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Grupos de Operaciones Especiales | |
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Active | 1977–present |
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Branch | land forces |
Type | special forces |
Size | Aprox. 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).
The three Special Operations Groups are subordinated to the Special Operations Command.
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2nd Special Operations Group "Granada" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Granada" II) |
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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] |
The Special Operations Groups were Ranger type units that specialized in counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare tactics.
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