List of military special forces units

This is a list of military special forces units, also known as special operations forces (SOF), currently active with countries around the world, that are specially organized, trained and equipped to conduct special operations.

These are distinct from special-purpose infantry units, such as the Royal Marine Commandos, found on the list of commando units, and also paratrooper units found on the list of paratrooper forces.

Definitions
NATO currently defines "special operations" as: "Military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained, and equipped forces, manned with selected personnel, using unconventional tactics, techniques, and modes of employment."

In 2001, as part of efforts to create a framework for consultation and cooperation between NATO and Russia, the NATO-RUSSIA Glossary of Contemporary Political and Military Terms further defined special operations and special operations forces: "special operations military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, trained and equipped forces using operational techniques and modes of employment not standard to conventional forces. These activities are conducted across the full range of military operations independently or in coordination with operations of conventional forces to achieve political, military, psychological and economic objectives. Politico-military considerations may require clandestine, covert or discreet techniques and the acceptance of a degree of physical and political risk not associated with conventional operations." "special-operations forces strategic formations and units of the armed forces, whose role is to conduct sabotage, reconnaissance, subversive and other special operations on the territory of foreign countries. In wartime they may also be assigned tasks such as intelligence-gathering, the seizure or destruction of key installations, the conduct of psychological operations or the organization of insurgencies in the enemy's rear area. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have separate special-operations forces brigades, battalions and companies which are integrated with the intelligence assets of military districts, fronts, fleets, armies or corps."

The United States definition of special operations is: "Operations requiring unique modes of employment, tactical techniques, equipment and training often conducted in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments and characterized by one or more of the following: time sensitive, clandestine, low visibility, conducted with and/or through indigenous forces, requiring regional expertise, and/or a high degree of risk."

The Canadian definition of special operations forces is: "Organizations containing specially trained personnel that are organized, equipped and trained to conduct high-risk, high value, special operations to achieve military, political, economic, or international objectives by using special and unique operational methodologies in hostile, denied, or politically sensitive area to achieve desired tactical operational, and/or strategic effects in times of peace, conflict, or war."

Albania
Albanian Armed Forces
 * Special Operations Regiment

Algeria
Algerian Land Forces (CFT) Algerian Navy (AN) Algerian Republican Guard (GR)
 * 104th Operational Maneuvers Regiment (104e RMO)
 * 116th Operational Maneuvers Regiment (116e RMO)
 * Navy Special Action Regiment (RASM)
 * Special Intervention Regiment (RSI)

Angola
Angolan Armed Forces
 * Special Forces Brigade (BRIFE)

Argentina
Argentine Army
 * Special Operations Forces Grouping
 * 601 Commando Company
 * 602 Commando Company

Argentine Navy
 * Tactical Divers Group
 * Amphibious Commandos Group

Armenia
Armenian Army
 * 1st Special Forces Regiment (Armenia) – Spetsnaz unit.

Australia
Australian Army Incorporates the role of Tactical Assault Group (East) Incorporates the role of Tactical Assault Group (West) Royal Australian Air Force
 * Special Operations Command
 * Special Forces Group
 * 1st Commando Regiment
 * 2nd Commando Regiment
 * Special Air Service Regiment (SASR)
 * Special Operations Engineer Regiment
 * 6th Aviation Regiment
 * 171st Special Operations Aviation Squadron
 * 173rd Special Operations Aviation Squadron
 * No. 4 Squadron, B Flight

Royal Australian Navy Divers serve with 2nd Commando Regiment as part of Tactical Assault Group (East)
 * Clearance Diving Branch

Austria
Austrian Army
 * Jagdkommando

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
 * Special Forces of Azerbaijan
 * 641st Naval Special Operations Brigade
 * 777th Special Forces Regiment

Bangladesh
Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Navy Bangladesh Air Force
 * Para Commando Brigade
 * Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS)
 * 41 Squadron Airborne

Belarus
Special Operations Forces Command
 * 5th Spetsnaz Brigade
 * 38th Guards Mobile Brigade – Brest
 * 103rd Guards Mobile Brigade – Vitebsk

Belgium
Belgian Land Component
 * Special Operations Regiment in Heverlee

Botswana

 * Botswana Ground Force
 * 1st Commando Regiment

Brazil
Brazilian Army Brazilian Air Force Brazilian Navy
 * Special Operations Command
 * 1st Special Forces Battalion (1º BFEsp)
 * 1st Commando Battalion (1º BAC)
 * Special Operation Support Battalion
 * Airborne Rescue Squadron
 * Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion (COMANF)
 * Combat Divers Groupment (GRUMEC)

Brunei

 * Royal Brunei Land Force
 * Special Forces Regiment (SFR)

Bulgaria

 * Bulgarian Land Forces
 * 68th Special Forces Brigade
 * Bulgarian Navy
 * 65th Seaborne Special Reconnaissance Detachment

Burundi

 * National Defence Force
 * 4th Commando Battalion

Cambodia

 * Royal Cambodian Army
 * Special Forces Command (Cambodia)
 * Brigade 70 (B-70)

Canada
Special Operations Forces Command
 * Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2)
 * Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)
 * 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron (427 SOAS)
 * Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU)

Chile

 * Lautaro Special Operations Brigade

China – PRC
People's Liberation Army
 * People's Liberation Army Special Operations Forces

Colombia

 * National Army of Colombia
 * Special Forces Division (División de fuerzas especiales (DIVFE))
 * Agrupación de Fuerzas Especiales Antiterroristas Urbanas
 * Colombian Air Force
 * Special Air Commando Group (ECOEA)

Congo – DRC

 * 391st Commando battalion URR

Croatia
Special Operations Command (Croatia)

Cuba

 * Black Wasp (Avispas Negras)

Cyprus
Special forces
 * Special Forces Command (Cyprus)
 * Underwater Demolition Team (Cyprus)

Czech Republic
The Czech Republic Special Operations Forces
 * Ministry of Defence SOF Directorate
 * 601st Special Forces Group

Denmark
Special Operations Command (SOKOM) Danish Home Guard
 * Jaeger Corps
 * Frogman Corps
 * Special Support and Reconnaissance Company

The Royal Danish Navy also maintains a unique ski patrol unit that conducts dog patrols of Greenland throughout the year. This unit, the Sirius Patrol, maintains a combat capability.

Ecuador
Ecuadorain Army
 * IWIAS Jungle Commandos

El Salvador
Special Operations Command (CFE)

Egypt
Sa'ka Forces (Thunderbolt Forces)
 * Unit 777
 * Unit 999

Estonia
Estonian Special Operations Force (ESTSOF)

Ethiopia

 * Agazi Commando Division

Finland
Finnish Army Finnish Navy
 * Utti Jaeger Regiment
 * Coastal Brigade
 * Naval Reconnaissance Battalion
 * Special Operations Detachment

France
Special Operations Command French Army French Navy French Air and Space Force Directorate-General for External Security
 * Special Forces Command and Signal Company – (Compagnie de Commandement et de Transmissions des Forces Spéciales) (CCTFS)
 * 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment
 * 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment
 * 4th Special Forces Helicopter Regiment
 * FORFUSCO
 * Commandos Marine
 * Air Parachute Commando No. 10 (CPA 10)
 * Special Operations Division, Transport section (ET 03/61 Poitou)
 * Action Division

Georgia
Defense Forces
 * GSOF

Germany
German Army German Air Force German Navy
 * Rapid Forces Division
 * Special Forces Command (KSK)
 * Specialized Army Forces with Expanded Capabilities (EGB Forces)
 * Kampfretter
 * Naval Special Forces Command (KSM)

Ghana
Ghana Armed Forces
 * Ghana Navy
 * Special Boat Squadron

Greece
Hellenic Army
 * 13th Special Operations Command
 * 1st Infantry Division
 * 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (LOK) (MAK)
 * 32nd Marines Brigade

Hellenic Air Force
 * 31st Search & Rescue Squadron (31MEED)

Hellenic Navy
 * Underwater Demolition Command (DYK) – is organized into sections called Underwater Demolition Teams (OYK)

Hungary

 * HDF 34th Bercsényi László Special Forces Battalion
 * HDF 25/88th Light Mixed Battalion
 * HDF 5/24th 'Gergely Bornemissza' Reconnaissance Battalion

India
Armed Forces Special Operations Division
 * Indian Army
 * Para (Special Forces)
 * Indian Navy
 * MARCOS
 * Indian Air Force
 * Garud Commando Force
 * Research and Analysis Wing
 * Special Group (India)
 * Special Frontier Force

Indonesia
Special Operations Command

Indonesian Army
 * Kopassus – Army special force command
 * Tontaipur – Army combat reconnaissance platoon

Indonesian Navy
 * Kopaska – Naval frogman commando
 * Denjaka – Joint navy-marine special forces
 * Taifib – Marine amphibious reconnaissance battalion
 * Octopus Squad – naval offshore counter-terrorism unit

Indonesian Air Force
 * Kopasgat – Air force special forces command
 * Bravo Detachment 90 – counterterrorism unit of Kopasgat

Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
 * 65th Airborne Special Forces Brigade


 * 1st Marine Brigade

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
 * Quds Force
 * Sepah Navy Special Force

Iraq
Iraqi Special Operations Forces
 * Counter Terrorism Command (CTC)
 * Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion
 * Wolf Brigade

Ireland
Irish Army
 * Army Ranger Wing (ARW)

Israel
Military Intelligence Directorate
 * General Staff Reconnaissance Unit 269 – Sayeret Matkal

Israeli Army
 * 89th "Oz" Brigade
 * Unit 212 – Maglan
 * Unit 217 – Duvdevan
 * Unit 621 – Egoz

Israeli Navy
 * 13th Flotilla – Shayetet 13

Israeli Air and Space Force
 * 7th Special Air Forces Wing (He)
 * Unit 5101 – Shaldag (Special Air-Ground Designating Team)
 * Unit 669 – Combat Search and Rescue and Airborne Medical Evacuation Unit

Italy
Italian Army
 * Army Special Forces Command (Italy)
 * 9th Parachute Assault Regiment "Col Moschin"
 * 185th Paratroopers Reconnaissance Target Acquisition Regiment "Folgore"
 * 4th Alpini Parachutist Regiment
 * 3rd Special Operations Helicopter Regiment

Italian Navy
 * Comando Subacquei ed Incursori (COMSUBIN)

Italian Air Force
 * 17º Stormo Incursori (ex R.I.A.M., CCT)

Carabinieri
 * Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS) – in addition to special operations, is responsible for civil policing as a police tactical unit

Japan
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
 * Special Forces Group

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
 * Special Boarding Unit

Jordan
Joint Special Operations Command
 * Special Forces Group – "King Abdulah II"
 * Special Unit I – Specializing in counter terrorism on the basis of the 71st Special Battalion

Kenya
Kenya Special Forces
 * Special Operations Regiment (SOR)

Kuwait

 * Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade

Kyrgyzstan

 * Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic
 * 25th Special Force Brigade Scorpion

Latvia
Latvian National Armed Forces
 * Latvian Special Tasks Unit (SUV)

Lebanon
Special Operations Command
 * Lebanese Armed Forces
 * Counter-Sabotage Regiment (aka Moukafaha)
 * Lebanese Army
 * Lebanese Commando Regiment (aka "Ranger Regiment")
 * Lebanese Navy
 * Marine Commandos
 * Lebanese Air Force
 * Airborne Regiment

Lithuania

 * Lithuanian Special Operations Force

Malaysia
Malaysian Army Royal Malaysian Navy Royal Malaysian Air Force
 * 21st Special Service Group / 21 Grup Gerak Khas (GGK)
 * Naval Special Warfare Forces / Pasukan Khas Laut (PASKAL)
 * Pasukan Khas TUDM / RMAF Special Force (PASKAU)

Maldives

 * Maldives National Defence Force
 * Special Force

Malta

 * Armed Forces of Malta
 * Special Operations Unit (SOU)

Mexico
Mexican Army
 * Special Forces Corps
 * Special Reaction Force

Mexican Navy
 * Amphibious Special Forces Group

Mongolia

 * 084th Special Task Battalion

Montenegro

 * Special Forces Company

Namibia
Namibian Special Forces

Nepal
Shree Mahabir Battalion (Rangers Battalion, equivalent to and trained by the US Army Rangers (part of the Nepali Army Special Operation Force))

Netherlands
Netherlands Special Operations Command (NLD SOCOM)
 * Korps Commandotroepen (KCT)
 * Netherlands Maritime Special Operations Forces (NLMARSOF)

New Zealand
Special Operations Component Command
 * New Zealand Special Air Service

Nigeria
Armed Forces Special Forces (AFSF) Nigerian Navy
 * 72nd Special Forces Battalion
 * Special Boat Service
 * Deep Blue Special Intervention Forces (Maritime Security Unit)

North Korea – DPRK
Korean People's Army Special Operation Force

North Macedonia
Army of the Republic of Macedonia
 * Special Operations Regiment ("Wolves")

Norway
Norwegian Special Operation Forces (NORSOF)
 * Armed Forces' Special Command
 * Navy Special Operation Command
 * Coastal Ranger Command

Oman

 * Sultan's Special Force

Pakistan

 * Pakistan Army
 * Special Service Group (SSG)
 * Pakistan Navy
 * Special Service Group Navy (SSGN)
 * Pakistan Air Force
 * Special Service Wing (SSW)

Paraguay
Paraguayan Armed Force
 * Special Forces Battalion – (Batallón Conjunto de Fuerzas Especiales)

Peru
Peruvian Armed Forces
 * Fuerza Delta

Philippines
Special Operations Command (Philippines)
 * Philippine Air Force
 * 710th Special Operations Wing (SPOW)
 * Philippine Army
 * 1st Scout Ranger Regiment (SRR)
 * Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) (SFR-A)
 * Light Reaction Regiment (LRR)
 * Philippine Navy
 * Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM)
 * Philippine Marine Corps
 * Marine Special Operations Group (MARSOG)
 * Philippine Coast Guard
 * Special Operations Force (SOF)

Poland
Wojska Specjalne
 * Jednostka Wojskowa Agat
 * Jednostka Wojskowa Formoza
 * Jednostka Wojskowa GROM
 * Jednostka Wojskowa Komandosów
 * Jednostka Wojskowa Nil
 * Powietrzna Jednostka Operacji Specjalnych, commanded by Headquarters Special Troops Command, but part of Polish Air Force

Portugal
Portuguese Army
 * Commando Regiment
 * Paratroopers
 * Pathfinders Company
 * Special Operations Force

Portuguese Navy
 * Portuguese Marine Corps
 * Special Actions Detachment (DAE)
 * Sappers Divers Group

Portuguese Air Force
 * Portuguese Air Police
 * Core of Tactical Operations of Protection (NOTP – Núcleo de Operações Táticas de Proteção)

Romania
Ministry of Defense
 * Direcţia Generală de Informaţii a Apărării
 * Special Detachment of Protection and Intervention
 * Romanian Armed Forces:
 * Romanian Special Operations Forces Command

Rwanda
Rwanda Defence Force
 * Special Forces Brigade

Russia
Special Operations Forces Command
 * Special Purpose Center "Senezh"
 * Special Purpose Center "Kubinka-2"
 * 561st Emergency Rescue Center (Naval component, Sevastopol)
 * 344th Army Aviation Combat Center

Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) National Guard of Russia
 * Unit 29155 – based at the 161st Special Purpose Specialist Training Center
 * Unit 54777 – alternately called the 72nd Special Service Center
 * Unit 26165 – Fancy Bear, STRONTIUM
 * Unit 74455 – also known as the Sandworm Team or the Main Center for Technologies
 * Special Forces of the GRU
 * Russian Ground Forces
 * 2nd Special Purpose Brigade in Promezhitsa, Pskov Oblast
 * 3rd Special Purpose Brigade in Tolyatti
 * 10th Special Purpose Brigade in Mol'kino, Krasnodar Territory
 * 14th Special Purpose Brigade in Ussuriysk
 * 16th Special Purpose Brigade in Tambov
 * 22nd Special Purpose Brigade in Stepnoi, Rostov Oblast
 * 24th Special Purpose Brigade in Irkutsk
 * 346th Special Purpose Brigade (Prokhladny)
 * 25th Special Purpose Regiment (Stavropol)
 * Russian Airborne Troops
 * 45th Guards Special Purpose Brigade
 * Russian Navy
 * Naval Special Reconnaissance (OMRP) – Reconnaissance divers under operational subordination to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU)
 * Counteraction Underwater Diversionary Forces and Facilities (PDSS) There are PDSS units in all major Naval Bases.
 * Dzerzhinsky Division (O.D.O.N.)
 * 604th Special Purpose Center

Saudi Arabia
Royal Saudi Navy
 * Special Navy Security Units (SNSU)

Saudi Arabian Army
 * 64th Special Forces Brigade

Serbia

 * 72nd Brigade for Special Operations
 * 63rd Parachute Brigade
 * MP Detachment for Special Operations "Cobras"

Singapore
Special Operations Task Force
 * Naval Diving Unit
 * Singapore Armed Forces Commando Formation
 * Special Operations Force

Slovakia
Slovak Armed Forces
 * 5th Special Forces Regiment (Slovakia)

Slovenia

 * Posebna Enota za Specialno Taktiko (PEST)
 * Enota za Specialno Delovanje (ESD)

Somalia

 * Danab Brigade

South Africa
South African National Defence Force
 * Special Forces Brigade

South Korea – ROK

 * Republic of Korea Army
 * ROK Army Special Warfare Command ("Black Berets")
 * 1st Special Forces Brigade (Airborne)
 * 13th Special Mission Brigade
 * 707th Special Mission Group
 * Republic of Korea Navy
 * ROK Naval Special Warfare Flotilla
 * Republic of Korea Marine Corps
 * Spartan 3000
 * Marine Corps Special Recon
 * Republic of Korea Air Force
 * ROK Air Force Combat Control Team (CCT)
 * 6th Search and Rescue Squadron (SART)

Spain

 * Mando Conjunto de Operaciones Especiales (MCOE, Joint Special Operations Command)
 * Spanish Land Army
 * Mando de Operaciones Especiales (MOE, Special Operations Command)
 * Manages four Special Operations Groups (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales, GOE)
 * Spanish Navy
 * Special Naval Warfare Command
 * Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial (FGNE, Special Naval Warfare Force) – formerly Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE, Special Operations Unit), until a 2009 merger with Unidad Especial de Buzos de Combate (UEBC, Special Combat Diver Unit) to form the FGNE.
 * Spanish Air and Space Force
 * Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas (EZAPAC, Paratrooper Sappers Squadron).

Sri Lanka
Army Navy Air Force
 * Special Forces Regiment
 * Commando Regiment
 * Special Boat Squadron
 * Regiment Special Force
 * Special Airborne Force

Sweden
Swedish Armed Forces Swedish Army
 * Special Operations Task Group (SOG)
 * Life Regiment Hussars (K 3)
 * 31st Ranger Battalion
 * 32nd Intelligence Battalion
 * 323rd Parachute Ranger Squadron (Fallskärmsjägarna)
 * Norrland Dragoon Regiment (K 4) *

Swedish Air Force Swedish Navy
 * 193rd Ranger Battalion (Arméns jägarbataljon – AJB)
 * 193rd Ranger Battalion (Arméns jägarbataljon – AJB)
 * Blekinge Wing (F 17)
 * Air Force Rangers (Flygbasjägarna)
 * Amphibious Corps
 * 1st Marine Regiment (Amf 1)
 * 202nd Coastal Ranger Company (Kustjägarna)

Switzerland
Special Forces Command (KSK)
 * Army Reconnaissance Detachment (ARD 10)
 * Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17 (FSK-17)

Syria
Special Forces Command
 * 14th Special Forces Division
 * 15th Special Forces Division
 * 25th Special Mission Forces Division

Taiwan – ROC
Republic of China Army Republic of China Military Police
 * 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
 * Airborne Special Service Company
 * Republic of China Military Police Special Services Company

Republic of China Marine Corps
 * Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit

Coast Guard Administration
 * Special Task Unit

Thailand
Royal Thai Army
 * Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command (RTASWC)
 * 1st Special Forces Division (1st SFD)
 * 1st Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)
 * 2nd Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)
 * 3rd Special Forces Regiment, King's Guard (Airborne)
 * Ranger Battalion, King's Guard, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, King's Guard
 * Special Operations Battalion, King's Guard, 3rd Special Forces Regiment
 * 4th Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)
 * 5th Special Forces Regiment (Airborne)
 * 35th Signal Corp Battalion (35th SCB)
 * Psychological Operations Battalion
 * Quartermaster Aerial Supply Company

Royal Thai Navy
 * Naval Special Warfare Command (Royal Thai Navy SEALs)
 * 1st Special Forces Regiment, Naval Special Warfare Command
 * 2nd Special Forces Regiment, Naval Special Warfare Command
 * Support Group, Naval Special Warfare Command
 * RTMC Reconnaissance Battalion

Royal Thai Air Force
 * RTAF Security Force Command
 * Special Operations Regiment (SOR)

Tunisia
Tunisian Army
 * Special Forces Group (GFS)
 * Military Intervention Group (GIM)

Tunisian Air Force
 * Special Air Regiment (RAS)

Tunisian Navy
 * 51st Marine Commando Regiment (51st RCM)
 * 52nd Marine Commando Regiment (52nd RCM)

Turkey
Turkish Armed Forces
 * General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces
 * Special Forces Command (OKK) (aka Maroon Berets)
 * Turkish Naval Forces
 * Underwater Defence Group (SAS)
 * Underwater Offence Group (SAT)
 * Turkish Air Force
 * Combat Search and Rescue (MAK)
 * Air Force Search and Rescue (AKIP)


 * Northern Cyprus
 * TRNC Special Task Force Command (ÖGKK)

Uganda

 * Ugandan Special Forces Command (SFC)

Ukraine
Special Operations Forces – headquarters in Kyiv


 * 3rd Special Purpose Regiment (Kropyvnytskyi)
 * 8th Special Purpose Regiment (Khmelnytskyi)
 * 140th Special Purpose Center (Khmelnytskyi)
 * Information Warfare & Psychological Operations

Ukrainian Navy units
 * 73rd Naval Special Purpose Center (73 MTSSN) (Ochakiv)
 * 801st Anti-Diversionary Detachment (801 OZB) (Ochakiv)

National Guard of Ukraine
 * Special Forces Anti-terrorism Detachment "Omega"


 * 1st Special Purpose Brigade (Kalinivka Airfield, Vinnytsia Oblast)

United Kingdom
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF)
 * Royal Navy
 * Special Boat Service (SBS)
 * Special Boat Service (Reserve)
 * British Army
 * Special Air Service (SAS)
 * 22 Special Air Service Regiment
 * Special Air Service (Reserve) (SAS(R))
 * 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve)
 * 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve)
 * Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR)
 * 18 Signal Regiment (Royal Corps of Signals)
 * Special Forces Support Group
 * Royal Air Force/British Army
 * Special Forces Flight of 47 Squadron (Royal Air Force)
 * Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing
 * 7 Squadron (Royal Air Force)
 * 658 Squadron (Army Air Corps, British Army)

United States
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)
 * Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC)
 * United States Army
 * 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D or "Delta Force")
 * Intelligence Support Activity (ISA)
 * Aviation Technology Office (ATO) (formerly "Flight Concepts Division")
 * United States Navy
 * Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU or "SEAL Team Six")
 * United States Air Force
 * 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS)
 * 66th Air Operations Squadron (66th AOS)
 * 427th Special Operations Squadron (427th SOS)
 * 1st Joint Special Operations Aviation Component (1st JSOAC) (formerly the Aviation Tactics Evaluation Group/AVTEG)
 * Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)
 * 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) – 1st SFC (A)
 * Special Forces Groups ("Green Berets")
 * 1st Special Forces Group
 * 3rd Special Forces Group
 * 5th Special Forces Group
 * 7th Special Forces Group
 * 10th Special Forces Group
 * 19th Special Forces Group (National Guard)
 * 20th Special Forces Group (National Guard)
 * Psychological Operations Groups
 * 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
 * 8th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
 * 95th Civil Affairs Brigade
 * 528th Sustainment Brigade
 * 112th Special Operations Signal Battalion (Airborne)
 * 389th Military Intelligence Battalion (Airborne)
 * 75th Ranger Regiment
 * Regimental Reconnaissance Company (RRC)
 * Army Special Operations Aviation Command (ARSOAC)
 * 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) "Night Stalkers"
 * Army Special Operations Command Flight Company
 * Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC)
 * Naval Special Warfare Group 1
 * SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5 & 7
 * Naval Special Warfare Group 2
 * SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8 & 10
 * Naval Special Warfare Group 4
 * Special Boat Teams 12, 20 & 22
 * Naval Special Warfare Group 8
 * SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams 1 & 2
 * Special Reconnaissance Teams 1 & 2
 * Training Detachment 3
 * Logistical Support 3
 * Mission Support Center
 * Naval Special Warfare Group 11
 * SEAL Teams 17 & 18 (Reserves)
 * Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)
 * 1st Special Operations Wing
 * 24th Special Operations Wing
 * 27th Special Operations Wing
 * 137th Special Operations Wing (ANG)
 * 193rd Special Operations Wing (ANG)
 * 919th Special Operations Wing (AFRC)
 * 352nd Special Operations Group
 * 353rd Special Operations Group
 * Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
 * Marine Raider Regiment
 * Marine Special Operations Support Group

Uruguay
Uruguayan Army
 * "Scorpion" Battalion (14th Parachute Infantry Battalion "Escorpión")

Venezuela
Venezuelan Army
 * 99th Army Special Operations Brigade

Venezuelan Air Force
 * Special Operations Air Group 10
 * Special Operations Air Group 15
 * Special Operations Air Group 17

Vietnam
General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army
 * Vietnam People's Ground Force
 * Special Forces Arms
 * Special Forces Command at Thanh Trì District, Hanoi
 * 1st Special Operations Brigade (M1 Brigade) at Hanoi
 * 113rd Land Commando Brigade at Vĩnh Phúc Province
 * 198th Land Commando Brigade at Đắk Lắk Province
 * 429th Land Commando Brigade at Bình Dương Province
 * 5th Maritime Commando Brigade at Ninh Thuận Province
 * High Command of Capital Hanoi
 * 18th Commando Battalion at Hanoi
 * 1st Corp
 * 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Ninh Bình
 * 2nd Corps
 * 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Bắc Giang
 * 3rd Corps
 * 20th Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Pleiku, Gia Lai
 * 4th Corps
 * 1 Commando Battalion under Corps' staff at Bình Dương
 * 1st Military Region
 * 20th Commando Battalion at Thái Nguyên
 * 2nd Military Region
 * 19th Commando Battalion at Phú Thọ
 * 3nd Military Region
 * 41st Commando Battalion at Hải Phòng
 * 4th Military Region
 * 31st Commando Battalion at Hà Tĩnh
 * 5th Military Region
 * 409th Commando Battalion at Đà Nẵng
 * 7th Military Region
 * 60th Commando Battalion at Bình Dương
 * 9th Military Region
 * 2012nd Commando Battalion at Vĩnh Long
 * Vietnam People's Navy
 * Naval Special Operations Force
 * 126th Naval Special Operations Brigade at Hải Phòng city
 * General Department II
 * K3 Special Forces Brigade at Hà Nội
 * 74 Special Forces Brigade at Đà Nẵng
 * 94 Special Forces Brigade at Bình Dương

Zimbabwe
Special Forces of Zimbabwe