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The Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) is a special reconnaissance unit of the British Army. It was established on 6 April 2005 and is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF). [1] The regiment conducts a wide range of classified activities related to covert surveillance and reconnaissance.
The Royal Tank Regiment, Army Air Corps, Parachute Regiment, Special Air Service, Intelligence Corps and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment wear berets; as they do with all orders of dress. The Royal Irish Regiment, the pipers of the Queen's Royal Hussars and the Irish Guards wear the caubeen.
In 2006 the Navy created "Special Warfare Operator" as a rating specific to Naval Special Warfare enlisted personnel, grades E-4 to E-9 (see Navy special warfare ratings). [95] Operator is the specific term for operational personnel, and has become a colloquial term for almost all special operations forces in the U.S. military, as well as ...
The directorate has since been expanded by the creation of the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, and the Special Forces Support Group. [15] In 2015, the Royal Marines reported that approximately 40% of all UK Special Forces personnel were recruited from the Royal Marines. [16]
Special reconnaissance (SR) is conducted by small units, such as a recon team, made up of highly trained military personnel, usually from special forces units and/or military intelligence organizations.
The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces.The SFSG was formed officially on 3 April 2006 to provide support to the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment on operations.
As a marines special operations capable forces, the main tasks of the Coastal Ranger is to amphibious warfare operations, to commit sabotage, to conduct commando style raids, to conduct VBSS operations, to irregular warfare operations, and to special reconnaissance for gathering field intelligence.
As a result of this, all the units were renamed: 1 Reconnaissance Regiment became 452 Parachute Battalion, 4 Reconnaissance Regiment became 453 Parachute Battalion and 5 Reconnaissance Regiment became 451 Parachute Battalion. As part of the military rationalization process, 1 Special Forces Regiment was disbanded in 1996.