The Brazilian armour and mechanized troops also wear the black beret, as well as the special forces unit of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro, BOPE.

Rio de Janeiro's police elite squad BOPE have recently acquired one wheel loader of military purposes to open routes and make way for the police in Rio de Janeiro's slums, which are controlled, and blocked, by drugdealers.

The situation lasted for several hours as police and BOPE teams were stifled by distant politicians reluctant to create a sensational scene on national television.

The military of Dominica consists of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force ( includes Special Service Unit, Coast Guard ).

The Hong Kong Police Force also has a highly trained and equipped counter terrorism unit, the Special Duties Unit, trained by United Kingdom's SAS and SBS, and a Marine Police force.

The Lithuanian Armed Forces consist of the Lithuanian Land Force, Lithuanian Air Force, Lithuanian Naval Force, Lithuanian Special Operations Force and other units: Logistics Command, Training and Doctrine Command, Headquarters Battalion, Military Police.

Directly subordinated to the Chief of Defence are the Special Operations Forces and Military Police.

National Police Force ( includes the paramilitary Special Mobile Force or SMF, and National Coast Guard )

* an Special Military law enforcement Service, like the Russian Military Police

Perhaps the most high-profile example of this was, in 1980 the Metropolitan Police handing control of the Iranian Embassy Siege to the Special Air Service.

* Special Police Dekaranger, a police organization in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

No regular military force ; the Special Service Unit, and the Coast Guard, are both under the command of the Royal Saint Lucia Police.

No regular military force ; the Special Service Unit, and the Coast Guard, are both under the command of the Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force.

* Heckler & Koch UMP used by the 5th Special Forces Regiment and Military Police

* Special Assault Team, the counter-terrorist unit of the National Police Agency of Japan

Around 9 p. m. a team from the Special Operations Group of the Tasmania Police had arrived and were eventually able to assist in removing the policemen from the ditch to safety by using the cover of darkness, riot shields and bulletproof jackets.

" A Crime Prevention Initiative has recently been introduced by the council in conjunction with the Belize Police Department, which introduced a Special Constable / Community Policing Programme.

The 185th Regiment is included in the Brigade Parachutists Folgore and is generally in charge of the training and preparation of units ; but it can be converted to other tasks depending on the technical and functional plan, from employment on land with the Commando Operations of Special Forces ( COFS ) and other units of river basin FS / FOS of the Army, with the Operating Group Incursori ( GOI ) of the Navy ( Marina Militare ), with the Incursori Unit of the Air Force and for some functions also with the Special Intervention Group ( GIS ) of the Police officers.

This meant the introduction of the British rank and promotion structure, the creation of 12 Police Divisions and 39 Sub-Divisions, the disbandment of the Ulster Special Constabulary, and the creation of a Police Authority representative of the whole community.

Between 1922 and 1969 the position of Inspector-General of the RUC was held by five officers, the last being Sir Arthur Young, who was seconded for a year from the City of London Police to implement the Hunt Report and disarm the police and disband the Ulster Special Constabulary (' B ' Specials ).

The BDF was founded in 1978 following the disbanding of the Belize Volunteer Guard and the Police Special Force the year before.

This unit consisted of SD and Sipo, the third company of the Special Duties Waffen-SS battalion, and a platoon of the 9th Police Battalion.

Beyond the Comandos, the Portuguese Armed and Security Forces used several other commando type forces in the Colonial War in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea, like the Caçadores Especiais ( Special Hunters ) of the Portuguese Army, the Caçadores Paraquedistas ( Parachute Hunters ) of the Portuguese Air Force, the Fuzileiros Especiais ( Special Marines ) of the Portuguese Navy, the Flechas ( Arrows ) of the International and State Defense Police and the Grupos Especiais ( Special Groups ) of the Government of Mozambique.

The classic example, considered by their American counterparts quite curious, was the maintenance of the internal comma in a British organisation of secret agents called the " Special Operations, Executive " — " S. O., E " — which is not found in histories written after about 1960.

Members of the Brazilian Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion.

* 1965, Essays on military psychological operations, Special Operations Research Office, American University

* Walter Freud, Sigmund's grandson, chemical engineer, member of Royal Pioneer Corps and British Special Operations Executive

In June 1942, Heydrich was assassinated in Prague in an operation led by Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, members of Czechoslovakia's army-in-exile who had been trained by the British Special Operations Executive.

In late July 1934, Special Agent Melvin Purvis, the Director of Operations in the Chicago office, received a tip on Dillinger's whereabouts which paid off when Dillinger was located, ambushed and killed by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater.

Kenya formed a Special Operations Regiment composed of 30th Special Operations Battalion and 40th Kenya Ranger Strike Force Battalion.

In addition, US Special Operations Forces conducted Iris Gold rotations to train and assist other Kuwaiti military units

His time there, however, was short-lived ; the under-funded section was absorbed by the new Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) in July 1940.

In 2008, the Lebanese Army started establishing the Special Operations command in order to group the Army's elite units.

These Special Operations forces will include the Airborne Regiment, the Commandos Regiment, the Navy Commandos Regiment, and the Counter-Sabotage Regiment of the Military Intelligence.

Lithuanian Special Operations Force soldiers during trainings

Lithuanian Special Operations Force ( SOF ) of Lithuanian Armed Forces has been in operation de facto since 2002 and it was established de jure on April 3, 2008, when amendments of National Defence System organisation and military service law came into force.

SOF is formed from the Special Operations Unit.

Lithuanian Air Force Special Operations Element is subordinate to the Unit at the level of operations management. Structure of the SOF is flexible which makes it easy to form squadrons intended for concrete operations and missions from its elements.

Category: Special Operations Executive personnel

During the World War II era William E. Fairbairn and Eric A. Sykes were recruited by the Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) to teach their martial art of defendu ( itself drawing on jujutsu and Western boxing ) and pistol shooting to UK, US, and Canadian special forces.

The 5. 56x45 mm Mk 16 emerged as the winner of a USSOCOM competition to find a new rifle for Special Operations Forces in 2003 and entered operational service in 2009.

* 2002 – Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.