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specialized training. The primary role of commando brigades involves carrying out combat missions in challenging landscapes. Military personnel serving in commando units receive instruction in various skills, including assault climber, combat and patrolling techniques in urban areas, combat and reconnaissance in river basin, commando style raids, CQB/CQC, defusing and disposal of bombs and land mines, desert warfare, fast tactical shooting, field intelligence gathering, hand-to-hand combat, HUMINT, infiltrate and exfil the area with a helicopter, irrgular warfare, marksmanship, NBCR on operations in contaminated environments, parachuting, physical conditioning, reading a map and use compass for requesting artillery fire support and airstrike, SERE, special reconnaissance, skiing, sniper, support counterterrorism, and tactical first aid. Those who successfully complete the course are selected to join the commando brigade and are awarded berets as a symbol of their achievement.]
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