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1020: 1548:. On orders from President Franklin D. Roosevelt through a proposal from OSS Director Colonel William J. Donovan and the former Commander of the United States Marine Detachment Major Evans F Carlson, directed the formation of what became the Marine Raiders. Initially this unit was to be called Marine Commandos and were to be the counterpart to the British Commandos. The name Marine Commandos met with much controversy within the Marine Corps leading Commandant Thomas J. Holcomb to state, "the term 'Marine' is sufficient to indicate a man ready for duty at any time, and the injection of a special name, such as 103: 1950:(Airborne) instituted, "Special Operations Augmentation Recondo School," an acronym for Reconnaissance Commando. The school was at Nha Trang Air Base, north of the massive U.S. Navy and Air Force Base at Cam Ranh Bay. Recondo School trained small, heavily armed long-range reconnaissance teams the art of patrolling deep in enemy-held territory. All students were combat veterans and came from the ranks of the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps Force Recon Battalions, and the Army of the Republic of South Korea. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam had their own school. The modern U.S. Army's 1378: 741:" (meaning "daring, brave ones"); they were almost always men under 25 in top physical condition and, possibly at first, bachelors (due to fear of very high casualty rates). Actually the Arditi (who were led to the lines just a few hours before the assault, having been familiarised with the terrain via photo-reconnaissance and trained on trench systems re-created ad hoc for them) suffered fewer casualties than regular line infantry and were highly successful in their tasks. Many volunteered for extreme-right formations in the turbulent years after the war and (the 400: 38: 1826:. It is required to undergo the SAF Commando Course to be allowed to wear the SAF Beret. It also serves as the foundation course or requisite for other SAF specialization trainings such as Explosives and Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Basic Airborne Course (BAC), Urban Counter Revolutionary Warfare Course (SURESHOCK), SCUBA-BUSROC (Basic Under-Water Search and Rescue Operations Course), SAF Seaborne Warfare Course (SSWC) and others. 1240:. The attacking forces varied in size from a few paratroopers to several companies. Due to the balance of forces concerned, these raids achieved little in the way of damage or casualties, and resulted in the destruction of the Japanese units concerned. Considering that there were no plans to extract these forces, and the reluctance to surrender by Japanese personnel during that era, they are often seen in the same light as 1474: 1363:

the 181st Special Reconnaissance Detachment. They began conducting sabotage missions and raids to snatch prisoners for interrogation. They would also destroy German ammunition and supply depots, communication centers, and harass enemy troop concentrations along the Finnish and Russian coasts. After the European conflict ended, Leonov and his men were sent to the Pacific theatre to conduct operations against the Japanese.

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The Royal Navy Beach Commandos controlled the arrival and departure of vessels that were landing their cargoes on the beaches. In each RN Beach Commando was a Principal Beachmaster (PBM), an Assistant Principal Beachmaster and two or three beach parties each consisting of a Beachmaster, two Assistant

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accompanied the Allied invasion forces in all theatres; their main role was to allow the forward operation of friendly fighters by servicing and arming them from captured air fields. However, due to the forward position of these airfields, the RAF Commandos were also trained to secure and make safe

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commanded an elite unit of Naval Commandos. The 4th Special Volunteer Detachment was a unit of 70 veterans. Initially they were confined to performing small scale reconnaissance missions, platoon sized insertions by sea and on occasion on land into Finland and later Norway. Later they were renamed

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means "command". In South Africa similar troops operated in small detachments, usually traveling on horseback, and launched rapid attacks against British troops. During the Second World War, both the British and the Germans decided to reuse this term to designate the new special operations troops

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for specialized raiding units of the British Army Special Service in evocation of the effectiveness and tactics of the Boer commandos. During World War II, American and British publications, confused over the use of the plural "commandos" for that type of British military units, gave rise to the

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campaign. The Japanese commander on the island drew parallels with the Boer War, and decided that it would require a 10:1 numerical advantage to defeat the Allies. The campaign occupied the attention of an entire Japanese division for almost a year. The independent companies were later renamed

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Due to the special mental and physiological requirements made of the applicants, there are restrictions entering "commando" units. Applicants have to fulfil special requirements. Selecting applicants with the highest motivation, modern special forces run special selection processes.

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Voyennaya Razvyedka (Razvedchiki Scouts) are "Military intelligence" personnel/units within larger formations in ground troops, airborne troops and marines. Intelligence battalion in the division, reconnaissance company in the brigade, a reconnaissance platoon in the regiment.

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and about 150 men were trained before the beginning of summer 1941. At first, the units had as few as 15 men, but during the war this was increased to 60. On July 1, 1943, the units were organised in the 4th Detached Battalion. In 1944, a special unit with amphibious

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infantry battalions were reorganized as Commandos, numbered from 40 to 48, joining the British Army Commandos in combined Commando Brigades. After the war the Army Commandos were disbanded. The Royal Marines form an enduring Brigade-strength capability as

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Later in the war the Royal Australian Navy also formed commando units along the lines of the Royal Naval Commandos to go ashore with the first waves of major amphibious assaults, to signpost the beaches and carry out other naval tasks. These were known as

458:. The British Commandos were instrumental in founding many other international commando units during World War II. Some international commando units were formed from members who served as part of or alongside British Commandos, such as the Dutch 233:(KSK) demands from their applicants high levels of physical resilience, teamwork, willingness to learn, mental resilience, willpower, sense of responsibility, flexibility, secrecy and adaptation. These skills are proved during assessment. 989:, soldiers of the 4th disrupted the supply lines of the Soviet artillery, preventing effective fire support. The battalion made over 50 missions in 1943 and just under 100 in 1944, and was disbanded on November 30 of that same year. 704:, AOK) realized the need for special forces and decided to draw on German experience. Starting in September–October 1916 about 120 officers and 300 NCOs were trained in the German training area in Beuville (near the village of 226:. Soldiers had to be younger than 30 years, were mostly athletes or hunters and had to show the highest motivation. During training and selection some participants died since they were exhausted and left to their devices. 1671:. S'13 specializes in sea-to-land incursions, counter-terrorism, sabotage, maritime intelligence gathering, maritime hostage rescue, and boarding. The unit is one of the world's most well reputed special forces units. 197:

had scattered the Boer army, the guerrilla tactics of its individual units (which were styled 'Commandos')... prevented decisive victory.... His ideas were accepted; so also, with some hesitation, was the name

1435:) to conduct raiding operations in occupied Europe. They also worked in small teams, such as the SAS, which was composed of ten or fewer commandos because that was better for special operations. One example is 697:. These squads were named after the specially trained forces of Russian army formed in 1886 and were used to protect against ambushes, to perform reconnaissance and for low intensity fights in no-man's-land. 613:

A Dutch study found that a sampling of Dutch male special forces operators were more emotionally stable, conscientious, but also more closed minded than matched civilian controls and other types of soldiers.

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Since the 20th century and World War II in particular, commandos have been set apart from other military units by virtue of their extreme training regimes; these are usually associated with the awarding of

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During the winter of 1914–1915 large parts of the Eastern Front switched to trench warfare. To cope with the new situation many Austro-Hungarian regiments spontaneously formed infantry squads called

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of the United States. As one of Israel's most important commando units, the Sayeret Matkal has reputedly been involved in almost every major counter-terrorism operation since its inception in 1957.

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forces. They intended them to carry all they needed and not remain in field operations for more than 36 hours. Army Commandos were all volunteers selected from existing soldiers still in Britain.

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caused the Boers to retain the commando system despite being free of colonial laws. Also, the word became used to describe any armed raid. During this period, the Boers also developed

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were able to use superior marksmanship, fieldcraft, camouflage and mobility to expel the British (wearing red uniforms, poorly trained in marksmanship and unmounted) from the

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Commando soldiers shall think independently. This is the opposite of military tradition but necessary to work in small and smallest groups, avoiding enemies' reconnaissance.

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in 1940. These were later known simply as RN Commandos, and they did not see action until they successfully fought for control of the landing beaches (as in the disastrous

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loan word, which was borrowed from Italian in the 17th century, from the sizable minority of German settlers in the initial European colonization of South Africa.

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assesses their applicants through medical, intelligence, logic, and fitness tests as well as interrogations, small drills and solving small tasks.

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that an American unit be set up "along the lines of the British Commandos". The original US Rangers trained at the British Commandos centre at

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techniques for use against numerically superior but less mobile bands of natives such as the Zulu, who fought in large, complex formations.

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also trace their lineage to this unit and through it to British Commandos, despite existing in their modern incarnation only since 2006.

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forces for two years after the British had captured the capitals of the two Boer republics. During these conflicts the word entered the

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was formed from the British 1st and 2nd SAS, the French 3rd and 4th SAS, and the Belgian 5th SAS. The French Army special forces (

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nations were part of the original British Commando units. They developed their own national traditions, including the Australian

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took pride in this and adopted the style and the mannerism of Arditi), but some of left-wing political persuasions created the "

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was established in 1652, the word was used to describe bands of militia. The first "Commando Law" was instated by the original

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Raids in the Late War and their Lessons, R. Laycock, Journal of the Royal United Service Institution November 1947 pp 534-535

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modern common habit of using "a commando" to mean one member of such a unit, or one man engaged on a raiding-type operation.

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The United States continues to have no designated "commando" units; however, the closest equivalents remain the U.S. Army's

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were famous for their elite skills and their use in rapid commando style raids and as elite "fire brigade" infantrymen.

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tests swimming speed over 500 yards, number of push-ups and sit-ups within 2 minutes, pull-ups and running 1.5 miles.

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ties the English use of the word meaning " member of a body of picked men ..." directly into its Afrikaans' origins:

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In English, to distinguish between an individual commando and a commando unit, the unit is occasionally capitalized.

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is another Finnish Commando unit of the World War Two era. The Detachment was founded on August 20, 1941, under the

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also formed 15 commando units in 1942, each of which was 150 strong. These units consisted of trained technicians,

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tested their applicants' motivation during an obstacle course using real explosives and machine gun fire close to

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commando unit. Shaldag's mission is to deploy undetected into combat and hostile environments to conduct special

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Originally "a commando" was a type of combat unit, as opposed to an individual in that unit. In other languages,

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all derive some portion of their legacies from the Recondo program and utilize the name "Recondos" informally.

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planes was founded to support the battalion. The total strength of the battalion was 678 men and 76 women (see

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of the US Army, a liaison officer with the British General Staff. In 1942, he submitted a proposal to General

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arguably also qualified as commandos- though they too were assimilated into regular Marine units in 1944.

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The first country to establish commando troops was Italy, in the summer 1917, shortly before Germany.

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In 1941, Lieutenant-Colonel D. W. Clarke of the British Imperial General Staff, suggested the name

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Fuzileiros were originally trained by British Commandos in 1961. Other British units, such as the

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During the war the British Army Commandos spawned several other famous British units such as the

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were on the Allied side of the battle line and fought with the Allies, renaming themselves the

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in 1947 claimed that there was a German raid on a radar station on the Isle of Wight in 1941.

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Italy used specialist trench-raiding teams to break the stalemate of static fighting against

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in 1940 by Fallschirmjäger troops as part of the German invasion and occupation of Belgium.

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unveiled in 1952 in Scotland is dedicated to the British Commandos of the Second World War.

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The Royal Marines is the largest force of its type in Europe and the second largest in

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British Commandos wearing the green beret and carrying the Bergen rucksack during the

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in the early stages of World War II. They first saw action in early 1942 during the

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Kommandounternehmen des zweiten Weltkriegs, Robin Cross, Karl Müller Verlag 1999,

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and in southern France. Its most famous raid, which was documented in the film

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chartered settlements and similar laws were maintained through the independent

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Cape Mounted Burghers, or "kommando," assembling for action in 1846 during the

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sized "commandos", thereby reviving the word. The British intended that their

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The "commando" name was permanently established with the introduction of the

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and maintainers who had volunteered to undertake the commando course. These

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trained intelligence and commando officers and organized commando teams for

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formed commando battalions. The USMC commandos were known collectively as

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In post-war years the Italian marine commandos were re-organised as the "

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The first appearance and use of the term "commando" was taken from the

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of 19 August 1942). The RN Commandos, including Commando "W" from the

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recognised the importance of fieldcraft and was inspired to form the

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these airfields and to help defend them from enemy counterattack.

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as replacements, and the American members were sent to either the

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Commando Country, Stuart Allan, National Museums Scotland 2007,

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hired their personnel after a very long interrogation. First

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Dobbie, Elliott V. K. (April 1944). "The Word 'Commando'".

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commando squadrons, and they saw widespread action in the

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Italy's most renowned commando unit of World War II was

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Eliteverbände der Welt Ausbildung, Bewaffnung, Einsätze

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behind enemy lines, Sayeret Matkal is also tasked with

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Reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition

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United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions

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Harbour. An attempt to replicate this success, with

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