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    The Special Actions Detachment (Portuguese: Destacamento de Ações Especiais) or DAE is a special forces unit of the Portuguese Navy. It is part of the...
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    JW Formoza (Poland) Special Actions Detachment (Portugal) Commando Frogmen (Russia) Naval Special Warfare Force (Spain) Special Boat Service (UK) Kustjägarna...
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    1st Special Forces Operational Detachment–Delta (1st SFOD-D), also known as Delta Force, Combat Applications Group (CAG), or within Joint Special Operations...
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    formed in July 1941 by David Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade – the "L" designation and Air Service name being...
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  • Paratroopers Pathfinders Company Special Operations Force Portuguese Navy Portuguese Marine Corps Special Actions Detachment (DAE) Sappers Divers Group Ministry...
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    Especiais (Special Operations Troops) Precursores Aeroterrestres (Air-Land Pathfinders) Destacamento de Ações Especiais (Naval Special Actions Detachment)  Russia:...
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    Retrieved 4 June 2017. FLASHBANG magazine. "Portuguese Navy (Special Action Detachment)". Facebook. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Machado...
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    Portuguese Marine Corps (category Special forces of Portugal)
    with one FN M3M and 2x Mk46 torpedo Portuguese Navy Special Actions Detachment Sapper Divers Detachments List of Portuguese naval ships Portuguese Naval Aviation...
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    Use of Special Parties". The basic SCOBBS course of fourteen weeks covered the range of skills of the wartime COPPS, SRU, SBS and Detachment 385. In...
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    would see the creation of special operations, namely the Army's Special Operations Forces and the Navy's Special Actions Detachment. In 1990, the Air Force...
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    sappers divers detachment, a mine warfare detachment and, when available, a submarine and a fleet tanker. The Navy' Special Actions Detachment is assigned...
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    Special Air Service Special Air Service Regiment Special Actions Detachment Special Boat Service Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka) Special Forces Command (Turkey)...
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    the ribs with a sudden movement by your second hand. If the performed actions were not effective, repeat them until you free respiratory tract of the...
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    and again with the establishment of Detachment A in 1956. The remaining part at Fort Bragg formed the 77th Special Forces Group, which in May 1960 was...
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    Netherlands Air Force  Philippines  Poland  Portugal Portuguese Army Special Actions Detachment National Republican Guard Maritime police  Russia FSB Alpha Group...
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    Special Air Service Special Air Service Regiment Special Actions Detachment Special Boat Service Special Boat Squadron (Sri Lanka) Special Forces Command (Turkey)...
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  • Eindhoven, the Netherlands Destacamento de Acções Especiais, Special Actions Detachment, a Portuguese naval commando unit Dictionary of American English...
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  • Challenger CM remained intact and the crew was able to take some immediate actions after vehicle breakup, although the loads experienced were much higher...
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    in 1996. The G36C was first adopted as the standard-issue rifle of US special forces unit TF23.[when?] The HK50 rifle was selected for service and an...
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    One detachment arrived in South Vietnam to conduct direct action missions. Operating from Nhà Bè Base, near the Rung Sat Special Zone, this detachment signalled...
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  • Irwin had appeared in over 200 Discovery Network television programs, special tributes appeared on the Animal Planet channel, as well as on CNN and major...
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    in 2011.  Portugal: A small number of M16A2s are used by the Special Actions Detachment of the Portuguese Navy.  Qatar M16A1.  Romania M16A2  Senegal:...
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    government released a statement after the concert indicating it would take action. On 20 August 2009, Carlos González Nova died at 92 of natural causes. In...
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    of his military career, being called up only for mandatory training and special assignments. He retired from the Navy as a commander in 1995 after reaching...
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    angles, panoramic aerial shots, and tracking system shots for allowing fast action. Riefenstahl also "reversed the film to make the divers turn backwards,...
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    animal rights groups, and some of Irwin's television viewers criticised his actions as irresponsible and tantamount to child abuse. Irwin apologised on the...
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    Cousteau/Mississippi, which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special. From 1986 to 1992, Cousteau released Rediscovery of the World, also with...
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