The Special Operations Forces Grouping (, AFOE) is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various special warfare operations component commands of the

Argentine Army The Argentine Army () is the Army, land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed For ...

(EA).

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Created 6 December 2005 as the first operational element of the Argentine Army Project 2025. The service is mainly composite of air assault infantry, airborne forces, commandos, special operations forces, and light helicopters; also artillery, engineers, air transport, and communications companies are constantly ready to assist and support the group. As of 2006 it consists of: Special Operations Forces Group: *

601 Commando Company The 601 Commando Company () is a one of three commando (special operations capable) units of the Argentine Army (EA). History Created on 2 April 1982, it was based on the original ''Equipo Especial de Lucha contra la Subversión Halcón 8'' c ...

(Spanish: Compañía de Comandos 601) is a one of three commando (special operations capable) units of the Argentine Army, created 5 January 1982. They fought in the

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and

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602 Commando Company The 602 Commando Company () is a one of three commando (special operations capable) units of the Argentine Army (EA). Unit insignia The members of the unit wear green berets with unit badges. The company is divided into three assault sections. ...

(Spanish: Compañía de Comandos 602) is a one of three commando (special operations capable) units of the Argentine Army, created 21 May 1982. They fought in the

. *603 Commando Company (Spanish: Compañía de Comandos 603) is a one of three commando (special operations capable) units of Argentine Army. The date of formation is unknown, probably recent. *

601 Air Assault Regiment The Argentine Army () is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. ...

(Spanish: Regimiento de Asalto Aéreo 601) is a special operations forces unit of the Argentine Army, created in January 2003. The regiment is divided in three assault companies: A, B and C. Its motto is "Sapientia et Labore". One of the objectives of the modernization process for the Argentine Army was to manage an enabled force that could move quickly to any crisis. According to the Argentine Army website (translated):

The FDR will be organized, equipped and instructed with organic means of the Army to operate to requirement, in immediate form in any zone of the country, in order to provide to the high conduction of the Force an operational, efficient and fast instrument to act in situations that they require of the immediate use of the force.

The FDR must have a high capacity of preparation and reaction that allows him to be used in the designated place. It will be instructed in the execution of basic tactical operations and complementary, for which it is properly equipped. It could be displaced in organic means of transport of the Force Army. In addition, it will be able to execute commando operations and special operations forces of high complexity. Two commando companies will depend on her in organic form, along with an aerial shock battalion, a battalion of assault helicopters, and a slight reconnaissance company.

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Noticias de las Fuerzas Armadas
at Saorbats.com.ar

article on Nuevamayoria.com (archived)
"Puesta en posesión del cargo"
article on Ejército Argentino (archived) {{Structure of the Argentine Army Special forces of Argentina Army units and formations of Argentina Military units and formations established in 2005 2005 establishments in Argentina

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