Talk:Commando

Turkish Blue Berets / Komando
Turkish commandos are probably one of the most active commandos of our time. I think someone should make a section of them under the "after 1945" part. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.213.226.152 (talk) 14:59, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Going commando
Perhaps there should be a mention at the bottom of "going commando" being slang for not wearing undergarments. (Posted to Talk:Commando (military) by 66.102.74.128 on Sep 9, 2004. ADH (t&m) 20:33, Jan 15, 2005 (UTC))
 * Maybe in a Glossary of Slang; if you have a source to back it up...Moonraker12 (talk) 11:18, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Going commando refers 85.210.175.144 (talk) 16:51, 9 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Perhaps put this in an "In popular culture" section? Many articles have such a section and it might be pertinent here. Bookgrrl holler/ lookee here  22:13, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

Archived discussion from WP:RM
And by extension, Commando &rarr; Commando (disambiguation)
 * Commando (military) &rarr; Commando

Are we really unable to discern a primary meaning, here? ADH (t&m) 20:40, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)


 * Support. Death to imbecilic disambiguations. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 04:26, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. &mdash;Michael Z. 07:29, 2005 Jan 7 (UTC)
 * Support. The three other uses are minor, and derivative of the first.  Easy.  &mdash; Ford 20:16, 2005 Jan 7 (UTC)
 * Support. Philip Baird Shearer 18:19, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Support', what Ford and Tony said. Neutralitytalk 21:17, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

Any more pics?
Other than naval Jaubert?

Rangers?
are the US rangers a commando force? they are light infantry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.31.33.21 (talk • contribs) 12:19, 27 June 2007

Im not sure but id say they are. there not really special forces like thier US Army special forces "brothers". (ForeverDEAD 19:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)) CnrFallon (talk) 22:23, 11 November 2008 (UTC) CnrFallon They were trained by British commandos in WWII and they fit the description.

Norsk Hydro Assault
.. damaged the Norwegian heavy water facility in Norway, in 1941. This effectively took Germany out of the Nuclear Arms development race, leading up to the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

''The hydrogen facility itself could never be damaged seriously. It is an open secret, that the most "efficient" commando operation against this facility led to the killing of hundreds of Norsk Hydro employees. After the railway train with "modified" tank waggons had arrived on the site, it exploded just right on time of Norsk Hydro's shift changeover. Hundreds of people were present within short distance of the train.'' Anyhow, the fact that a German atomic bomb was never build (or never deployed) must have other reasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.157.42.213 (talk) 16:07, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

UK Post 1945/ Irish Commandos
I'm removing this section as the only references I can find to Irish Commandos in google are to the Boer War, and no references to the Col. Millar. Also the section is badly written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.36.217.19 (talk) 21:00, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Title/subject
"Commando" is a term fairly specific to Britain, I'd have thought, a brand of Special Forces. A lot of countries have Special Forces (someone's mentioned US Rangers) and they aren't called Commandos.

So is this to be a page about Special Forces in general (in which case it needs moving to that title), or about British Commandos (in which case it needs trimming)? Moonraker12 (talk) 11:14, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

dubious section on pakistan
section about pakistan looks fishy, especially the part after "Pakistan ZindaBad" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Richlv (talk • contribs) 13:43, 9 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed; this:
 * "Pakistan ZindaBad Pakistan's special forces are said to be one of the highly world class special forces. In the war of 3234, the SSG commandos from Pakistan based, killed about 6 Russian Spetsnaz with no casuality on SSG side. It is said that SSG men operated with the code name Balck Storks. In the several fight against India, SSG has proved its mettle, however in Kashmir Paratrooping incident, SSG faced very bed results. SSG has its hand in training the troops for Middle eastern Arab countries especially UAE and Saudia Arabia."
 * needs a citation at least. Even with that, it could constitute undue weight, or a non-neutral tone. And the style needs fixing. If none of these concerns are addressed, I suggest this bit be deleted. Moonraker12 (talk) 15:51, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Portuguese origin of word dubious..
The use of kommando in the sense of a "military command" is certainly older than Boer interaction with the Portuguese in in Africa. See Commodore (rank). Stardude82 (talk) 20:01, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

This source seems to agree with me: http://www.jstor.org/pss/487007 Stardude82 (talk) 21:19, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

I did not agree. In the note at the bottom of the page of the link above says: "I have not, however, found the south african meaning of commando in any portuguese dictionary that I have consulted" That's because is a spanish word. http://lema.rae.es/drae/srv/search?key=comando — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.136.122.47 (talk) 22:36, 6 June 2014 (UTC)


 * It's a Spanish and Portuguese word. The Portuguese used it as the name for a military detachment, in Spanish it used to simply mean the given command itself -- 217.189.207.4 (talk) 20:08, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Transvaal... why is this ambiguous.
I think broadly stating the area north of the Vaal river is a pretty good description of what I'm talking about. Is there a way of keeping the bots from correcting this or should the disambiguation be made? Stardude82 (talk) 21:31, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
I took the liberty of adding an Etymology subheading. The first paragraph in the History section seemed to deal more with the history of the word than the history of the subject. 71.248.124.82 (talk) 20:38, 28 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, it doesn't make sense. Why would it stem from an Afrikaans word if that word itself stems from a Portuguese and Spanish word. Afrikaans is the by far lesser spoken, known and distributed word, so the less likely to be the source of anything outside the region. That's like saying "The word Viking stems from the French word Viking for the Swedish word Viking." Utter non-sense. -- 217.189.207.4 (talk) 20:06, 2 July 2014 (UTC)


 * The term 'Commando' was selected for the British special forces by Churchill who had been a war correspondent in South Africa during the Boer War. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.148.220.101 (talk) 11:20, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Karhu Team (Finland)
Karhu Team (Finland) is not commando unit. It's a swat team. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.148.213.182 (talk) 03:56, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Photo of NVA soldier
The photo described as being of an NVA (North Vietnamese Army) sapper is described in on the image page as being an ARVN (Army of the Republic of Viet Nam) soldier. Does anyone have an idea which label is correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.230.83 (talk) 17:49, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

File:British Commando.jpg Nominated for speedy Deletion
The section on the South African Reconnaissance Commandos being disbanded and then reorganised along non-racial lines is wrong. A quick look at the page of the veterans http://www.recce.co.za/special-forces-history/1rr-1sfr-history will show that in fact the "recces" were South Africa's first mixed-race unit. I personally know a number of Special Forces members and they confirm what the official site says. Please fix this!vitéz 11:39, 26 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cavszabo (talk • contribs)

Blacklisted Links Found on Commando
Cyberbot II has detected links on Commando which have been added to the blacklist, either globally or locally. Links tend to be blacklisted because they have a history of being spammed or are highly inappropriate for Wikipedia. The addition will be logged at one of these locations: local or global If you believe the specific link should be exempt from the blacklist, you may request that it is white-listed. Alternatively, you may request that the link is removed from or altered on the blacklist locally or globally. When requesting whitelisting, be sure to supply the link to be whitelisted and wrap the link in nowiki tags. Please do not remove the tag until the issue is resolved. You may set the invisible parameter to "true" whilst requests to white-list are being processed. Should you require any help with this process, please ask at the help desk.

Below is a list of links that were found on the main page:


 * http://www.robertankony.com/
 * Triggered by  on the local blacklist
 * http://www.robertankony.com/lurps-gallery/
 * Triggered by  on the local blacklist

If you would like me to provide more information on the talk page, contact User:Cyberpower678 and ask him to program me with more info.

From your friendly hard working bot.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 08:23, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on Commando. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090113212651/http://www.rafbeachunits.info:80/html/beach_organisation.html to http://www.rafbeachunits.info/html/beach_organisation.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20130915162624/http://www.raf.mod.uk/dday/scus.html to http://www.raf.mod.uk/dday/scus.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

Cheers. —cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 02:28, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 1 one external link on Commando. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110713132655/http://www.kabar-irian.com/pipermail/kabar-irian/2002-November/000049.html to http://www.kabar-irian.com/pipermail/kabar-irian/2002-November/000049.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.

Cheers.—cyberbot II  Talk to my owner :Online 20:33, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

101st Airborne Division
Look at your definition of Commando and then look at the functions of the 101st and tell me they don't match. The 101st conducts raids behind enemy lines. They abseiling from helicopters. Air Assault school is known as the ten toughest days in the U.S. Army. Half of the division's soldiers can't pass Air Assault school and the majority of those who failed can not make it through zero day. That is called a specialized unit. The Airborne units are almost 100% airborne qualified because airborne school is easy. The 101st is also conducting counter terrorism operations and it has been training foreign soldiers which is generally a special operation's mission. The 101st was in charge of a Iraqi Ranger Program which I have provided a link to. Notice the only other units who conduct these types of operations outside of SOFs are the 173rd Airborne Combat Brigade and the 82nd Airborne. That also presents a argument for them as well. This brief resume reeks of commando. http://fortblissbugle.com/air-assault-the-toughest-10-days-of-the-army/ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/20/se.42.html http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2016/08/31/101st-airborne-soldiers-build-elite-iraqi-force-ranger-training/ http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/09/06/army-to-deploy-101st-airborne-soldiers-to-afghanistan.htmlFury 1991 (talk) 17:35, 16 April 2017 (UTC)Fury 1991


 * Please provide references to reliable sources which describe the 101st Airborne Division as being a "commando" unit. Your personal interpretation of sources are not relevant to such a description: please see WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. Nick-D (talk) 22:46, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If that is the case you need to eliminate 70% of this article. No American units are designated as "commando." Which is the case for most countries. You guys are terrriiibbbblllle. I'm finished with helping geeks who have no understanding of the military.Fury 1991 (talk) 00:36, 17 April 2017 (UTC)Fury 1991

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Commando. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added tag to http://www.hjv.dk/ssr
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071125074326/http://www.emergency.com/idfduvan.htm to http://www.emergency.com/idfduvan.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 07:31, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Commando. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080331112706/http://forsvaret.dk/fkp/ to http://forsvaret.dk/fkp/
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20111106094740/http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Specialforband/Nyheter/Forsvarsmaktens-nya-specialforband/ to http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/Forband-och-formagor/Specialforband/Nyheter/Forsvarsmaktens-nya-specialforband/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 07:39, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Commando. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20111129174631/http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Iran/Takavaran.html to http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Iran/Takavaran.html
 * Added tag to http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1167467851437
 * Added tag to http://screen.yahoo.com/tiny-commando/

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 02:55, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Article has become "A list of units which editors think are commandos", without references
Instead of deciding a unit qualifies as being Commandos because their role meets a definition in an editors opinion (which is synthesis/original research), we should only mention units where reliable source has specifically said they are Commandos.

As such, I will be removing or marking sections which have either no references at all, or have no references which specifically mention them as being Commandos.(Hohum @ ) 20:08, 21 February 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm tempted to split the article into "List of commando units", and keep this one to explain what commando units actually do. (Hohum @ ) 20:43, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussion at the. —Community Tech bot (talk) 13:36, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * TAIFIB-1.jpg

No information on Yugoslav commandos during WW2?
Considering the formidable presence of Yugoslav commandos during WW2, I feel that it's rather surprising that there is no section or even mention about them in the article (Using the find function yields no results for "yugo"). Is this simply due to a lack of work done on the topic, or is there some other reason? Here is an interesting—albeit long—video I found about Yugoslav commandos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hazard Gamer (talk • contribs) 01:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)