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9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"[110][111][112] 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore"[113] 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment [113] 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment [113] Italian Navy. Comando Subacquei ed Incursori (COMSUBIN) [110][111] Italian Air Force.
Special mission unit. The term Special Missions Unit (SMU), at one time referred to as a "Tier 1" unit, [1] is used in the United States to categorize the nation's most highly secretive and elite military special operations forces. [2] The term "special missions unit" is also used in Australia to describe the Special Air Service Regiment.
Special forces. Special forces or special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. [1][2][3] NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment". [1][4][5]
SEAL Team Six. The Naval Special Warfare Development Group (NSWDG), abbreviated as DEVGRU ("Development Group") [note A] and commonly known as SEAL Team Six, [3][4] is the United States Navy component of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC). The unit is often referred to within JSOC as Task Force Blue. [4]
Delta Force bodyguards in civilian clothing providing close protection to General Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War, 1991. Delta Force was created in 1977 after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents led the U.S. government to develop a full-time counter-terrorism unit. Key military and government figures had already been briefed on ...
This is a list of countries by level of military equipment, including naval ships, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made.
All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel. Some countries, such as Italy and Japan, have only volunteers in their armed forces. Other countries, such as Mauritius ...
Founding members and enlargement. NATO was established on 4 April 1949 via the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty (Washington Treaty). The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [4]