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The Jaeger Corps [1] [2] also known as the Huntsmen Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) is an elite special operations force of the Danish Armed Forces part of Special Operations Command, formerly of the Royal Danish Army, based at Aalborg Air Base.
On 1 July 2015, the Jaeger Corps was transferred from the Royal Danish Army and the Frogman Corps from the Royal Danish Navy to SOKOM. [ 2 ] SOKOM is tasked with working with national and international partners, where SOKOM will be able to offer a special operations alternative to conventional military solutions and to be able to deploy a ...
Created in 1957, the Danish Frogman Corps traces its lineage in World War II and the British special-operations units that fought the Germans and Italians in North Africa and Europe.
The Frogman Corps was established on 17 June 1957 based on the model of the United Kingdom's Special Boat Service, US Underwater Demolition Team, and Marinejegerkommandoen in Norway. Initially it was under the Danish Navy's Diving School at Flådestation Holmen (Naval Station Holmen, Copenhagen ), but in 1972 it was made an independent unit ...
Israeli frogmen transfer equipment using lifting-bags. Shayetet 13 is the elite naval commando frogmen unit of the Israeli Navy. The unit is considered one of the primary Special Forces units of the Israel Defense Forces and is one of the most secretive. The details of many missions and identities of active operatives are highly classified.
Army Air Corps (1971–2003), amalgamated into Squadron 724 of the Royal Danish Air Force. ... Jaeger Corps (1961–2014), Now under command of SOKOM; See also.
In 2008, the Dutch Frogmen Platoon and the ML Recce Troop merged into the Maritime Special Operations Company (MSO-Coy) and were tasked with all amphibious operations for the Royal Netherlands Navy. While commencing in an informal manner in 2009, since 2013 NLMARSOF was officially established as a new operational unit.
The Special Support and Reconnaissance Company [1] (Danish: Særlig Støtte- og Rekognosceringskompagni), [2] until 1 January 2007 known as the Patrol Company Army Operational Command [3] (Danish: Patruljekompagniet) [3] is the only remaining Long Range Surveillance Company (LRSC) / Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) Coy) in the Danish Armed Forces.