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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 ...
The Special Operations Command (Danish: Specialoperationskommandoen; SOKOM) is a command of the Danish Armed Forces and a part of the Defence Command. SOKOM was established in 2014 to bring the Jaeger Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) and the Frogman Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset) under one command. It is based at Aalborg Air Base.
The corps regularly trains with similar units from different countries, such as the US Navy SEALs, US Army DELTA, British SAS and the Danish naval special forces group, the Frogman Corps. The corps is based on the structure and modus operandi of the British SAS. [3]
The Danish Frogmen recaptured a hijacked merchant vessel in 2010. As a NATO member, Denmark gets to work closely with US special-operations units, often participating in joint exercises with Army ...
Para (Special Forces) - Some commandos of the elite Parachute Regiment (India) special forces of the Indian Army are trained combat divers. NSG (National security guards) - operatives of Special action group of NSG are from the special forces of the Indian armed forces on deputation, some commandos of the unit are combat diving qualified.
Pages in category "Special forces of Denmark" ... Frogman Corps (Denmark) J. Jaeger Corps (Denmark) S. Sirius Dog Sled Patrol; Special Operations Command (Denmark)
The Danish intelligence capabilities were also expanded and the Danish submarines trained for very shallow water operations, while a special naval force – the Danish Frogman Corps was created. The naval bases in Frederikshavn and Korsør plus the fortresses at Langeland and Stevns were created through NATO funds in the 1950s.
The pirates opened fire on a RHIB carrying members of the special operations Frogman Corps, who returned fire, killing four pirates and wounding one. The RHIB was hit by the pirates, but none of the Danish soldiers were wounded. The frigate provided medical treatment to the wounded individual and the remaining three were taken into custody.