Browsing: Tier 2

The Military Police Detachment for Special Purposes KOBRE is a specialized unit that operates under the direct authority of the…

Portuguese military and special forces have a long history of special operations and elite units. Portugal is a relatively small…

In the last decade, the NATO alliance is shifting from conventional large-scale forces to surgical precise special units. The very…

Individuals in the U.S. special operations community often speak of Tiers. Thus far, we have examined the characteristics of Tier…

Today, almost every country has a significant number of special forces operators. In Finland, a non-NATO member, Army SOF consists…

Being one of the smallest elite unit of the Philippine Navy, the Naval Special Operation Group is trained in special…

They are the Portuguese Army Special Operations Forces (SOF) and are part of the Army Rapid Reaction Brigade. They operate…

Since the Croatian war for independence, Croatia has developed their own special forces on both law enforcement and military level…

JW Komandosow represents a specialized division within the Polish Special Operations Forces, whose origins can be traced back to 1957.…

During the years, the USMC Reconnaissance Battalions were the eyes and ears of the Marine Divisions, and every operation could…

Estonia, the small country in the Baltic, has an elite Estonian Special Operations Forces known as ESTSOF or EOG. It…

De Oppresso Liber, a Latin phrase that could be translated as to liberate the oppressed. That’s the motto of the…