arINTERNATIONAL SPECIAL FORCES And SWAT / CT UNITS ABU DHABI Emirate of Abu Dhabi Police Special Unit ========================================================================================== ALBANIA Minster of defence Naval Commandos Commando Brigade - Comando Regiment, Zall Herr - 4 x Commando Battalions - Special Operations Battalion, Farke - Commando Troop School Ministry of Interior Reparti i Eleminimit dhe Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA) Unit 88 Reparti i Operacioneve Speciale (ROS), Durres Unit 77 (CT) Shqiponjat (police) "The Eagles" /Forzat e Nderhyrjes se Shpejte (FNSH) - There are 12 FNSH groups throughout Albania . - Albania is divided into 14 districts called prefectures. There is one FNSH group assigned to 11 of these prefectures Garda Kombetare - National Guards ========================================================================================== ALGERIA Ministry of National Defence Units of the Gendarmerie National Special Intervention Detachment (DSI) / Assault & Rapid Intervention unit Special Brigade Garde Republicaine - Republican Guard (presidential escort honour guard & VIP) Units of the DRS (Research & Security Directorate) (internal security, counter- intelligence) Special Unit of the Service Action GIS, Groupe d’Intervention Sppeciale (Special Intervention Group), Blida Army Units - Saaykaa (Commando & CT), Boughar, Medea Wilaya - One Special Forces/Airborne Divisional HQ - 4 x Airborne Regiments - 18th Elite Para-Commando Regiment ('The Ninjas') - The Special Assault /Airborne/Recon Troops - Special Troops Implementation School , Biskra Naval Units (Marine Nationale) - Marine Fusiliers - Offensive (Combat) Divers - School of Jiel Air Force Units - Air Commando Fusiliers, (CT, security, protection) - Air Forces Instruction Center , Mechria Ministry of the Interior Units of the DGSN (National Security General Directorate) - URS, Unit Of Republican Guards, Al Hamiz (Alger) - Republican Security Units - 45 Units (1 par county) (4 platoons) - BMPJ, Judicial Police Mobile Brigades - SCRB, Crime-Fighting Central Service Units of the DCST (Directorate for the Co-ordination of Territorial Security) DCST?s Special Group Counter-Intelligence service of the Ministry of the Interior. (The main CI agency in Algeria is the DRS). ========================================================================================== ANGOLA 16 Special Force Brigade Airborne Bataillon Special Forces Bataillon Special Operation Group Infantry Marines Bataillon Support Bataillon Artillery Battailon Forces Special Direction Rapid Reaction Police ========================================================================================== ARGENTINA Ministry of National Defence Land Force GOE (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales) Rapad Reaction Force, Campo de Mayo - batallones de Comandos 601 (Ca Cdo(s) 601/CC601) (Army SF/Commando unit), Campo de Mayo - 3 x Companies - Batallones Assaut Airea 601, Campo de Mayo - 3 x Companies IV Brigada Paracaidista, Cordoba - 3 x Airborne Bataillon - Platoon Pathfinders Navy Submarine Command, Mar del Plata Naval Base - Agrupació de Buzos Tácitcos (APBT) (Seals) Infantry Marines Command, Punta Alta - 3 x Infantry Battalion, Zarate, Buenos Aires - Base Infantry Marine, Marina Baterias, Punta Alta - 1 Brigade -BIM 1 Force Marines Flotte FAA, Baterias - 2 Infantry Battalion - Wheeled Amphibious Batallion - Amphibious Commandos (Marine SF/Recon unit), Baterias - 6 x platoons - FIM 1 Austral Marines Force, Rio Gallegos - 2 x Detachments / Battalions, Rio Gallegos & Rio Grande - Prefecture Security Maritime / 3° Brigade Force de Sécurité, Punta Alta - Chef of Staff HQ Security Battalion - Bataillon Sécurité, Puerto Belgrano 10 x Security-Protection Companies Grupo Albatross - Prefecta (Maritime Police) SWAT unit Grupo de Respuesta Imediate de Alto Reisgo (GRIAR - Immediate High Risk Response Group) - Guardacostas (Coast Guard) - Maritime counter- terrorism Air Force Escuadron de Apoyo Comando (EAC-AF special ops unit), BAM, M. Moreno- Moron –B. Aires Ministry of the Interior Agrupacion Seguridad e Inteligencia de la Presidencia Brigada Especial Operativa Halcon (BEOH)/ Grupo Halcon (Falcon Special Operations Brigade/Falcon Group) “Brigada Halcon” Buenos Aires Police CT/SWAT unit Grupos Especiales Operativos (GEO). 18 Swat teams Buenos Aires and other provinces GRIAR (Grupo de Respuesta Imediate deAlto Reisgo) CoasT Guard UEI (Unidad Especiales de Investigaciones) GEOR (Grupo Especial de Operaciones Rurales) COE (Cuerpo de Operaciones Especiales) de la Policia Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF - Federal Police SWAT unit) Tropa de Operaciones Especiales (TOE) - Policía Provincial de Santa Fé (Swat team) Escuadrón Táctico Especial Recomendado (ETER) - Policía Provincial de Córdoba (Swat team) Departamento Narcotrafico y Operaciones Especiales de la Prefectura Gendarmeria Nacional Escuadrón de Fuerzas Especiales de Gendarmería National (CT unit) Grupo Especial Alacran “Scorpions” (Gendarmeria’s SF unit)/Escuadron Alacran Sección Operaciones Especiales de Monte de Gendarmería National “Groupe Monte” (Jungle Special Operations Section) Unidad Especial de Lucha Contra Narcotraficante (UELCON - Special Unit for the Struggle Against Narcotics Trafficers) Servicio Penitenciario Federal (SPF) (Prison Tactical / SWAT units) Grupo Especial Operaciones Penitenciarias (GEOP) Grupo Especial de Intervención (GEI) Swat team Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR). This Swat team serves only in the Complejo Uno prison from Ezeiza. Grupo de Elite de Traslados (Escorts dangerous criminals from prison to courtroom or to another prison) ========================================================================================== AUSTRIA Ministry of National Defence 6th Jägerbrigade - Light Infantry Brigade (Mountain Warfare), Innsbruck & Absam - 15th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, Kirchdorf - 23rd - Jägerbataillon Infantry Battalion, Bludesh - 24th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, HQ Lienz - 2nd Pionierbataillon – Engineer Bataillon, Kirchdorf - Tragtierstaffel – Transport -Animal, Landeck - 2nd & 6th Aufklärungskompanie –Anti Tank Companies, Landeck 7th Jägerbrigade - Light Infantry Brigade (Rangers), Klagenfurt - 18th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, St. Michael - 25th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, Klagenfurt - 26th Jägerbataillon - Infantry Battalion, Spittal - 1st Pionierbataillon -Enginner Bataillon, Villach - 2nd Artillerieregiment Artillery Regiment, Klagenfurt Ministry of the Interior Gendarmerie "Einsatz Kommando (GEK) Cobra", Wiener Neustad (CT) - 2 Tactical Teams - Wega in Vienna - PEK "Polizei-Einsatzkommando"; for crisis situations, entries, - MEK "Mobiles Einsatzkommando"; mainly supporting patrol units when situations are getting Complicated and real dangerous - Cobra for the rest of the country. - 3 Regional EKO posts in Linz , Graz , and Innsbruck ========================================================================================== AUSTRALIA Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) Covert Action Directorate - (Aussie version of the CIA's SAD) Ministry of National Defence Special Operations Command Headquarters ( Canberra , ACT and Potts Point Sydney , NSW) - SO Combat Service Support Company (Banksmeadow Barracks, Sydney, NSW) - Special Air Service Regiment (Swanbourne Barracks, Perth , WA ) -Base Squadron - HQ - Anti Terrorism Cell - Training and Operational Support Squadron -I nstruction Wing - Wings Medical, Transport, Material, Supply - 1, 2, 3 “Sabre” Squadrons - “A Troop” - HALO Troop - “B Troop” - Boat Troop - “C Troop” - Mobility Troop - Counter Terrorism and Special Recovery (CTSR) Teams -TAG (West) - 4th Battalion (Commando) Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) (4RAR Cdo) -A (Reserve), B, C and D Companies -Tactical Assault Group, East (composed of personnel for 4RAR and RAN personnel) - Aviation Platoon from “B” Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment - Special Operations Combat Service Support Company (SOCSSC) - Special Forces Training Center - Army Reserve 1st Commando Regiment (1st Cdo Regt) ( Randwick Barracks, Sydney , NSW) - HQ Company - Signal, Maintenance, Training Troops - Base Operation & Base Radio Sections - 1 Commando Company (HMAS Penguin, Sydney , NSW) - 2 Commando Company ( Fort Gellibrand , Williamstown, Vic) - 301 Signals Squadron (HQ Randwick Barracks) - Swan Island Special Warfare Detachment - 4 Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, NSW) - Battalion Headquarters - A, B, C Companies - Tactical Assault Group (East) (Army and Navy Personnel) - 126 Signals Squadron - Operations Support Company - Logistics Support Company - Aviation Platoon from “B” Squadron, 5th Aviation Regiment - Incident Response Regiment (Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney, NSW) - Chemical, Biological and Radiological Response Squadron - A, B, C Troops - High Risk Search Troop - Emergency Response Squadron (Integrated) (Sydney, Townsville, Darwin Oakey) - 1 Troop ( Darwin , NT ) - 2 & 4 Troops - 4 Troop (Oakey, Qld) - Scientific and Technical Organisation Associate Units of Special Operations Command - Australian Army - 171 Squadron (S-70A Blackhawk) (Garbut Barracks, Townsville, Qld - moving to Sydney, NSW) - C Squadron, 5 Aviation Regiment (6 CH-47D Chinook) (Garbut Barracks, Townsville, Qld) - Special Forces Training Centre (Singleton, NSW) - Parachute Training School (HMAS Albatross, Nowra, NSW) - Royal Australian Navy - Clearance Diving Team 1 (Sydney, NSW) - Clearance Diving Team 4 (Fleet Base West, Perth , WA ) - Clearance Diving Team