Special Operations Group may refer to:

Australia

Victoria Police Special Operations Group The Special Operations Group (SOG) is the police tactical group of the Victoria Police. The SOG was Australia's first full time and dedicated police tactical group when it formed in 1977. History The SOG was formed in secrecy on 31 October 19 ...

of the Victoria Police (Australia) *

Tasmania Police Special Operations Group The Special Operations Group (SOG) is the police tactical group of the Tasmania Police. In August 2024, the SOG transitioned from a part-time unit to a full-time unit. Mission The SOG incorporates police officers who, through specific traini ...

of the Tasmania Police (Australia) *

State Protection Group The State Protection Group (SPG) is part of the Counter Terrorism & Special Tactics Command of the New South Wales Police Force and was established in 1991 to deal with extraordinary policing responses. The SPG directly supports police in high- ...

, New South Wales

India

* Special Operations Group (Jammu and Kashmir), of Jammu and Kashmir, India * Special Operation Group (Odisha)

Spain

Grupo Especial de Operaciones The Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO, ; ', GEO), is the police tactical unit of Spain's National Police Corps. History With the intention of fighting against terrorism and several organized crime groups from Spain in the 1970s, in November ...

of Spain *

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Spain) The Special Operations Groups (, GOE) are the special operations forces of the Spanish Army. These units should not be confused with the similar-sounding ''Grupo Especial de Operaciones'' (GEO) and '' Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad'' ...

, of the Spanish Army

United Kingdom

Specialist Operations The Specialist Operations directorate is a unit of the Metropolitan Police in London, England. It is responsible for providing specialist policing capabilities, including national security and counter-terrorism operations. As of May 2025, the Spe ...

, London Police *

Metropolitan Police Specialist Firearms Command The Specialist Firearms Command (MO19) is the firearms unit of the Metropolitan Police Service. Formed in 2005 but with antecedents dating back to 1966, the Command is responsible for providing a firearms-response capability, assisting the res ...

, London Police

United States

* Special Operations Group of

Special Activities Center The Special Activities Center (SAC) is the center of the United States Central Intelligence Agency responsible for covert operations. The unit was named Special Activities Division (SAD) prior to a 2015 reorganization. Within SAC there are at l ...

in the American Central Intelligence Agency * Groups within the

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 A ...

27th Special Operations Group The 27th Special Operations Group (27 SOG) is the flying component of the 27th Special Operations Wing, assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC). The group is stationed at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. The Group carri ...

, a unit of the United States Air Force *

352d Special Operations Group 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 352n ...

, a unit of the United States Air Force *

353d Special Operations Group The 353rd Special Operations Wing is an operational unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command, stationed at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The group (military aviation unit), Wing's first predecessor was activated in 1944 as the ...

, a unit of the United States Air Force

Other countries

Special Operations Group (Argentina) The Argentine Air Force (, or simply ''FAA'') is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military and 6,900 civilian personnel. FAA commander in chief is Brigadie ...

, a commando-like unit of the Argentine Air Force * GOE (Brazil), Special Operations Group of Brazil *

Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM; ) is a command of the Canadian Armed Forces. It is responsible for all special forces operations that respond to terrorism and threats to Canadians and Canadian interests around the world. C ...

Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (Chile) The Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (GOPE) () is the police tactical unit of Carabineros de Chile which carries out high-risk police operations throughout the country, including location and tracking of bombs and explosives, bomb dispo ...

of Chile * * Special Operations Group (Czech Republic) *

Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale The Raggruppamento Operativo Speciale (ROS), or Special Operations Group, is part of the Italian Carabinieri. History Founded on 3 December 1990 to coordinate investigative activities against organized crime, it is now the main investigative arm ...

of Italy * Special Operations Group (Japan), former name of the group of Japan *

Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Mexico) The Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (GOPES) () was the police tactical unit of the Federal Police of Mexico. In October 2019, the Federal Police were disbanded, and its personnel and equipment were transferred to the newly formed National Guard. ...

* Naval Special Operations Group of the Philippine Navy *

Grupo de Operações Especiais (Portugal) The Special Operations Group () is the police tactical unit of the Polícia de Segurança Pública, Public Security Police (PSP), the national police force of Portugal. GOE was created in 1982 and has around 200 operatives. Although a police unit ...