Canadian special forces
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Canadian special forces can refer to:
- Canadian Special Operations Forces CommandCanadian Special Operations Forces CommandCanadian Special Operations Forces Command , is a command of the Canadian Forces...
(CANSOFCOM)
- The current Canadian military special forces, established 2006
- Special Operations Group (Canada) (SOG)
- established 2005
- 1st Special Service Force, The Devil's Brigade
- A joint Canada-USA special forces unit of WWII, Canada's first special forces, established 1942 and disbanded 1944
- Special Emergency Response TeamSpecial Emergency Response TeamThe Special Emergency Response Team was the RCMP counter-terrorism unit which existed until 1993. Its duties were then taken by the Canadian Forces in the form of Joint Task Force Two....
(SERT)
- The RCMP's former special forces team, disbanded 1993
- Joint Task Force 2Joint Task Force 2Joint Task Force 2 is an elite Special Operations Force of the Canadian Armed Forces primarily tasked with counter-terrorism operations...
(JTF2)
- A component of CANSOFCOM, and successor to SERT, established 1993
- Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)
- Provides back-up to Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2) and provides the CF with a SOF unit that can be deployed anywhere in Canada or internationally.
- The Canadian Airborne RegimentThe Canadian Airborne RegimentThe Canadian Airborne Regiment was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968. It was not an administrative regiment in the commonly accepted British Commonwealth sense, but rather a tactical formation manned from other regiments and branches...
- Sometimes called Canadian special forces, established in 1968 and disbanded 1995
- Canadian special forcesCanadian special forcesCanadian special forces can refer to:* Canadian Special Operations Forces Command * Special Operations Group * 1st Special Service Force, The Devil's Brigade* Special Emergency Response Team * Joint Task Force 2...
- Canadian special forces
- Canada's version of rangers or commandos established in 1942.