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The Special Operations Command ( es, Mando de Operaciones Especiales) is the command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Groups of the
Mando de Operaciones Especiales
(official site) {{Mil-unit-stub Spanish Army Special forces of Spain
The Special Operations Command ( es, Mando de Operaciones Especiales) is the command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Groups of the Spanish Army
The Spanish Army ( es, Ejército de Tierra, lit=Land Army) is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is one of the oldest active armies — dating back to the late 15th century.
The ...
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It is based in Alicante
Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...
, Alférez Rojas Navarrete barracks.
It was created in 1997, following other NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
armies organization. In the 1980s the Spanish Army had created six Special Operation Groups and also had a Special Operations group in 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 ...
, the '.
Subordinate operating units are , and '.
Organization
The three Special Operations Groups are subordinated: There are two Special Operations Command auxiliary units:Notes
See also
* Special Operations Groups of the Spanish Army * Structure of the Spanish Army in 1989External links
Mando de Operaciones Especiales
(official site) {{Mil-unit-stub Spanish Army Special forces of Spain