Intervention'')

Malawi

* Parachute Battalion

Malaysia

** 10th Parachute Brigade (''Briged ke-10 Payung Terjun'') *** 8th Battalion

Royal Ranger Regiment The Royal Ranger Regiment ( ms, Rejimen Renjer Diraja; RRD) is an infantry regiment of the Malaysian Army. Although it is second in seniority to the Royal Malay Regiment (''; RAMD''), the RRD can trace its origins back to the mid 19th century an ...

(Para) (''Batalion ke-8 Rejimen Renjer Diraja (Para)'') *** 9th Battalion

Royal Malay Regiment The Royal Malay Regiment ( ms, Rejimen Askar Melayu DiRaja; Jawi: ) is the premier unit of the Malaysian Army's two infantry regiments. At its largest, the Malay Regiment comprised 27 battalions. At present, three battalions are parachute trai ...

(Para) (''Batalion ke-9 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (Para)'') *** 17th Battalion Royal Malay Regiment (Para) (''Batalion ke-17 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (Para)'') *** 18th Battalion Royal Malay Regiment (Para) (''Batalion ke-18 Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (Para)'') *** 1st Royal Artillery Regiment (Para) (''Rejimen Pertama Artileri Diraja (Para)'') *** Armoured Squadron (Para) (''Skuadron Armor Diraja (Para)'') *** 10th Squadron Royal Signals Regiment (Para) (''10 Skuadron Semboyan Diraja (Para)'') *** 361th Battery Air Defence Royal Artillery Regiment (Para) (''361 Bateri Rejimen Artileri Diraja PU (Para)'') *** 10th Squadron Royal Engineer Regiment (Para) (''10 Skuadron Askar Jurutera Diraja (Para)'') *** Pathfinder Platoon (Para) (''Platun Pandu Udara (Para)'') *** Support Company (Para) (''Kompeni Bantuan (Para)'') *** Royal Military Police Corps Platoon (Para) (''Kor Polis Tentera Diraja (Para)'') *** Royal Medical Corps Company (Para) (''Kompeni Perubatan (Para)'')

Maldives

* Special Forces unit

Mali

* (''33ème Régiment des Commandos Parachutistes'')

Mauritania

* 1st Paratrooper and Commando Battalion (''الكتيبة الأولى للصاعقة و المظليين - Alkatibat Al'uwlaa Lilssaeiqat w Almazaliyiyn'')

Mexico

** Special Reaction Force (''Fuerza Especial de Reacción'') *

** Commando Special Forces (''Fuerzas Especiales de Comandos'') *** Special Forces Group of the Gulf (''Grupo Fuerzas Especiales del Golfo'') *** Special Forces Group of the Pacific (''Grupo Fuerzas Especiales del Pacifico'') *** Special Forces Group of the Center (''Grupo Fuerzas Especiales del Centro'') **** (''Fuerzas Especiales del Alto Mando'') **** Marine Infantry Parachute Rifle Battalion (''Batallón de Infantería de Marina de Fusileros Paracaidistas'') *

** Parachute Rifle Brigade (''Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas'') *** Headquarters Company (''Compañía de Cuartel General'') *** 1st Parachute Rifle Battalion (''1º Batallón de Fusileros Paracaidistas'') *** 2nd Parachute Rifle Battalion (''2º Batallón de Fusileros Paracaidistas'') *** 3rd Parachute Rifle Battalion (''3º Batallón de Fusileros Paracaidistas'') *** (''Fuerza Especial de la Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas'') *** 4th Logistics Company (''4ª Compañía de Intendencia'') ** Parachutist Training Center (''Centro de Adiestramiento de Paracaidismo'')

Moldova

* Special Purpose Battalion "Lightning" (''Batalionul cu Destinaţie Specială "Fulger"'') ** Special Purpose Company (''Companie cu Destinaţie Specială'') ** Parachutist Company (''Compania de Parașutiști'')

Mongolia

* 84th Air Landing Battalion (''Aгаарын Десант 84-р Батальон - Agaaryn Dyesant 84-r Battalion'')

Montenegro

** Special Forces Company (''Чете Специјалних Снага - Čete Specijalnih Snaga'') *

** Naval Detachment ('' Поморскi Одред - Pomorski Odred'')

Morocco

* 1st Parachute Infantry Brigade (''لوائي جنود مظلات1 - Lwayiy Junud Mazallat 1'') * 2nd Parachute Infantry Brigade (''لوائي جنود مظلات2 - Lwayiy Junud Mazallat 2'') * Royal Gendarmerie Parachute Intervention Squadron (''Escadron Parachutiste d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Royale'') * Airborne Troops Training Center (''Centre d'Instruction des Troupes Aéroportés'')

Myanmar

* 4th Military Operation Command (''4. စစ်ဆင်ရေးကွပ်ကဲမှုဌာနချုပ် - 4. cacchangre: kwapkaihmu thanakhyup'')

Namibia

* one Special Forces unit * Parachute Training School

Nepal

* Special Forces (No.10 Brigade) (''विशेष सेना (न। १० ब्रिगेड) - Viśēṣa Sēnā (na.10 Brigēḍa)'') ** 23rd Parachute Battalion "Shree Bhairavnath" (''२३ प्यारासुट बटालियन "श्री भैरवनाथ" - 23 Pyārāsuṭa Baṭāliyana "Śrī Bhairavanātha"'') ** Special Forces Battalion "Shree Yuddha Bhairav" (''विशेष सेना बटालियन "श्रीयुद्ध भैरव" - Viśēṣa Sēnā Baṭāliyana "Śrī Yud'dha Bhairava"'') * Para Training School (''प्यारा प्रशिक्षण स्कूल - Pyārā Praśikṣaṇa Skūla'')

Netherlands

** 11th Airmobile Brigade "7th December" (''11 Luchtmobiele Brigade "7 December"'') *** 11th Headquarters Company (''11 Stafstafcompagnie'') *** 11th Infantry Battalion " Garde Grenadiers en Jagers" (''11 Infanteriebataljon Garde Grenadiers en Jagers'') *** 12th Infantry Battalion "

Regiment van Heutsz The Regiment van Heutsz is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. The regiment was named after J.B. van Heutsz, a former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, and was formed on July 1, 1950. It is notable for its service as ...

" (''12 Infanteriebataljon Regiment Van Heutsz'') *** 13th Infantry Battalion "

Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard The Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard is an infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. The Regiment Stoottroepen was founded on 21 September 1944 in Eindhoven, and composed of members of the Dutch resistance from those parts of the Net ...

" (''13 Infanteriebataljon Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard'') *** 11th Brigade Reconnaissance Squadron "

Regiment Huzaren van Boreel The Regiment Huzaren van Boreel is an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named for . It currently serves in the armoured Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance ( ISTAR) role; the regiment provides armoured ...

" (''11 Brigadeverkenningseskadron Regiment Huzaren van Boreel'') *** 11th Engineer Company (''11 Geniecompagnie'') *** 11th Repairs Company (''11 Herstelcompagnie'') *** 11th Supply Company (''11 Bevoorradingscompagnie'') *** 11th Medical Company (''11 Geneeskundigecompagnie'') ** Commando Troops Corps (''Korps Commandotroepen'') ** Defence Parachute School (''Defensie Para School'') * Marine Corps ** 11th (Parachute) Raiding Squadron ** 23rd (Parachute) Raiding Squadron ** Maritime Special Operations Forces

New Zealand

** 1st New Zealand Special Air Service Regiment *

** Parachute Training and Support Unit

Nicaragua

* Special Operations Command "Major General " (''Comando de Operaciones Especiales "General de División Pedro Altamirano"'')

Niger

* 322nd Parachute RegimentTwo parachute companies. See

Nigeria

* 401st Special Forces Brigade ** 72nd Special Forces (Paratrooper) Battalion

North Korea

** 26th Air Landing Brigade (''제26항공육전여단 - je26 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan'') ** 38th Air Landing Brigade (''제38항공육전여단 - je38 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan'') ** 45th Air Landing Brigade (''제45항공육전여단 - je45 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan'') ** 48th Air Landing Brigade (''제48항공육전여단 - je48 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan'') ** 58th Air Landing Brigade (''제58항공육전여단 - je58 Hang Gong Yugjeon Yeodan'') ** 525th Special Operations Battalion (''제525특수작전대대 - je525 Teugsujagjeondaedae'') *

** 11th Airborne Snipers Brigade (''제11항공저격여단 - je11 Hang Gongjeogyeog Yeodan'') ** 16th Airborne Snipers Brigade (''제16항공저격여단 - je16 Hang Gongjeogyeog Yeodan'') ** 21st Airborne Snipers Brigade (''제21항공저격여단 - je21 Hang Gongjeogyeog Yeodan'')

Norway

** Armed Forces Special Command (''Forsvarets Spesialkommando'') *

** Navy Light Infantry Command (''Marinejegerkommandoen'')

Oman

* Sultan of Oman's Parachute Regiment (''سلطان فوج المظليين العماني - Sultan Fawj Alazaliiyn Aleumanii'') *

Sultan's Special Force The Sultan's Special Force (SSF) — Arabic: قوات السلطان الخاصة, transliterated: ''Qawat al-Sultaniya al-Khasah'' is a separate force branch within the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) and although equipped to carry out land def ...

('' قوات السلطان الخاصة - Qawat al-Sultaniya al-Khasah'')

Pakistan

** 50th Airborne Division ** Special Service Group, with: *** eight Special Forces Battalions *** Parachute Training School *

** Special Service Group (Navy) *

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

Special Services Wing The Pakistan Air Force Special Service Wing is a special operations forces who specialised in all aspects of air-to-ground communication, including air traffic control, fire support (including fixed and rotary wing close air support), and comman ...

Paraguay

** Airborne Brigade " Silvio Pettirossi" (''Brigada Aerotransportada "Silvio Pettirossi"'') *** 1st Parachute Battalion (''Batallón de Paracaidistas Nº 1'') *** Parachute Packing and Maintenance and Air Resupply Section (''Sección Doblaje y Mantenimiento de Paracaídas y Abastecimiento Aéreo'') *** Paratroopers School (''Escuela de Paracaidistas'') *Inter-Services ** Joint Special Forces Battalion (''Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales'') *** Special Operations Company (''Compañia de Operaciones Especiales'')

Peru

** 1st Special Forces Brigade "Maj.General Gonzalo Briceño Zevallos" (''1ª Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales "Gen.Div. Gonzalo Briceño Zevallos"'') *** 39th Special Forces Battalion "Colonel " (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 39 "Coronel Juan Valer Sandoval"'') *** 40th Special Forces Battalion "" (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 40 "Guardia Chalaca"'') ** 3rd Special Forces Brigade (''3ª Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales'') *** 201st Special Forces Battalion "Colonel Guillermo Paz Bustamante" (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 201 "Coronel Guillermo Paz Bustamante"'') *** 313rd Special Forces Battalion "Colonel " (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 313 "Coronel Pablo Arguedas Hurtado"'') ** 6th Special Forces Brigade " Pachacutec" (''6ª Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales "Pachacutec"'') *** 613th Special Forces Battalion "Captain Ilich Montesinos Quiroz" (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 613 "Capitán Ilich Montesinos Quiroz"'') *** 623rd Special Forces Battalion "Lieutenant Gerardo Iturraran García" (''Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales Nº 623 "Teniente Gerardo Iturraran García"'') ** Army Paratrooper School (''Escuela de Paracaidistas del Ejercito'') *

** Special Operations Force (''Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales'') * Marine Corps **Commando Battalion "1st Lt. Leoncio Prado Gutierrez" (''Batallón de Comandos "Teniente Primero Leoncio Prado Gutierrez"'') *

** Air Force Commandos (''Comandos de la Fuerza Aérea del Perú'') ** Paratrooper Company (''Compañía de Paracaidistas'') *

Police The police are a Law enforcement organization, constituted body of Law enforcement officer, persons empowered by a State (polity), state, with the aim to law enforcement, enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citize ...

** Los Sinchis (''Dirección Táctica Rural "Los Sinchis"'')

Philippines

Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) The Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) is a Special Operations Forces unit of the Philippine Army. The unit is based on and continually trains with its American counterpart, the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets). The basic combat organizat ...

*** 1st Special Forces Battalion "Anytime Anywhwere" *** 2nd Special Forces Battalion "Sabretooth" *** 3rd Special Forces Battalion "Arrowhead" *** 4th Special Forces Battalion (Riverine) "Dolphin Warriors" *** 5th Special Forces Battalion "Primus Inter Pares" *** 6th Special Forces Battalion "Lionheart" *** Special Forces Airborne School *

Naval Special Operations Command The Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) is a separate command of the Philippine Navy trained in special operations, sabotage, psychological and unconventional warfare and is heavily influenced by the United States Navy SEALs. NAVSOCOM is h ...

* Marine Corps **

Marine Special Operations Group The Marine Special Operations Group (also known as the Force Reconnaissance Group), formerly known as the Force Recon Battalion, is the Philippine Marine Corps' elite special forces unit for unconventional warfare and special operations. It spe ...

710th Special Operations Wing The 710th Special Operations Wing is the rapid deployment force of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), which is divided into ten-man airborne attack teams as most of its members are airborne qualified. The wing also controls the 772nd Explosives Ord ...

Poland

** 6th Airborne Brigade "Brigadier General Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski" (''6 Brygada Powietrznodesantowa im. gen. bryg. Stanisława Franciszka Sosabowskiego'') *** "Lieutenant General " (''6 Batalion Dowodzenia im. gen. broni. Józefa Kuropieski'') *** "Major General " (''6 Batalion Powietrznodesantowy im. gen. dyw. Edwina Rozłubirskiego'') *** "Brigadier General " (''16 Batalion Powietrznodesantowy im. gen. bryg. Mariana Zdrzałki'') *** "Captain " (''18 Batalion Powietrznodesantowy im. kpt. Ignacego Gazurka'') *** "Major General Ignacy Prądzyński" (''6 Batalion Logistyczny im. gen. dyw. Ignacego Prądzyńskiego'') *** 6th Medical Security Group (''6 Grupa Zabezpieczenia Medycznego'') ** Aeromobile-Parachute Training Center (''Ośrodek Szkolenia Aeromobilno-Spadochronowego'') * Special Forces Component Command (''Dowództwo Komponentu Wojsk Specjalnych'') **

*** Operational Maneuver Response Group Military Unit "Silent Unseen of the Home Army" (''Jednostka Wojskowa Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego im. Cichociemnych Spadochroniarzy Armii Krajowe'') *** Commandos Military Unit (''Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów'') *** AGAT Military Unit (''Jednostka Wojskowa AGAT'') **

*** Formoza Military Unit (''Jednostka Wojskowa Formoza'')

Portugal

** Rapid Reaction Brigade (''Brigada de Reacção Rápida'') *** 15th Infantry Regiment (''Regimento de Infantaria nº 15'') **** 1st Parachute Infantry Battalion (''1.º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista'') *** (''Regimento de Infantaria nº 10'') **** 2nd Parachute Infantry Battalion (''2.º Batalhão de Infantaria Paraquedista'') *** Paratroopers Regiment (''Regimento de Paraquedistas'') **** (''Batalhão Operacional Aeroterrestre'') **** Training Battalion (''Batalhão de Formação'') **** Air-Land Pathfinders Company (''Companhia de Percursores Aeroterrestres'') **** Air Supply Company (''Companhia de Abastecimento Aéreo'') **** Technical Dogs Platoon (''Pelotão Cinotécnico'') *** 4th Artillery Regiment (''Regimento de Artilharia Nº 4'') *** Reconnaissance Squadron, (''Esquadrão de Reconhecimento - Regimento de Cavalaria N.º 3'') *** Special Operations Troops Centre (''Centro de Tropas de Operações Especiais'') **** Special Operations Force (''Força de Operações Especiais'') *

Special Actions Detachment The Special Actions Detachment ( pt, Destacamento de Ações Especiais) or DAE is the special operations maritime unit of the Portuguese Navy. It is part of the Portuguese Marine Corps. Raised in 1985, the DAE is one of the smallest special fo ...

(''Destacamento de Ações Especiais'')

Qatar

* Joint Special Forces CommandOne Special Forces company. See

Romania

* 6th Special Operations Brigade " Michael the Brave" (''Brigada 6 Operaţii Speciale "Mihai Viteazul"'') ** 610th Special Operations Battalions "Eagles" (''Batalionul 610 Operaţii Speciale "Vulturii"'') ** 620th Special Operations Battalion "

Băneasa Băneasa () is a borough () in the north side of Bucharest, in Sector 1, near the Băneasa Lake (). Like all north-side districts of Bucharest, it is relatively sparsely populated, with large areas of parkland. Bordering on Băneasa Forest ...

- Otopeni" (''Batalionul 620 Operaţii Speciale "Băneasa-Otopeni"'') **630th Parachute Battalion "

Smaranda Brăescu Smaranda Brăescu (21 May 1897 – 2 February 1948) was a Romanian parachuting and aviation pioneer, former multiple world record holder. Her achievements earned her the nickname "Queen of the Heights". In the late 1920s and early 1930s she achi ...

" (''Batalionul 630 Paraşutişti "Smaranda Brăescu"'') *313th Search Battalion "

Burebista Burebista ( grc, Βυρεβίστας, Βοιρεβίστας) was the king of the Getae and Dacian tribes from 82/61BC to 45/44BC. He was the first king who successfully unified the tribes of the Dacian kingdom, which comprised the area loca ...

" (''Batalionul 313 Cercetare "Burebista"'') *495th Parachute Battalion "Captain Ştefan Sovereth" (''Batalionul 495 Paraşutişti "Căpitan Ştefan Soverth"'') * Training Center for ISR, Paratroopers, Special operations and JTAC "Major General " (''Centrul de Instruire pentru ISR, Parașutiști, Operații Speciale și JTAC "General-maior Grigore Baștan"'')

Russian Federation

Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units ...

*** 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division **** 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment **** 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment **** 1141st Guards Artillery Regiment **** 3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment **** 162nd Reconnaissance Battalion **** 629th Engineer-Sapper Battalion **** 743rd Guards Signal Battalion **** 1681st Materials Supply Battalion **** 32nd Medical Unit (Airmobile) **** 967th Airborne Security Company **** Radiolectronic Warfare Company **** Unmanned Flying Company ***

76th Guards Air Assault Division , image = Great emblem of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division.svg , image_size = 200 , caption = Great emblem of the 76th Guards Air Assault Division , dates = 1 September 1939 – present , country = ...

**** **** "Holy Blessed

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Gran ...

" **** **** 1140th Guards Artillery Regiment **** 4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment **** 175th Guards Reconnaissance Battalion **** 656th Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion **** 728th Guards Signal Battalion **** 1682nd Materials Supply Battalion **** 35th Medical Unit (Airmobile) **** 968th Airborne Security Company **** Radiolectronic Warfare Company **** Unmanned Flying Company *** 98th Guards Svir Air Assault Division "70th Anniversary of the Great October Revolution" **** 217th Guards Parachute Regiment **** 331st Guards Parachute Regiment **** 1065th Guards Artillery Regiment **** 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment **** 215th Guards Reconnaissance Battalion **** 661th Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion **** 674th Guards Signal Battalion **** 1683rd Materials Supply Battalion **** 36th Medical Unit (Airmobile) **** 969th Airborne Security Company **** Radiolectronic Warfare Company **** Unmanned Flying Company *** 106th Guards Airborne Division "Tula" **** "

Dmitry Donskoy Saint Dmitry Ivanovich Donskoy ( rus, Дми́трий Ива́нович Донско́й, Dmítriy Ivanovich Donskóy, also known as Dimitrii or Demetrius), or Dmitry of the Don, sometimes referred to simply as Dmitry (12 October 1350 – 1 ...

" **** 137th Guards Parachute Regiment **** 1182nd Guards Artillery Regiment **** 1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment **** 173rd Guards Reconnaissance Battalion **** 388th Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion **** 731st Guards Signal Battalion **** 1060th Materials Supply Battalion **** 39th Medical Unit (Airmobile) **** 970th Airborne Security Company **** Radiolectronic Warfare Company **** Unmanned Flying Company *** 45th Guards Special Purpose Brigade **** 218th Special Purpose Battalion **** 901st Special Purpose Battalion *** 11th Guards Air Assault Brigade ****1st Air Assault Battalion ****2nd Air Assault Battalion ****3rd Air Assault Battalion *** 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade ****1st Air Assault Battalion ****2nd Air Assault Battalion ****3rd Parachute Battalion *** 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade ****1st Air Assault Battalion ****2nd Air Assault Battalion ****3rd Parachute Battalion ***

83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade The 83rd Guards Air Assault Brigade is an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops, first formed in 1986. It is currently based in Ussuriysk. History Soviet era The brigade traces its history back to the formation of the 65th Separate Air ...

****1st Air Assault Battalion ****2nd Air Assault Battalion ****3rd Air Assault Battalion ***38th Guards Command Brigade *** 150th Repairs and Recovery Battalion *** Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School "General V.F. Margelov" *** 242nd Junior Specialist Training Center ***226th Parachute Training Regiment ***285th Parachute Training Regiment ** Special Purposes Forces *** 2nd Special Purposes Brigade ****70th Special Purposes Detachment ****177th Special Purposes Detachment ****329th Special Purposes Detachment ****700th Special Purposes Detachment *** 3rd Guards Special Purposes Brigade "Warsaw-Berlin" ****330th Special Purposes Detachment ****501st Special Purposes Detachment ****503rd Special Purposes Detachment ****509th Special Purposes Detachment ****510th Special Purposes Detachment ****512th Special Purposes Detachment *** ****85th Special Purposes Detachment ****95th Special Purposes Detachment ****104th Special Purposes Detachment ****551st Special Purposes Detachment *** ****282nd Special Purposes Detachment ****294th Special Purposes Detachment ****308th Special Purposes Detachment ****546th Special Purposes Detachment ****742nd Special Purposes Detachment *** ****370th Special Purposes Detachment ****379th Special Purposes Detachment ****585th Special Purposes Detachment ****664th Special Purposes Detachment ****669th Special Purposes Detachment *** 22nd Guards Special Purposes Brigade ****108th Special Purposes Detachment ****173rd Special Purposes Detachment ****305th Special Purposes Detachment ****411th Special Purposes Detachment *** ****261st Special Purposes Detachment ****281st Special Purposes Detachment ****297th Special Purposes Detachment ****641st Special Purposes Detachment *** ****690th Special Purposes Detachment ****691st Special Purposes Detachment ***1327th Application Center for Reconnaissance Units and Special Purpose Units *

** Marine Corps *** 61st Marine Infantry Brigade "Kirkenes" ****876th Air Assault Battalion *** 155th Marine Infantry Brigade "Kazakhs " ****47th Air Assault Battalion *** 336th Guards Marine Infantry Brigade "Belostok" ****879th Air Assault Battalion *** 810th Guards Marine Infantry Brigade "60th Anniversary of the Formation of the USSR" ****542nd Air Assault Battalion *** 3rd "Krasnodar-Harbin" Marine Infantry Regiment **** Air Assault Battalion ** (Морские разведывательные пункты специального назначения ) *** 42nd Marine Reconnaissance Point *** 160th Marine Reconnaissance Point *** 420th Marine Reconnaissance Point *** 431st Marine Reconnaissance Point *** 457th Marine Reconnaissance Point *** 461st Marine Reconnaissance Point *

** Main Directorate of the Special Purpose Forces of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation *** - Military Unit 3179 * Inter-services (Ministry of Defence) ** Special Operations Forces *** Specialist Training Center " Senezh" - Military Unit 43292Also known as "Sunflowers" (''Подсолнухи - Podsolnukhi'') *** Special Purpose Center "

Kubinka Kubinka (russian: Ку́бинка) is a town in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Setun River, west of Moscow. Population: __TOC__ History Kubinka, founded in the 15th century, may have been named after Prince , a ...

-2" - Military Unit 01355Also known as "Over-the-fence", i.e Backwater, Outback, Nowhereland etc (''Зазаборье - Zazabor'ye'') or "Cuba" (''Куба - Kuba'') *** 561st Emergency Rescue Center - Military Unit 00317

Rwanda

* one Para Commando battalion

Saudi Arabia

* Paratroopers and Special Security Forces (''وحدات المظليين وقوات الأمن الخاصة - Wahadat Almazaliiyn Waquwwat Al'amn Alkhasa'') ** 1st Parachute Brigade *** 4th Parachute Infantry Battalion *** 5th Parachute Infantry Battalion ** (''لواء القوات الخاصة الرابع والستون - Liwa' al-Quwwat al-Khasat alrrabie Walsutuwn'') *** 85th Special Forces Battalion (''الكتيبةالقوات الخاصة الخامسة والثمانون - Al-Ktybtalqwat al-Khasat al-Khamisat Walthamanun'') ** Parachute Center and School (''مركز ومدرسة المظليين - Markaz Wamadarisat al-Muzliiyn'')

Senegal

* Parachute Battalion (''Bataillon Parachutiste'')

Serbia

63rd Parachute Brigade The 63rd Parachute Brigade ( sr, 63. падобранска бригада, 63. padobranska brigada) is an airborne and special reconnaissance unit, one of two special forces brigades (other being 72nd Brigade for Special Operations) of the Ser ...

(''63. Падобранска Бригада - 63. Padobranska Brigada''), including: ** Parachute Training Company (''Падобранска Чета за Обуку - Padobranska Četa za Obuku'') ** Parachute Combat Search and Rescue Company (''Падобранска Чета Борбеног Трагања и Спасавањ - Padobranska Četa Borbenog Traganja i Spasavanj'') * 72nd Brigade for Special Operations (''72. Бригада за Специјалне Oперације - 72. Brigada za Specijalne Operacije'') ** Battalion for Special Operations "Griffins" (''Батаљон за Специјалне Oперације "Грифони"- Bataljon za Specijalne Operacije "Grifoni"'') ** Battalion for Special Operations "Hawks" (''Батаљон за Специјалне Oперације "Соколови" - Bataljon za Specijalne Operacije "Sokolovi"'')

Seychelles

* Special Forces Unit "Barracuda" (''Unité des Forces Spéciales "Tazar"'')

Singapore

Special Operations Task Force The Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) is a special operations command of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for conducting special operations. It is composed of only highly-trained regular servicemen from the Army's Special Operatio ...

(''Operasi Khas Pasukan Khas'') ** Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation *** 1st Commando Battalion **

** Naval Diving Unit ** Parachute Training Wing

Slovakia

* 5th Special Purpose Regiment " Jozef Gabčík" (''5. Pluk Špeciálneho Určenia "Jozefa Gabčíka"'')

Slovenia

* (''Enota za Specialno Delovanje'')

South Africa

44 Parachute Regiment 44 Parachute Regiment is the South African Army's chief airborne infantry unit. It was created in 2000 by redesignating 44 Parachute Brigade, and is based at the Tempe military base near Bloemfontein. History Origin The first South Africa ...

*** 1 Parachute Battalion - Parachute Training Centre *** Bagaka Regiment (Reserve) ***

3 Parachute Battalion 3 Parachute Battalion is a Citizen Force paratroop unit of the South African Army. It was established in July 1977 within the formation of the Parachute Battalion. Later it was a battalion within 44 Parachute Brigade. As a reserve unit, it has a ...

(Reserve) ***

44 Pathfinder Platoon The 44 Pathfinder Platoon is part of the 44 Parachute Regiment. The pathfinder is a trained and specialized paratrooper, who performs covertly behind enemy lines, either in small groups or in collaboration with other reconnaissance units. Hist ...

*** 13 Signal Squadron *** 101 Air Supply Unit - South African Ordnance Services Corps **

Steve Biko Artillery Regiment The Steve Biko Artillery Regiment (formerly 18 Light Regiment) is a airborne artillery regiment of the South African Artillery. First Call Up (Camp): 1978 Took place 13 November to 8 December 1978 at the Army Battle School at Lohatla. At the ...

(Reserve) *

South African Special Forces Brigade The South African Special Forces Brigade, colloquially known as the Recces, is South Africa's principal special operations unit, specialising in various types of operations including; counter-insurgency, long-range-reconnaissance, unconventi ...

** 4 Special Forces Regiment ** 5 Special Forces Regiment * Military Health Service **

7 Medical Battalion Group 7 Medical Battalion Group is the specialist Airborne Medical Unit of the South African Military Health Service. The Battalion's main task is to render medical support to the South African Airborne and Special Forces. Other specialties of the B ...

*** 44 Medical Task Group (detached to 44 Parachute Regiment)

South Korea

** Army Special Forces Command "Lion" (''육군특수전사령부 "사자" - Yuggunteugsujeonsalyeongbu "Saja"'') *** (''1 공수특전여단 "독수리" - 1 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Dogsuli"'') **** 1st Special Forces Battalion (''제1특전대대 - je 1 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 2nd Special Forces Battalion (''제2특전대대 - je 2 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 3rd Special Forces Battalion (''제3특전대대 - je 3 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 5th Special Forces Battalion (''제5특전대대 - je 5 Teugjeon Daedae'') *** 3rd Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Flying Tiger" (''3 공수특전여단 "비호" - 3 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Biho"'') **** 11th Special Forces Battalion (''제11특전대대 - je 11 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 12th Special Forces Battalion (''제12특전대대 - je 12 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 13th Special Forces Battalion (''제13특전대대 - je 13 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 15th Special Forces Battalion (''제15특전대대 - je 15 Teugjeon Daedae'') *** 7th Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Pegasus" (''7공수특전여단 "천마" - 7 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Cheonma"'') **** 31st Special Forces Battalion (''제31특전대대 - je 31 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 32nd Special Forces Battalion (''제32특전대대 - je 32 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 33rd Special Forces Battalion (''제33특전대대 - je 33 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 35th Special Forces Battalion (''제35특전대대 - je 35 Teugjeon Daedae'') *** 9th Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Ghost" (''9 공수특전여단 "유령" - 9 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Yulyeong"'') **** 51st Special Forces Battalion (''제51특전대대 - je 51 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 52nd Special Forces Battalion (''제52특전대대 - je 52 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 53rd Special Forces Battalion (''제53특전대대 - je 53 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 55th Special Forces Battalion (''제55특전대대 - je 55 Teugjeon Daedae'') *** 11th Airborne Special Forces Brigade "Golden Bat" (''11 공수특전여단 "황금박쥐" - 11 Gongsuteugjeon-Yeodan "Hhwang-Geumbagjwi"'') **** 61st Special Forces Battalion (''제61특전대대 - je 61 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 62nd Special Forces Battalion (''제62특전대대 - je 62 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 63rd Special Forces Battalion (''제63특전대대 - je 63 Teugjeon Daedae'') **** 65th Special Forces Battalion (''제65특전대대 - je 65 Teugjeon Daedae'') *** (''13 특수임무여단 "흑표" - 13 Teugsu-Immuyeodan "Heugpyo'') **** 71st Special Missions Battalion (''제71특수임무대대 - je 71 Teugsu-Immu Daedae'') **** 72nd Special Missions Battalion (''제72특수임무대대 - je 72 Teugsu-Immu Daedae'') **** 73rd Special Missions Battalion (''제73특수임무대대 - je 73 Teugsu-Immu Daedae'') **** 75th Special Missions Battalion (''제75특수임무대대 - je 75 Teugsu-Immu Daedae'') *** (''국제평화지원단 (온누리) – Gugjepyeonghwajiwondan "Onnuri"'') ** 201st Special Operations Brigade "Golden Eagle" (''201특공여단 "황금독수리" 201 Teuggong-Yeodan "Hwang-Geumdogsuli"'') ** 203rd Special Operations Brigade "Tiger Dragon" (''203 특공여단 "용호" - 203 Teuggong-Yeodan "Yongho"'') ** 707th Special Mission Battalion "White Tiger" (''707특수임무대대 "백호" - 707 Teugsu-Immu Daedae "Baegho"'') *

** Special Warfare Flotilla (''해군 특수전전단 - Haegun Teugsujeonjeondan'') *

Marines Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations. Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included helping maintain discipline and order aboard the ship (refl ...

** 21st Airborne Expeditionary Battalion (''제21공정대대 - je21Gongjeongdaedae'') ** 31st Airborne Expeditionary Battalion (''제31공정대대 - je31Gongjeongdaedae'') ** 73rd Airborne Expeditionary Battalion (''제73공정대대 - je73Gongjeongdaedaee'')

South Ossetia

* Special Purpose Battalion " Zelim Muldarov" (''Батальона Специального Назначения имени Зелима Мулдарова - Batal'ona Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya imeni Zelima Muldarova'')

Spain

6th Parachute Brigade 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smal ...

Almogavars Almogavars ( es, almogávares, an, almugávares, ca, almogàvers and pt, almogávares ar, Al-Mugavari) is the name of a class of light infantry soldier originated in the Crown of Aragon used in the later phases of the Reconquista, during th ...

" (''Brigada "Almogávares" VI de Paracaidistas'') ***Headquarters Battalion (''Batallón del Cuartel General''), **** Headquarters Company (''Compañía de Cuartel General'') **** Forward Reconnaissance Company (''Compañía de Reconocimiento Avanzado'') **** Intelligence Company (''Compañía de Inteligencia'') **** Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Defense Company (''Compañía de Defensa Nuclear, Bacteriológica y Química'') *** "

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...

" (''Regimiento de Infantería "Nápoles" n.º 4 de Paracaidistas'') **** "

Roger de Flor Roger de Flor (1267 – 30 April 1305), also known as Ruggero/Ruggiero da Fiore or Rutger von Blum or Ruggero Flores, was an Italian military adventurer and condottiere active in Aragonese Sicily, Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. He was the ...

" (''Bandera "Roger de Flor" I/4'') **** "

Roger of Lauria Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305) was a Neapolitan admiral in Aragonese service, who was the commander of the fleet of the Crown of Aragon during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and tal ...

" (''Bandera "Roger de Lauria" II/4'') ***5th Parachute Infantry Regiment "Zaragoza" (''Regimiento de Infantería "Zaragoza" n.º 5 de Paracaidistas'') **** " Ortiz de Zárate" (''Bandera "Ortiz de Zárate" III/5'') *** (''Regimiento de Caballería "Lusitania" n.º 8'') **** I/8th Light Armored Cavalry Group "

Sagunto Sagunto ( ca-valencia, Sagunt) is a municipality of Spain, located in the province of Valencia, Valencian Community. It belongs to the modern fertile ''comarca'' of Camp de Morvedre. It is located c. 30 km north of the city of Valencia, ...

" (''Grupo Ligero Acorazado I/8 "Sagunto"'') *** 6th Parachute Field Artillery Group (''Grupo de Artillería de Campaña Paracaidista VI'') *** 6th Parachute Engineers Battalion (''Batallón de Zapadores Paracaidistas VI'') *** 6th Logistic Group (''Grupo Logístico VI'') *** 6th Parachute Signals Company (''Compañía de Transmisiones Paracaidista'') *** Parachute Training Battalion ('' Batallón de Instrucción Paracaidista '') *** Cargo Airdrop and Packing Group (''Grupo de Lanzamiento y Preparacion de Cargas'') ** Special Operations Command "" (''Mando de Operaciones Especiales "Órdenes Militares"'') ***2nd Special Operations Group "

Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...

" (''Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Granada" II'') ***3rd Special Operations Group "

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

" (''Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Valencia" III'') ***4th Special Operations Group "

Tercio A ''tercio'' (; Spanish for " third") was a military unit of the Spanish Army during the reign of the Spanish Habsburgs in the early modern period. The tercios were renowned for the effectiveness of their battlefield formations, forming the ...

of Ampurdán" (''Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Tercio del Ampurdán" IV'') ***19th Special Operations Battalion of the

Spanish Legion For centuries, Spain recruited foreign soldiers to its army, forming the Foreign Regiments () - such as the Regiment of Hibernia (formed in 1709 from Irishmen who fled their own country in the wake of the Flight of the Earls and the pen ...

"Gentleman Legionary " (''Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión "Caballero Legiónario Maderal Oleaga" XIX'') *

** Special Naval War Force (''Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial''), including: *** Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (''Grupo Paracaidista de Apoyo al Submarino'') ** Marine Infantry Force (''Fuerza de Infantería de Marina'') *** Target Recognition and Acquisition Company (''Compañía de Reconocimiento y Adquisición de Blancos'') *

** " Further Beyond" Flight of His Majesty the King's Royal Guard Regiment (''Escuadrilla "Plus Ultra" del Regimiento de la Guardia Real de Su Majestad el Rey'') ** (''Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas'') ** (''Escuadrón de Apoyo al Despliegue Aéreo'') ** (''Escuela Militar de Paracaidismo "Méndez Parada"'')

Sri Lanka

Special Forces Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equi ...

*** 12th Special Forces Regiment (''12 විශේෂ බලකා රෙජිමේන්තුව - 12 Viśēṣa Balakā Rejimēntuva'') *** 13th Special Forces Regiment (''13 විශේෂ බලකා රෙජිමේන්තුව - 13 Viśēṣa Balakā Rejimēntuva'') ** Commando Regiment *** 1st Commando Regiment (''1 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 1 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva'') *** 2nd Commando Regiment (''2 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 2 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva'') *** 3rd Commando Regiment (''3 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 3 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva'') *** 4st Commando Regiment (''4 කමාන්ඩෝ රෙජිමේන්තුව - 4 Kamānḍō Rejimēntuva'') *** Commando Training School Parachute Wing *

** Special Boat Squadron (''විශේෂ යාත්රා බලඝණය - Viśēṣa Yātrā Balaghaṇaya'') *

** Special Airborne Force ** Parachute Training School ('' පැරෂුට් පුහුණු පාසල - Pæraṣuṭ Puhuṇu Pāsala'')

Sudan

*9th Airborne Division ** two Airborne Brigades ** 144th Special Forces Battalion

Suriname

* Special Troops Corps (''Korps Speciale Troepen'')

Sweden

* 323rd Parachute Ranger Squadron (''323. Fallskärmsjägarskvadronen'') * Special Operations Group (''Särskilda Operationsgruppen'')

Switzerland

* Special Forces Command (''Kommando Spezialkräfte - Commandement des Forces Spéciales - Comando Forze Speciali'') **

Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 The Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 (german: Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10, french: Détachement de reconnaissance de l'armée 10, it, Distaccamento d'esplorazione dell'esercito 10) is a special forces unit of the Swiss Army responsible for c ...

(''Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10 - Détachement de Reconnaissance de l'Armée 10 - Distaccamento d'Esplorazione dell'Esercito 10'') **

Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17 The Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17 (german: Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17, Fsch Aufkl Kp 17; french: Compagnie d'éclaireurs parachutistes; it, Compagnia di esploratori paracadutisti), also known as the ''Fernspäh-Grenadiers'', is Switzer ...

(''Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17 - Compagnie d'Eclaireurs Parachutistes 17 - Compagnia di Esploratori Paracadutisti 17'') ** Special Forces Training Center (''Ausbildungszentrum Spezialkräfte - Centre d'Instruction des Forces Spéciales - Centro di Istruzione Forze Speciali'')

Syria

* 14th Special Forces Division ** 36th Special Forces Regiment ** 554th Special Forces Regiment ** 556th Special Forces Regiment *

Republican Guard A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wi ...

** 511th Parachute Battalion

Taiwan (Republic of China)

** Army Special Operations Command (''陸軍特戰指揮部 - Lùjūn Tè Zhàn Zhǐhuī Bù'') *** 1st Special Operations Battalion "Might" (''特種作戰第一營 "威" - Tèzhǒng Zuòzhàn Dì Yī Yíng "Wēi"'') *** 2nd Special Operations Battalion "Dare" (''特種作戰第二營 "敢" - Tèzhǒng Zuòzhàn Dì Èr Yíng "Gǎn"'') *** 3rd Special Operations Battalion "Firm" (''特種作戰第三營 "剛" - Tèzhǒng Zuòzhàn Dì Sān Yíng "Gāng"'') *** 4th Special Operations Battalion "Fierce" (''特種作戰第四營 "猛" - Tèzhǒng Zuòzhàn Dì Sì Yíng "Měng"'') *** 5th Special Operations Battalion "Strong" (''特種作戰第五營 "強" - Tèzhǒng Zuòzhàn Dì Wǔ Yíng "Qiáng"'') *** High Altitude Special Service Squadron (''高空特種勤務中隊 - Gāokōng Tèzhǒng Qínwù Zhōngduì'') ** Army Airborne Training Center (''陸軍空降訓練中心 - Lùjūn Kōngjiàng Xùnliàn Zhōngxīn'') *

** Marine Corps *** Amphibious Reconnaissance Unit (''兩棲偵搜大隊 - Liǎngqī Zhēn Sōu Dàduì'')

Tajikistan

* 7th Air Assault Brigade (''Бригадаи 7-уми ҳамла ба десанти ҳавоӣ - Brigadai 7-umi Hamla ʙa Desanti Havoī'')

Tanzania

* one Special Forces unit

Thailand

** 31st Guards Infantry Regiment (''กรมทหารราบที่ 31 รักษาพระองค์ - Krm Thh̄ār Rāb Thī̀ 31 Rạks̄ʹā Phraxngkh̒'') *** 1st Infantry Battalion (''กองพันทหารราบที่ 1 - Kxngphạn thh̄ār rāb thī̀ 1'') *** 2nd Infantry Battalion (''กองพันทหารราบที่ 2 - Kxngphạn thh̄ār rāb thī̀ 2'') *** 3rd Infantry Battalion (''กองพันทหารราบที่ 3 - Kxngphạn thh̄ār rāb thī̀ 3'') **

Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command The Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command ( th, หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษ) also known as Pa Wai Airborne ( th, พลร่มป่าหวาย) is the special forces of the Royal Thai Army. ...

(''หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษ'') *** 1st Special Warfare Division (''กองพลรบพิเศษที่ 1 - Kxngphl Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 1'') **** 1st Special Warfare Regiment (''กรมรบพิเศษที่ 1 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 1'') **** 2nd Special Warfare Regiment (''กรมรบพิเศษที่ 2 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 2'') **** 3rd Special Warfare Regiment King's Guard (''กรมรบพิเศษที่ 3 รักษาพระองค์ - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 3 Rạks̄ʹā Phraxngkh̒'') **** 4th Special Warfare Regiment (''กรมรบพิเศษที่ 4 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 4'') **** 5th Special Warfare Regiment (''กรมรบพิเศษที่ 5 - Krm Rb Phiṣ̄es̄ʹ Thī̀ 5'') *

** Naval Special Warfare Command Battle Squadron (''หน่วย บัญชาการ สงคราม พิเศษ ทาง เรืเรือ ยุทธการ - H̄ǹwy bạỵchākār s̄ngkhrām phiṣ̄es̄ʹ thāng reụ̄x kxng reụ̄x yuthṭhkār'') **

RTMC Reconnaissance Battalion The Reconnaissance Battalion or RECON ( th, กองพันลาดตระเวน กองพลนาวิกโยธิน) is a elite reconnaissance battalion in the Royal Thai Marine Corps. It falls under the command of the Royal ...

(''กองพันลาดตระเวน กองพลนาวิกโยธิน'') *

** Special Operations Regiment (''กรมปฏิบัติการพิเศษ - Krm Pt̩ibạtikār Phiṣ̄es̄ '')

Togo

* Parachute Commando Regiment (''Régiment Parachutiste Commando'')Three Parachute Commandos companies. See

Transnistria

* Special Puropose Battalion (''Батальон Специального Назначения - Batal'on Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya'')''De facto'' state with limited international recognition.

Tunisia

* (''لواء القوات الخاصة للجيش - lwa' Alquwwat Alkhasat Liljaysh'')

Turkey

** 1st Commando Brigade (''1. Komando Tugayı'') *** four Commando Battalions (''Komando Taburu'') *** one Airborne Battalion (''Hava İndirme Taburu'') *** Artillery Battalion (''Topçu Taburu'') *** Logistic Support Battalion (''Lojistik Destek Taburu'') *** Airborne and Commando Training Battalion (''Hava İndirme ve Komando Eğitim Taburu'') *** Guard Company (''Muhafız Bölüğü'') *** Anti-tank Unit (''Tanksavar Birliği'') *** Communication Electronic Systems Company (''Muhabere Elektronik Sistemler Bölüğü'') *** Engineering Company (''İstihkam Bölüğü'') *** Service Unit (''Hizmet Birliği'') ** Special Forces Command (''Özel Kuvvetler Komutanlığı'') *

** Combat Search and Rescue Parachute Group (''Muharebe Arama Kurtarma Paraşüt Grup'') *

** Underwater Offence Group (''Su Altı Taarruz Grup'') ** Parachute Search and Rescue Team (''Paraşütle Arama Kurtarma Timi'')

Turkmenistan

* 152nd Independent Air Assault Brigade (''152-я отдельная воздушно-штурмовая бригада - 152-ya Otdel'naya Vozdushno-Shturmovaya Brigada'')

Uganda

* Special Forces Command * " Amilcar Cabral" Airborne School

Ukraine

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** Air Assault Forces *** 25th Airborne Brigade "Dnipropetrovsk" *** 45th Air Assault Brigade *** 46th Air Assault Brigade *** 79th Air Assault Brigade *** 80th Air Assault Brigade *** 81st Airmobile Brigade *** 95th Air Assault Brigade *** 132nd Recon Bataillon *** 135th Signals Battalion *** 199th Training Center ** Special Operations Forces *** 3rd Special Purpose Regiment *** 8th Special Purpose Regiment *** 99th Command and Security Battalion *** 140th Special Purpose Center *** 142nd Special Operations Forces Training and Formation Center *

** 73rd Special Purpose Marine Center "

Ataman Ataman (variants: ''otaman'', ''wataman'', ''vataman''; Russian: атаман, uk, отаман) was a title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. In the Russian Empire, the term was the official title of the supreme military command ...

Antin Holovaty Antin Holovaty ( ua, Антiн Андрійович Головатий) or Anton Golovaty (russian: Антон Андреевич Головатый) ; between 1732 and 1744 – January 28, 1797 was a prominent Zaporozhian Cossack leader who ...

" ** 36th Separate Marine Brigade ** 88th Marine Infantry Air Assault Battalion

United Arab Emirates

* Special Mission Unit of the

Presidential Guard Presidential Guard may refer to: *President Guard Regiment (Bangladesh) * Presidential Guard Regiment (Turkey) *Presidential Guard (Greece) * Presidential Guard (Belarus) * Presidential Guard (South Vietnam) *President's Own Guard Regiment (Ghana ...

(''وحدة المهام الخاصة - الحرس الرئاسي - Wahdat Almahami Alkhasat - Alharas Alriyasiu'')

United Kingdom

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkha ...

16th Air Assault Brigade 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, from 1999 to 2021 16 Air Assault Brigade, is a formation of the British Army based in Colchester in the county of Essex. It is the Army's rapid response airborne formation and is the only brigade in the Britis ...

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2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), is a battalion-sized formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade whose Commanding Officer for the period 2013-2016 was Li ...

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3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment The 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and is a subordinate unit within 16 Air Assault Brigade. Roled as an Airborne light infantry unit, the battalion is capable ...

, including: **** No 6 (Guards Parachute) Platoon *** 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (Reserve) ***

7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (7 Para RHA) is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It serves in the field artillery role with 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team, and is equipped with the L118 Light Gun. The ...

***

23 Parachute Engineer Regiment 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment is a Royal Engineers regiment in the British Army that was formed in 2003. It provides engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade in both the parachute and air assault role. The regiment is currently based at Rock ...

*** Pathfinder Platoon *** 216th (Parachute) Signal Squadron *** 144 Parachute Medical Squadron (Royal Army Medical Corps) (Volunteer) ** Light Electronic Warfare Teams, 226 Signal Squadron, 14th Cyber Electromagnetic and Electronic Warfare Signal Regiment ** Airborne Troop, 821 Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Search Squadron,

Royal Logistic Corps The Royal Logistic Corps provides logistic support functions to the British Army. It is the largest Corps in the Army. History The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed on 5 April 1993, by the union of five British Army corps: * Royal Engine ...

** Parachute Training Support Unit *

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Fr ...

** Submarine Parachute Assistance Group ** Fleet Diving Unit 1 **

Royal Marines The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious warfare, amphibious light infantry and also one of the :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, five fighti ...

*** 3 Commando Brigade Patrol Troop ***Reconnaissance Troop

40 Commando 40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of Commander in Chief Fleet. Their barracks are at Norton M ...

***Reconnaissance Troop 42 Commando ***Reconnaissance Troop 45 Commando *** Surveillance Reconnaissance Squadron, 30 Commando Information Exploitation Group *

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

No. II Squadron RAF Regiment The II Squadron RAF Regiment is a parachute-trained Field Squadron of RAF Regiment based at RAF Brize Norton. Early history The unit was formed as Number 2 Armoured Car Company RAF at Heliopolis, Egypt on 7 April 1922 and placed under the co ...

Airborne Delivery Wing The Airborne Delivery Wing is a Royal Air Force training unit that provides parachute training to all three British Armed Forces. It is based at RAF Brize Norton. in Oxfordshire. It was formed at RAF Ringway, now Manchester Airport, on 21 June ...

* Inter-service **

United Kingdom Special Forces The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is a directorate comprising the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment and the Joint Special Forc ...

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**** 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve) **** 22 Special Air Service Regiment, including: ***** L Detachment SAS (Reserve) ****

23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve) (23 SAS(R)) is a British Army Reserve special forces unit that forms part of United Kingdom Special Forces. Together with 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve) (21 SAS(R)), it forms the S ...

**** 63rd Signal Squadron (Reserve) **** 264 SAS Signal Squadron ***

****

*****

Special Boat Service The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The SBS can trace its origins back to the Second World War when the Army Special Boat Section was formed in 1940. After the Second World War, the Roya ...

***** Special Boat Service (Reserve) ***** Special Boat Service Signal Squadron ***

Special Forces Support Group The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a unit of the British Armed Forces. The SFSG is the newest addition to the United Kingdom Special Forces. It was formed officially on 3 April 2006 to provide specialist infantry and other support to th ...

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1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment The 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), is a battalion of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. Along with various other regiments and corps from across the British Armed Forces, it is part of Special Forces Support Group. A specia ...

, including: ***** one

parachute platoon each in A, B and C companies ***** one

RAF Regiment The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by royal warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out soldiering tasks relating to the delivery of air power. Examples of such ta ...

parachute flight (platoon) in B company

United States

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XVIII Airborne Corps The XVIII Airborne Corps is a corps of the United States Army that has been in existence since 1942 and saw extensive service during World War II. The corps is designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world and is referred to as "America ...

*** 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) ***

82nd Airborne Division The 82nd Airborne Division is an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute assault operations into denied areasSof, Eric"82nd Airborne Division" ''Spec Ops Magazine'', 25 November 2012. Archived from tho ...

**** 1st Brigade Combat Team "Devil Brigade" ***** 3rd Squadron,

73rd Cavalry Regiment The 73rd Cavalry Regiment is a Cavalry Regiment in the United States Army, first formed in 1941. The three squadrons of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment ("Airborne Thunder") provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) to the ...

***** 2nd Battalion,

501st Infantry Regiment The 501st Infantry Regiment, previously the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment and 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army with a long history, having served in World War II and the Vietnam Wa ...

***** 1st Battalion,

504th Infantry Regiment The 504th Infantry Regiment, originally the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), is an airborne forces regiment of the United States Army, part of the 82nd Airborne Division, with a long and distinguished history. The regiment was ...

***** 2nd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment ***** 3rd Battalion,

319th Field Artillery Regiment The 319th Field Artillery Regiment, more commonly referred to as the 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment (319th AFAR), is a parent regiment in the U.S. Army Regimental System. Four battalions of the regiment are currently active. The first ...

***** 127th Brigade Engineer Battalion ***** 307th Brigade Support Battalion **** 2nd Brigade Combat Team "Falcon Brigade" ***** 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment ***** 1st Battalion,

325th Infantry Regiment The 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment is a light infantry parachute insertion fighting force of the United States Army. The subordinate units of the regiment constitute the bulk of the infantry elements assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade C ...

***** 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment ***** 2nd Battalion,

508th Infantry Regiment The 508th Infantry Regiment (508th PIR, 508th AIR, or 508th IR) ("Red Devils" or "Fury from the Sky") is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, first formed in October 1942 during World War II. The 508th is a parent regiment ...

***** 2nd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment ***** 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion *****

407th Brigade Support Battalion The 407th Forward Support Battalion is part of the U.S. Army and based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina part of the 82nd Airborne Division. The battalion was formed during World War I and has fought in many conflicts and has helped countries damage ...

**** 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Panther Brigade" ***** 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment ***** 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment ***** 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment ***** 1st Battalion, 508th Infantry Regiment ***** 1st Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment ***** 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion ***** 82nd Brigade Support Battalion **

173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team The 173rd Airborne Brigade ("Sky Soldiers") is an airborne infantry brigade combat team (IBCT) of the United States Army based in Vicenza, Italy. It is the United States European Command's conventional airborne strategic response force for Eu ...

"Sky Soldiers" *** 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment *** 1st Battalion,

503rd Infantry Regiment The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (503rd PIR) and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment (503rd AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment served as an independent re ...

*** 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment *** 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Texas Army National Guard) *** 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment *** 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion *** 173rd Brigade Support Battalion ** 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division *** 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment *** 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment *** 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment *** 2nd Battalion,

377th Field Artillery Regiment The 377th Field Artillery Regiment is a field artillery regiment of the United States Army. A parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, the regiment's 2nd Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Bri ...

*** 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion ***

725th Brigade Support Battalion The 725th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) (Airborne) is a support battalion assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division located in Alaska, which is one of two brigade combat teams assigned to 11th Airborn ...

** 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 134th Infantry Regiment ( Nebraska ARNG) ** 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment (Airborne) "Geronimo" ** Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade ***

United States Army Airborne School The United States Army Airborne School – widely known as Jump School – conducts the basic paratrooper (military parachutist) training for the United States Armed Forces. It is operated by the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 507th Infantry, Un ...

*** United States Army Jumpmaster School *** United States Army Pathfinder School ** United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) (Army Reserve) *

** Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One ** Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group Two *

**Force Reconnaissance Company,

1st Reconnaissance Battalion 1st Reconnaissance Battalion (abbreviated as 1st Recon Bn) is a reconnaissance battalion in the United States Marine Corps. It is a stand-alone battalion with no parent regiment. Instead, it falls directly under the command of the 1st Marine ...

**Force Reconnaissance Company,

2nd Reconnaissance Battalion The 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion (2nd Recon) is a reconnaissance battalion in the United States Marine Corps. Located at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, the battalion falls under the command of the 2nd Marine Division and the II Ma ...

**Force Reconnaissance Company,

3rd Reconnaissance Battalion The 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion (3rd Recon) conducts amphibious and ground reconnaissance in support of the 3rd Marine Division and Marine Forces Pacific (MarForPac), operating in the commander's areas of influence. The Battalion is based o ...

** Marines Reserve ***

3rd Force Reconnaissance Company 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company (3rd Force Recon) is a force reconnaissance unit of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. The company is located in Mobile, Alabama. Mission 3rd FORECON are operationally committed in supporting the subordinat ...

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4th Force Reconnaissance Company 4th Force Reconnaissance Company (4th Force Recon) is a force reconnaissance unit of the United States Marine Corps Reserve. The company is located in Alameda, California, with a detachment at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCB Hawaii). The Hawaii ...

31st Rescue Squadron The 31st Rescue Squadron is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. It trains, equips and employs combat-ready pararescue specialists. History The 31st Rescue Squadron was constituted as the 31st Air Rescue Squadron on 17 October 195 ...

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Pararescue Pararescuemen (also known as PJs) are United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) operators tasked with recovery and medical treatment of personnel in humanitarian and combat environments. These speci ...

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38th Rescue Squadron The 38th Rescue Squadron (38 RQS) is an active United States Air Force Pararescue squadron. Part of the 347th Rescue Group, 23rd Wing, it is stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The squadron flew combat search and rescue missions during ...

(Pararescue) **

48th Rescue Squadron The 48th Rescue Squadron is part of the 563d Rescue Group at Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. PJs/CROs fly on HH-60 Pave Hawk and HC-130 aircraft to conduct combat rescue and search and rescue missions. Mission The 48th Rescue Squadr ...

(Pararescue) **

57th Rescue Squadron The 57th Rescue Squadron (57 RQS) is part of the 31st Operations Group, 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy. As part of the 31st Operations Group it conducts pararescue operations in support of higher command directives, at times utili ...

(Pararescue) ** 58th Rescue Squadron (Pararescue) **

820th Base Defense Group The '820th Base Defense Group'' is the United States Air Force's only first-in, fully-integrated, world-wide deployable, base defense capability currently based at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The BDG (approximately 800 personnel) was activa ...

***820th Combat Operations Squadron ***822d Base Defense Squadron ***823d Base Defense Squadron ***824th Base Defense Squadron **

Air Force Reserve The Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) is a major command (MAJCOM) of the United States Air Force, with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commi ...

*** 304th Rescue Squadron (Pararescue) ( AFRC) ***

306th Rescue Squadron 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many soci ...

(Pararescue) (AFRC) *** 308th Rescue Squadron (Pararescue) (AFRC) **

Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the ter ...

*** 103rd Rescue Squadron (Pararescue) (New York ANG) ***

131st Rescue Squadron The 131st Rescue Squadron (131 RQS) is a unit of the California Air National Guard 129th Rescue Wing located at Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California. Overview The unit was established on 1 October 2003 by the Air Force Special O ...

(Pararescue) (California ANG) *** 212th Rescue Squadron (Pararescue) (Alaska ANG) *

United States Special Operations Command The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special operations component commands of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force of the United States Ar ...

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**** 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta (Airborne) **** Regimental Reconnaissance Company, 75th Ranger Regiment ***

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Naval Special Warfare Development Group The Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), abbreviated as DEVGRU ("Development Group") and commonly known as SEAL Team Six, is the United States Navy component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). The unit is often referre ...

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24th Special Tactics Squadron The 24th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the Special Tactics units of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). It is the U.S. Air Force component to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). It is garrisoned at Pope Fi ...

US Army Special Operations Command The United States Army Special Operations Command (Airborne) (USASOC ( )) is the command charged with overseeing the various special operations forces of the United States Army. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, it is the largest ...

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75th Ranger Regiment The 75th Ranger Regiment, also known as Army Rangers, is the U.S. Army's premier light infantry unit and special operations force within the United States Army Special Operations Command. The regiment is headquartered at Fort Benning, G ...

*** 2nd Battalion, 2nd Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne) including: **** Military Free Fall School *** 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) **** 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment **** 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment **** 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment **** 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment **** 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment **** 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment (Army National Guard) **** 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment (Army National Guard) **** 39th Special Forces Detachment (Airborne), 1st Special Forces Regiment **** 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (Airborne) **** 389th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne) *** Special Operations Detachment - Africa (Airborne) (Texas ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - Central (Airborne) (Florida ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - Europe (Airborne) (West Virginia ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - Global (Airborne) (Rhode Island ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - Joint (Airborne) (Maryland ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - Korea (Airborne) (Colorado ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - North (Airborne) (California ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - Pacific (Airborne) (Washington ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - South (Airborne) (Mississippi ARNG) *** Special Operations Detachment - X (Airborne) (North Carolina ARNG) **

United States Naval Special Warfare Command The United States Naval Special Warfare Command (USNSWC), also known as (NAVSPECWARCOM and WARCOM), is the naval component of United States Special Operations Command, the unified command responsible for overseeing and conducting the nation' ...

*** Naval Special Warfare Group 1 **** SEAL Team 1 **** SEAL Team 3 **** SEAL Team 5 **** SEAL Team 7 **** Naval Special Warfare Unit 1Permanent overseas holding unit, serving as provisional HQ element for the US Navy SEALs detachments assigned to its operational areas. **** Naval Special Warfare Unit 3 *** Naval Special Warfare Group 2 **** SEAL Team 2 **** SEAL Team 4 **** SEAL Team 8 **** SEAL Team 10 **** Naval Special Warfare Unit 2 *** Naval Special Warfare Group 3 **** SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One **** SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two *** Naval Special Warfare Group 4 **** Special Boat Team 12 **** Special Boat Team 20 **** Special Boat Team 22 *** Naval Special Warfare Group 11 (Navy Reserve) **** SEAL Team 17 **** SEAL Team 18 ** United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command ***

Marine Raider Regiment The Marine Raider Regiment (MRR), formerly known as the Marine Special Operations Regiment (MSOR), is a special operations force of the United States Marine Corps, which is a part of Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC). Renamed ...

**** 1st Marine Raider Battalion ****2nd Marine Raider Battalion ****3rd Marine Raider Battalion ****Marine Raider Training Center **

Air Force Special Operations Command Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force. An Air Force major command (MAJCOM), AFSOC is also the U.S. Air Force component command ...

*** 24th Special Operations Wing ****

720th Special Tactics Group The 720th Special Tactics Group is one of the special operations ground components of the 24th Special Operations Wing, assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) of the United States Air Force. The group is headquartered at Hurlbur ...

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17th Special Tactics Squadron The 17th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the ten Special Tactics Squadrons of United States Air Force Special Operations Command. It is garrisoned at Fort Benning, Georgia. Overview Special Tactics operators with the 17th STS, 24th Special O ...

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21st Special Tactics Squadron The 21st Special Tactics Squadron is one of the special tactics units of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command. It is garrisoned at Pope Field, North Carolina. Mission Special Tactics Squadrons are organized, trained and equipped ...

***** 22nd Special Tactics Squadron *****

23rd Special Tactics Squadron The 23rd Special Tactics Squadron (23rd STS) is an active ground unit, within the 24th Special Operations Wing (24 SOW) United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). It is garrisoned at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 23rd STS was pre ...

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26th Special Tactics Squadron The 26th Special Tactics Squadron is one of the Special Tactics units of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). It is garrisoned at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. From 1991 to 1992, the squadron's predecessor, the 7026 ...

*** 193rd Special Operations Wing (Pennsylvania ANG) **** 123rd Special Tactics Squadron (Kentucky ANG) **** 125th Special Tactics Squadron (Oregon ANG) ***

352nd Special Operations Wing The 352nd Special Operations Wing is an operational unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command currently stationed at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom. The unit's heritage dates back to 1944 as an air commando unit. The 352nd ...

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321st Special Tactics Squadron The 321st Special Tactics Squadron (321st STS) is an active ground unit, within the 752d Special Operations Group (752 SOG), United States Air Force, United States European Command, and is based at RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, eastern England. Th ...

*** 353d Special Operations Wing **** 320th Special Tactics Squadron

Uruguay

* 14th Parachute Infantry Battalion (''Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista Nº14''), including: ** Special Operations Company "Scorpion" (''Compañía de Operaciones Especiales "Escorpión"'') ** Army Paratroopers and Special Operations Training Center (''Centro de Instrucción de Paracaidistas y Operaciones Especiales del Ejército'')

* Special Operations Company (''Compañía de Operaciones Especiales'') * Rescue Operations and Training Section (''Seccion de Operaciones y Entrenamiento de Rescate'')

Uzbekistan

* 17th Air Assault Brigade (''17-Havo Hujumi Brigadasi'') * Independent Special Purpose Battalion "Lynx" (''Maxsus Operatsiyalar Bo'limi "Kaplan"'')

Venezuela

** 42nd Parachute Infantry Brigade (''42 Brigada de Infantería Paracaidista'') *** Brigade HQ *** 421st Parachute Infantry Battalion "

José Leonardo Chirino José Leonardo Chirino (April 25, 1754 – December 10, 1796) was a free zambo who helped lead a 1795 uprising in Santa Ana de Coro, Venezuela. José Leonardo Chirino Airport is named after him. 1795 rebellion 1795 was perhaps the most revoluti ...

" (''421 Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista "José Leonardo Chirino"'') *** 422nd Parachute Infantry Battalion "Colonel " (''422 Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista "Coronel Antonio Nicolás Briceño"'') *** 423rd Parachute Infantry Battalion "Colonel " (''423 Batallón de Infantería Paracaidista "Coronel Ramón García de Sena"'') *** 4201st Parachute Headquarters Company (''4201 Compañía de Comando Paracaidistas"'') *** 4202nd Parachute Scout and Reconnaissance Company (''4202 Compañía de Exploración y Reconocimiento Paracaidistas'') *** 4203rd Parachute Supply and Transportation Company (''4203 Compañía de Abastecimiento y Transporte Paracaidistas'') *** 4204th Parachute Signal Company (''4204 Compañía de Comunicaciones Paracaidistas'') *** 4207th Parachute Engineers Company (''4207 Compañía de Ingenieros Paracaidistas'') *** 4208th Packaging, Maintenance and Air Delivery Company (''4208 Compañía de Empaque, Mantenimiento y Entrega Aérea'') *** 4209th Parachute Snipers Company (''4209 Compañía de Francotiradores Paracaidistas'') *** 4210th Parachute Medical Company (''4210 Compañía de Sanidad Paracaidistas'') ** Combat and Airborne Operations Training Center "Brigadier General Rafael Nogales Méndez" (''Centro de Adiestriamento de Combate y de Operaciones Aerotransportadas "General de Brigada Rafael Nogales Méndez"'') *Special Operations Command "General in Chief Félix Antonio Velásquez" (''Comando de Operaciones Especiales "General en Jefe Félix Antonio Velásquez"'') **

***99th Special Forces Brigade (''99 Brigada de Fuerzas Especiales'') ****991st Special Forces Battalion "Colonel Domingo Montes" (''991 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Coronel Domingo Montes"'') ****992nd Special Forces Battalion "General in Chief José Gregorio Monagas" (''992 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "General en Jefe José Gregorio Monagas"'') ****993th Special Forces Battalion "Lieutenant Colonel Eliezer Otaiza Castillo" (''993 Batallón de Fuerzas Especiales "Teniente Coronel Eliezer Otaiza Castillo"'') **

***8th Marine Special Operations Brigade "Generalissimo

Francisco de Miranda Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez de Espinoza (28 March 1750 – 14 July 1816), commonly known as Francisco de Miranda (), was a Venezuelan military leader and revolutionary. Although his own plans for the independence of the Spani ...

" (''8 Brigada de Comandos del Mar "Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda"'') **** 81st Special Operations Battalion "Lieutenant Commander Henry Lilong García" (''Batallón de Operaciones Especiales Nro. 81 "Capitán de Corbeta Henry Lilong García"'') **

*** 20th Special Forces Group (''Grupo de Fuerzas Especiales N.º 20'') **

*** Commando Operations Group (''Grupo de Acciones de Comando'')

Vietnam

* (''Lữ đoàn Đặc công 1'') * (''Lữ đoàn Đặc công 113'') * (''Lữ đoàn Đặc công 198'') * (''Lữ đoàn Đặc công 429'')

Zambia

* 1st Commando Battalion

Zimbabwe

* Parachute Regiment * Special Air Service Squadron

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