Special forces of Australia

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An Australian Special Operations Task Group patrol in Afghanistan during October 2009

Since 1941, the Australian military has raised a range of special forces and special operations units, including:[1][2]

  1. Commando units such as the Independent and Commando Companies raised during World War II, and the 1st and 2nd Commando Regiments which were raised post-war.[Note 1]
  2. Reconnaissance and intelligence gathering units such as M and Z Special Units of the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) and the Allied Intelligence Bureau (AIB) during World War II,[4][5] and later the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) and Regional Force Surveillance Units (RFSU)s.[6]
  3. Counter-terrorism units such as the Tactical Assault Groups (formed from elements of the SASR and 2nd Commando Regiment).[7]
  4. Non-special forces support units such as the Special Operations Engineer Regiment (SOER),[Note 2] Special Operations Logistics Squadron (SOLS),[8] No. 4 Squadron RAAF,[9][10] 171st Aviation Squadron[11] and No. 200 Flight RAAF.[12]

All of Australia's special forces units have been grouped together under the Special Operations Command since December 2002.[8]

See also

Notes

Footnotes
  1. ↑ The 2nd Command Regiment was previously called the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando).[3]
  2. ↑ SOER was previously called the Incident Response Regiment (IRR).[8]
Citations
  1. ↑ Horner 2002, pp. 19–35.
  2. ↑ Kuring 2004, pp. 259–260 & 432–435.
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  4. ↑ Kuring 2004, p. 259.
  5. ↑ Horner 2002, p. 25.
  6. ↑ Lord & Tennant 2000, p. 27.
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Blaxland 2014, p. 328.
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  12. ↑ RAAF Historical Section 1995, pp. 174–175.

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