Special Operations Groups (Spain)
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| Grupos de Operaciones Especiales | |
|---|---|
 Emblem | |
| Active | 1977–present |
| Country |  Spain |
| Branch | land forces |
| Type | special forces |
| Size | Approx. 900 (2020)[1] |
| Nickname(s) | Boinas Verdes (Green Berets) |
The Special Operations Groups (Spanish: Grupos de Operaciones Especiales, GOE) are the special operations forces of the Spanish Army.
These units should not be confused with the similar-sounding Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) and Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES), two police forces, or the Spanish Navy's Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE).
Organization
[edit]The three Special Operations Groups are subordinated to the Special Operations Command (Mando de Operaciones Especiales - MOE).
| Insignia | Group |
|---|---|
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2nd Special Operations Group "Granada" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Granada" II) disbanded in July 2020 to create the MOE Logistics Unit (Unidad Logística MOE) |
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3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Valencia" III) |
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4th Special Operations Group "Tercio del Ampurdán" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Tercio del Ampurdán" IV) |
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19th Special Operations Group "Maderal Oleaga" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Maderal Oleaga" XIX)[2] |
Units in 1989
[edit]The Special Operations Groups were Ranger type units that specialized in counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare tactics.
- 1st Special Operations Group "Ordenes Militares" (in Madrid)
- 2nd Special Operations Group "Santa Fé" (in Granada)
- 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (in Alicante)
- 4th Special Operations Group "Almogávares" (in Barcelona)
- 5th Special Operations Group "San Marcial" (in Burgos)
- 6th Special Operations Group "La Victoria" (in A Coruña)
- 7th Special Operations Company (in Palma de Mallorca)
- 81st Special Operations Company (in Tenerife)
- 82nd Special Operations Company (in Las Palmas)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Fernando Cancio | Madrid Última actualización:22-01-2020 | 10:53 H/Creada:22-01-2020 (2020-01-22). "Boinas verdes 4.0: así será en el futuro la unidad de élite del Ejército de Tierra". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Formerly Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión (Spanish Legion Special Operations Flag), BOEL.
External links
[edit]- Mando de Operaciones Especiales (official site)
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