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We are trying to give you a little info about world’s best of best, the elite Special Forces.
We don’t think less of any forces but these are our top picks.
#1 SAS (Special Air Service)
Origin: United Kingdom
Year of formation:1 July 1941
The SAS was first formed in North Africa in July 1941, during World War II.
David Stirling, its founder, thought for a strike force that could operate independently deep behind enemy lines, attacking airfields and other important targets
This elite British military force is organized and trained for special operations, surveillance, and counterterrorism.
The SAS is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF), which also includes different groups like SBS, SRR.
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Every SAS soldier has to pass the grueling UKSF selection process, which tests military skills, fitness, endurance, initiative, and willpower.
The SAS has one regular regiment (22 SAS) and two territorial regiments (21 SAS, 23 SAS).
The regular regiment is organized into four squadrons, each squadron consisting of four 16-man troops.
Each troop specializes in either mountaineering, parachuting, amphibious operations, or mobility operations using vehicles and heavy weapons.
The exceptional reputation of the SAS is built on the quality of its personnel and its “Who Dares Wins” philosophy.
#2 DELTA 9
Origin: United States
Year of formation: 19 November 1977
Delta is relatively young, having been formed in 1977 by its first commander, Colonel Charles Beckwith.
With the growing threat of terrorism around the world, Beckwith saw a need for a precision strike force within the Army with specialized skills involving counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, direct action, interdiction, and special reconnaissance against high-value targets.
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The type of missions the Delta forces has been involved with over the past few decades are classified. Here is a list of several of the declassified engagements:
Operation Eagle- mission by the U.S. military in April 1980 to rescue Americans who were held during the Iran hostage crisis at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980.
War in Afghanistan -Within a month of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Special Forces operators aided in defeating and dismantling the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Battle of Tora Bora - A massive joint engagement to kill or capture Osama bin Laden.
Operation Red Dawn - Locating and capturing Saddam Hussein.
#3 GIGN (Groupe d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale “National Gendarmerie Intervention Group”)
Origin: France
Year of formation: 1974
GIGN was established in 1974 following the attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, in which terrorists group took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with a West German police officer.
Created initially as a relatively small tactical unit specialized in sensitive hostage situations, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, surveillance of national threats, protection of government officials, and targeting organized crime.
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It has since grown into a larger and more diversified force of nearly 400 members, with expanded responsibilities.
GIGN is headquartered in south of France, near Paris.
GIGN has been involved in over 1,800 missions and rescued more than 600 hostages, making it one of the most experienced counter-terrorism units in the world.
#4 GSG 9 (Grenzschutzgruppe 9 “Border Protection Group 9”)
Origin: Germany
Year of formation: 26 September 1972
On September 5, 1972, the terrorist group “Black September” infiltrated the summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, to kidnap 11 Israeli athletes, killing two in the Olympic Village in the initial assault on the athletes' rooms.
German police - who were not trained or equipped for counter-terrorism operations, and had underestimated the number of terrorists involved - attempted to rescue the athletes.
Police did not have a specialized tactical sniper team at that time.
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The police rescue failed, and the operation led to the deaths of one policeman, five of the eight kidnappers and all of the remaining nine hostages.
As a consequence, the West German government created the GSG 9, so that similar situations in the future could be responded adequately and professionally.
The unit was officially established on 26 September 1972 as a part of Germany's federal police agency, the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard Service), renamed Bundespolizei (Federal Police) in 2005.
GSG 9 is deployed in cases of hostage-taking, kidnapping, terrorism and extortion.
The group may also be used to secure locations, neutralizing targets, track down fugitives, and sometimes conduct sniper operations.
#5 NAVY SEAL, TEAM 6
Origin: United States
Year of formation: 1 January 1962
Team Six was created in 1980 in the wake of the failed U.S. effort to rescue American diplomats held hostage in Iran (Operation Eagle Claw).
That effort, under then U.S. President Jimmy Carter, also intended to use helicopter-borne commandos in a covert operation but had to be aborted due to equipment failure in the rescue helicopters.
The first commander of Team Six, Richard Marcinko, said no expenses were spared in forming the elite unit. At the time there were only two SEAL Teams, SEAL Team ONE and SEAL Team TWO.
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Marcinko named the unit SEAL Team Six in order to confuse Soviet intelligence as to the number of actual SEAL teams in existence.
In 1987, SEAL Team Six was dissolved.
A new unit named the "Naval Special Warfare Development Group" was formed, essentially as SEAL Team Six's successor.
Reasons for the disbanding are varied, but the name SEAL Team Six is often used in reference to DEVGRU.
Navy Seal are members of a special operations force trained to engage in direct raids or assaults on enemy targets, conduct reconnaissance missions to report on enemy activity (especially prior to beach landings), and take part in action against terrorist groups.
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