Special Forces Name Generator

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Generate special forces unit names modelled on real tier-one outfits like the SAS, Delta Force, GIGN, and Shayetet 13, plus task force titles and operator callsigns for military thrillers, tactical shooters, and milsim units.

About special forces names

Real special forces names are surprisingly plain. The British SAS is simply the Special Air Service, and its operators call it "the Regiment". America's Delta Force is officially 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, nicknamed "the Unit", and DEVGRU is the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Elsewhere you find numbers and colours rather than adjectives: Russia's Alpha and Vympel groups, Israel's Sayeret Matkal and Unit 269, South Korea's 707th, Poland's GROM (thunder), France's Commando Hubert, and Germany's KSK. The mystique comes from what the units do, not from the words in their names.

The naming pattern is a bureaucratic wrapper (Detachment, Squadron, Troop, Group, Task Force, Unit plus a number) around a short identifier, which is often a colour, a letter, a bird, or a founder's name. Fiction usually keeps that structure and adds a little colour: Call of Duty's Task Force 141, Rainbow Six's Rainbow, Metal Gear's FOXHOUND, and Ghost Recon's Ghosts all sound like they could exist. Inside a unit, sub-teams use short callsigns like Bravo Two Zero, Sunray, or Kilo Team.

Use the formal designations when a general or journalist is speaking, the nickname ("the Regiment", "Night Stalkers") when operators speak, and the callsigns when they are on the radio. Our list covers all three, plus wartime raiders, police intervention units, intelligence cells, and units from beyond Europe.

How to choose special forces names

  • Wrap a short identifier in an official-sounding structure: Task Force, Detachment, Squadron, Troop, or Unit plus a number. "Task Force Kestrel" is more believable than "Elite Death Commandos".
  • Give the unit an insider nickname that contrasts with the formal name, the way Delta becomes "the Unit" and the SAS becomes "the Regiment".
  • Colours, letters, and numbers (Red Squadron, B Squadron, Unit 707) feel authentic because real units use them; save animal names for sub-teams and callsigns.
  • For non-Anglophone units, borrow the local structural word: Sayeret (Israel), Kommando (Germany), Commando (France), Grupo (Spain), Jaeger (Nordic).
  • Keep team callsigns two syllables or fewer so they work shouted over gunfire and typed into a game lobby.

Frequently asked questions

What are real special forces units called?

The best known include the British SAS and SBS, U.S. Delta Force, DEVGRU (SEAL Team Six), Green Berets, and 75th Rangers, Russia's Alpha Group, Israel's Sayeret Matkal and Shayetet 13, France's GIGN and Commando Hubert, Germany's KSK and GSG 9, and Poland's GROM.

Why do special forces units have such boring official names?

Partly secrecy and partly bureaucracy. Names like Special Air Service or 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta gave nothing away when the units were formed and fit standard military organisation charts, and the reputation came later.

Can I use these names for a Call of Duty clan, Arma unit, or novel?

Yes, they are free to use. Fictional task-force style names like Task Force Kestrel or Grey Squadron avoid clashing with real units while still sounding authentic.

What is the difference between a task force, a detachment, and a squadron?

A task force is a temporary grouping assembled for a mission, a detachment is a small unit split off from a larger one, and a squadron is a permanent sub-unit (in the SAS, about 60 operators). Using the right word tells readers how big and how permanent the unit is.

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A: 38 names

  • A Squadron
  • Acorn
  • Advance Liaison Cadre
  • Advanced Force Operations Team
  • Agrupación de Buzos Tácticos
  • Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios
  • Air Branch
  • Air Troop
  • Airborne Pathfinder Troop
  • Airborne Raid Troop
  • Aircraft Assault Section
  • Airport Intervention Platoon

A, continued

  • Aitvaras
  • Aktionsstyrken
  • Alamo Scouts
  • Albatross Flight
  • Alder Section
  • Alpha Group
  • Alpine Assault Troop
  • Amphibious Raid Troop
  • Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
  • Antenne Littoral
  • Antenne Nord
  • Anti-Terror Brigade
  • Anvil Team

A, continued

  • Archer Team
  • Arctic Ranger Platoon
  • Arctic Survival Cadre
  • Armed Response Wing
  • Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10
  • Arrest Unit Seven
  • Arrestatieteam Noord
  • Ashfall Element
  • Assault Group Hercules
  • Assault Group Orion
  • Atoll Raiding Section
  • Attackdykarpluton
  • Aurora Wing

B: 43 names

  • B Squadron
  • Backblast Element
  • Badger Team
  • Bandera de Operaciones Especiales
  • Bandera Lobo Ibérico
  • Bandit Two-Four
  • Barracuda Platoon
  • Bars Group
  • Basalt Team
  • Batalhão de Forças Especiais
  • Batalhão de Operações Especiais Jaguar
  • Battaglione Monte Cervino
  • Beach Reconnaissance Party
  • Beredskapstroppen

B, continued

  • Berkut Detachment
  • Bishop Team
  • Black Squadron
  • Black Storks
  • Blackbird
  • Blackjack Team
  • Blackout Element
  • Blizzard Team
  • Blue Light
  • Blue Squadron
  • Bluebell
  • Boarding Party Argo
  • Boat Troop
  • Border Jaeger Company

B, continued

  • Bracken Section
  • Bravo Four Zero
  • Bravo Three Zero
  • Bravo Two Zero
  • Breacher Cadre
  • Breaching Section
  • Breakwater Troop
  • Brigade Anti-Commando
  • Brigade de Recherche et d'Intervention
  • Broadsword
  • Brown Berets
  • Bulldog
  • Bullshark Platoon
  • Bush Rats
  • Buzzard Flight

C: 89 names

  • C Squadron
  • Camel Corps Reconnaissance Troop
  • Canadian Special Operations Regiment
  • Canoe Raiding Troop
  • Capital Intervention Brigade
  • Carlson's Raiders
  • Castle Team
  • Cell 42
  • Centra Spike
  • Centurion Team
  • Chalk One
  • Chalk Three
  • Charlie Five Zero
  • Chinook Wing

C, continued

  • Chisel Team
  • Cinder Team
  • Cipher Cell
  • Clandestine Logistics Cell
  • Clearance Diving Branch
  • Cliff Assault Party
  • Close Protection Team
  • Close Quarters Battle Troop
  • Close Target Reconnaissance Cell
  • Coast Watcher Section
  • Coastal Jaeger Command
  • Coastal Ranger Company
  • Cobra Team
  • Col Moschin Detachment
  • Col Moschin Troop

C, continued

  • Cold Weather Warfare Detachment
  • Coldsteel Element
  • Comando Anfibio Relámpago
  • Comando Anfibio Tormenta
  • Comando Anfibio Trueno
  • Comando de Montaña Puma
  • Comando de Montaña Quebrantahuesos
  • Comando Selva Anaconda
  • Comandos Anfíbios Marlin
  • Comandos Anfíbios Tubarão
  • Comandos Jungla
  • Combat Applications Group
  • Combat Control Team
  • Combat Diver Detachment
  • Combat Engineer Assault Section

C, continued

  • Combat Swimmer Team
  • Combat Tracker Platoon
  • Combined Joint Task Force Anvil
  • Combined Joint Task Force Ironhand
  • Combined Joint Task Force Lodestar
  • Combined Operations Pilotage Party
  • Combined Special Operations Cell
  • Combined Task Force 62
  • Command and Control North
  • Commando de Montfort
  • Commando Harmattan
  • Commando Hubert
  • Commando Jaubert
  • Commando Kieffer
  • Commando Monsoon

C, continued

  • Commando Parachutiste Loup
  • Commando Parachutiste Ours
  • Commando Parachutiste Renard
  • Commando Parachutiste Sanglier
  • Commando Penfentenyo
  • Commando Ponchardier
  • Commando Trepel
  • Compagnia Ardita
  • Compagnia Folgore
  • Companhia de Precursores
  • Compañía de Comandos 601
  • Compañía de Comandos 602
  • Compañía de Comandos Zorro
  • Condor Flight
  • Coral Sea Commando

C, continued

  • Corsair Squadron
  • Counter-Assault Team
  • Counter-Hijack Wing
  • Counter-Insurgency Group
  • Counter-Proliferation Task Force
  • Counter-Sniper Section
  • Counter-Terrorist Detachment
  • Counterintelligence Wing
  • Covert Entry Section
  • Crossbow Lead
  • Crosswind Element
  • Crusader Team
  • Cuckoo Cell
  • Curlew Troop
  • Cyber Operations Cell

D: 46 names

  • D Squadron
  • Darby's Rangers
  • Daybreak Element
  • Deadeye Two
  • Deadfall Element
  • Deep Reconnaissance Company
  • Deep Reconnaissance Platoon
  • Delta Two Zero
  • Demolition Party Vulcan
  • Demolitions Troop
  • Denjaka

D, continued

  • Dervish Squadron
  • Desert Raiding Column
  • Desert Scout Battalion
  • Desert Warfare Detachment
  • Desk Nine
  • Destacamento Açor
  • Destacamento de Ações Especiais
  • Destacamento de Operações Especiais Arara
  • Détachement Alizé
  • Détachement Boucanier
  • Détachement Sud
  • Détachement Tramontane

D, continued

  • Detachment 101
  • Detachment Foxtrot
  • Detachment Kilo
  • Detachment Sierra
  • Detachment Whiskey
  • Detachment X-Ray
  • Detachment Yankee
  • Devil's Brigade
  • Dienst Speciale Interventies
  • Dignitary Protection Detail
  • Direct Action Company

D, continued

  • Direct Action Troop
  • Directorate Seven
  • Distaccamento Bora
  • Distaccamento Grifone
  • Distaccamento Nembo
  • Distaccamento Scirocco
  • Distaccamento Tempesta
  • Distaccamento Tuono
  • Drifter
  • Driftwood Platoon
  • Dune Patrol
  • Dustoff Patrol

E: 23 names

  • E Squadron
  • Echo Seven Tango
  • Einsatzkommando Cobra
  • Einsatzkommando Falke
  • Einsatzkommando Marder
  • Electronic Warfare Section
  • Element 6
  • Embassy Protection Squad
  • Emergency Response Team
  • Erikoisjääkäri Platoon
  • Escadron Aigle

E, continued

  • Escadron Autour
  • Escadron Busard
  • Escadron Circaète
  • Escadron Faucon
  • Escadron Gerfaut
  • Escadron Harfang
  • Escadron Milan
  • Escuadrón de Zapadores Paracaidistas
  • Estuary Patrol
  • Exploitation Cell
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal Troop
  • Extraction Flight

F: 39 names

  • Fakel Detachment
  • Fallschirmaufklärer Kompanie 17
  • Fallskärmsjägare Company
  • Fallskjermjeger Troop
  • Federal Intervention Command
  • Fernspäher Kompanie
  • Fernspähzug Uhu
  • Ferret Force
  • Field Station Larch
  • Firearms Wing
  • Fjelljeger Troop
  • Fjord Patrol
  • Flashpoint Element

F, continued

  • Fleet Diving Unit
  • Fleet Protection Group
  • Flint Section
  • Flotilla 21
  • Flotilla 7
  • Folboat Section
  • Force 136
  • Force Adder
  • Force Kestrel
  • Force Osprey
  • Force Recon
  • Force Talon
  • Formoza Team

F, continued

  • Forward Observation Team
  • Forward Staging Cell
  • Foxes of the Fen
  • Foxglove Patrol
  • Foxtrot Two-Five
  • Freefall Troop
  • Frogman Corps Team
  • Frogman Detachment
  • Frømandskorpset
  • Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial
  • Fuerza de Operaciones Especiales
  • Fulmar Troop
  • Fusion Cell North

G: 54 names

  • G Squadron
  • Garnet Section
  • Garud Commando Force
  • Ghatak Platoon
  • Ghost Lead
  • Ghost Team
  • Ghost Two
  • Gideon Force
  • Glacier Patrol
  • Gold Squadron
  • Gorse Section
  • Goshawk Flight
  • Granite Team

G, continued

  • Green Berets
  • Grenzschutzgruppe Nord
  • Grey Fox
  • Grey Squadron
  • Grey Wolves Detachment
  • Greyline Element
  • GROM Detachment
  • Grom Group
  • GROM Squadron
  • Ground Branch
  • Group 13
  • Groupe d'Intervention Corbeau
  • Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie
  • Groupe d'Intervention Épervier

G, continued

  • Groupe d'Intervention Loup Gris
  • Groupe d'Intervention Lynx
  • Groupement d'Action Nocturne
  • Groupement de Commandos Montagne
  • Groupement de Commandos Parachutistes
  • Grup Gerak Khas
  • Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate
  • Grupo de Ações Táticas Especiais
  • Grupo de Operaciones Águila
  • Grupo de Operaciones Especiales de la Armada
  • Grupo de Operaciones Halcón
  • Grupo de Operaciones Jaguar
  • Grupo de Operaciones Lobo

G, continued

  • Grupo Especial de Operaciones
  • Grupo Táctico Águila Real
  • Grupo Táctico Búho
  • Grupo Táctico Cóndor
  • Grupo Táctico Halcón
  • Grupo Táctico Lince
  • Grupo Táctico Serpiente
  • Grupo Táctico Tiburón
  • Gruppo di Intervento Speciale
  • Gruppo Operativo Incursori
  • Guerrilla Warfare Detachment
  • Gunship Flight Vesper
  • Gunslinger One
  • Gyrfalcon Flight

H: 25 names

  • Halo Troop
  • Hammer One-One
  • Hammer Team
  • Hammerhead Platoon
  • Harbour Intervention Platoon
  • Hardline Element
  • Hærens Jegerkommando
  • Harrier Squadron
  • Hatchet Platoon
  • Havoc Six
  • Havoc Team
  • Hawks of the Ridge

H, continued

  • Hawthorn Section
  • Heather Section
  • Heavy Weapons Troop
  • Helicopter Assault Flight
  • High Altitude Insertion Team
  • Highland Scout Company
  • Hobby Flight
  • Holdfast
  • Hostage Rescue Team
  • Hostage Rescue Unit
  • Hotel Six
  • Human Intelligence Section
  • Hyena Team

I: 17 names

  • Ibex Troop
  • Icarus Flight
  • Icepick Three
  • Incident Response Regiment
  • Incursori Astore
  • Incursori Falco
  • Incursori Gheppio
  • Incursori Group

I, continued

  • Incursori Nibbio
  • Incursori Sparviero
  • Incursori Vega
  • India Four Delta
  • Indigo Squadron
  • Intelligence Support Activity
  • Ironheart Element
  • Ironside Element
  • Island Raiding Party

J: 34 names

  • Jackal Four
  • Jackal Squadron
  • Jackknife
  • Jaeger Company Bjørn
  • Jaeger Company Falk
  • Jaeger Company Gaupe
  • Jaeger Company Hauk
  • Jaeger Company Jerv
  • Jaeger Company Ørn
  • Jaeger Company Ravn
  • Jaeger Company Rein

J, continued

  • Jaeger Company Ulv
  • Jaeger Company Varg
  • Jaegerkorpset Troop
  • Jagdkommando
  • Javelin Lead
  • Jedburgh Team
  • Jednostka Wojskowa 2305
  • Jednostka Wojskowa 4101
  • Jednostka Wojskowa Agat
  • Jednostka Wojskowa Nil
  • Jigsaw Cell

J, continued

  • Joint Communications Unit
  • Joint Special Operations Detachment
  • Joint Task Force Ember
  • Joint Task Force Iron Gate
  • Joint Task Force Longshore
  • Joint Task Force Northstar
  • Joint Task Force Wildfire
  • Joint Terminal Attack Team
  • Juliet Six-Four
  • Jungle Tracker Platoon
  • Jungle Warfare Detachment
  • Juniper Section

K: 33 names

  • Kachin Rangers
  • Kampfschwimmer Kompanie
  • Karelian Jaeger Company
  • Karhu Squad
  • Kaskad Group
  • Kilo One
  • Kilo Team
  • Kingfisher Flight
  • Kingfisher One
  • Knight Team
  • Kobalt Group

K, continued

  • Kodiak Team
  • Komandosów Squadron
  • Kommando Adler
  • Kommando Bergluchs
  • Kommando Eisvogel
  • Kommando Grauwolf
  • Kommando Habicht
  • Kommando Nachtfalke
  • Kommando Nordwind
  • Kommando Seeadler
  • Kommando Spezialkräfte

K, continued

  • Kommando Steinbock
  • Kommando Sturmvogel
  • Kommando Wildschwein
  • Kommando Wintersturm
  • Kompani Linge
  • Kopaska
  • Kopassus
  • Korps Commandotroepen
  • Kustjägare Group
  • Kustjägarkompani
  • Kystjeger Command

L: 25 names

  • L Detachment
  • Lamplight Cell
  • Landslide Element
  • Lanner Flight
  • Lantern Platoon
  • Lapplandsjägare Troop
  • Laskuvarjojääkäri Company
  • Layforce
  • Levant Schooner Flotilla
  • Leviathan Platoon
  • Light Reaction Regiment
  • Lima Three Zero

L, continued

  • Limpet Party
  • Lions of the Desert
  • Listening Post Cedar
  • Littoral Strike Group
  • Lodger
  • Long Range Desert Group
  • Long Range Desert Patrol
  • Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
  • Long Range Surveillance Detachment
  • Longknife
  • Longshadow Element
  • Lotar Eilat
  • Lovat Scouts

M: 40 names

  • M Special Unit
  • Magpie Cell
  • Mako Three-Three
  • Mamba Squadron
  • Mando de Operaciones Especiales
  • Marine Commando Force
  • Marine Raider Regiment
  • Marine Special Operations Company
  • Marinejegerkommandoen
  • Maritime Branch
  • Maritime Counter-Terrorism Wing
  • Maritime Interdiction Team
  • Marlin Platoon

M, continued

  • Maroon Berets
  • Mercury Section
  • Merlin Flight
  • Merlin Three
  • Merrill's Marauders
  • Metal Team
  • Midnight Patrol
  • Mike Force
  • Military Assistance Team
  • Military Free Fall Team
  • Military Training Team
  • Military Working Dog Troop
  • Mirage Cell

M, continued

  • Mission Support Activity
  • Mistral Wing
  • Mobile Strike Column
  • Mobiles Einsatzkommando
  • Mobility Troop
  • Molar
  • Mongoose Team
  • Moray Platoon
  • Mountain Leader Cadre
  • Mountain Reconnaissance Troop
  • Mountain Troop
  • Mountain Warfare Detachment
  • Mud Sharks
  • Mustang Six

N: 28 names

  • Narwhal Platoon
  • National Security Guard
  • Nationella Insatsstyrkan
  • Naval Diving Unit
  • Naval Special Warfare Group 2
  • Naval Special Warfare Task Unit
  • Naval Special Warfare Unit 10
  • Naval Special Warfare Unit 3
  • Naval Special Warfare Unit 4
  • Negotiator Support Cell
  • Neptune Troop
  • Nereus Troop
  • Nettle Patrol
  • Night Owls Detachment

N, continued

  • Night Stalkers
  • Nightfall Element
  • Nightjar Flight
  • Nightwatch Wing
  • Nil Group
  • No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando
  • No. 4 Commando
  • No. 62 Commando
  • Nomad Actual
  • Northern Liaison Office
  • November Six
  • Nucleo Intervento Rapido
  • Nucleo Operativo Centrale
  • Nucleo Operativo Levante

O: 17 names

  • Obsidian Section
  • Ochre Squadron
  • Oil Platform Assault Team
  • Olive Berets
  • Operational Detachment Echo
  • Operational Support Branch
  • Operations Group Blackridge
  • Operations Group Coldwater

O, continued

  • Operations Group Ravenwood
  • Orca Platoon
  • Oscar Mike
  • Osprey Flight
  • Outlaw Zero-One
  • Outrider
  • Outstation Juniper
  • Overlord Actual
  • Overwatch Element

P: 27 names

  • Paladin Team
  • Papa One Niner
  • Para Commando Battalion
  • Parachute Raider Battalion
  • Pararescue Team
  • Partisan Liaison Mission
  • Pathfinder Platoon
  • Pegasus Flight
  • Peloton d'Intervention Chamois
  • Peloton d'Intervention Vautour
  • Peregrine Flight
  • Personnel Recovery Task Force
  • Petrel Troop

P, continued

  • Pike Platoon
  • Piketen
  • Pilotage Party Nine
  • Pinnacle Troop
  • Polaris Wing
  • Popski's Private Army
  • Poseidon Platoon
  • Privateer Squadron
  • Project Delta
  • Project Omega
  • Project Sigma
  • Pronto
  • Proteus Platoon
  • Ptarmigan Troop

Q: 3 names

  • Quartz Section
  • Quebec Niner
  • Quicksilver Element

R: 34 names

  • R Squadron
  • Radio Reconnaissance Platoon
  • Raiding Flotilla Selkie
  • Raiding Group Capella
  • Raiding Support Regiment
  • Rainforest Ranger Company
  • Rapid Intervention Brigade
  • Rapid Reaction Battalion
  • Raptor One-One
  • Raven Flight
  • Reaper Team

R, continued

  • Reaper Two-One
  • Reconnaissance and Interdiction Detachment
  • Reconnaissance Group Altair
  • Reconnaissance Group Castor
  • Reconnaissance Group Deneb
  • Red Berets
  • Red Squadron
  • Redcap Two
  • Redline Element
  • Reggimento Aquila Nera
  • Regimental Reconnaissance Company

R, continued

  • Relay Station Thule
  • Rescue Group Alpha
  • Ridge Brigade
  • Ridgeback Troop
  • Rimfire Element
  • Riverine Assault Squadron
  • Riverine Special Warfare Company
  • Rock Apes
  • Romeo Six-Four
  • Rook Team
  • Rotary Wing Detachment
  • Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment

S: 138 names

  • Saber Team
  • Sabotage Group Antares
  • Sabotage Group Lyra
  • Sabotage Group Sirius
  • Sabotage Group Vega
  • Sabre Six
  • Sabre Squadron
  • Sand Berets
  • Sandman
  • Særlig Støtte og Rekognoscering
  • Särskilda Operationsgruppen
  • Savannah Reconnaissance Wing
  • Sayeret Barak

S, continued

  • Sayeret Basalt
  • Sayeret Duvdevan
  • Sayeret Egoz
  • Sayeret Ember
  • Sayeret Givati
  • Sayeret Golani
  • Sayeret Haruv
  • Sayeret Maglan
  • Sayeret Matkal
  • Sayeret Nahal
  • Sayeret Oketz
  • Sayeret Rimon
  • Sayeret Shaked
  • Sayeret Tzanhanim

S, continued

  • Sayeret Yahalom
  • Scorpion Team
  • Scout Ranger Regiment
  • Scree Troop
  • Sea Devils
  • Sea Dragon Platoon
  • Sea Hawk Platoon
  • Sea Otter Platoon
  • Sea Reconnaissance Unit
  • Sea Wolf Platoon
  • Seagull
  • SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1
  • SEAL Team 7
  • Search and Rescue Flight

S, continued

  • Seaspray Flight
  • Section 9
  • Section Chouette
  • Selection Cadre
  • Senezh Detachment
  • Sensitive Site Exploitation Platoon
  • Shadow One
  • Shale Section
  • Shallow Water Combat Submersible Unit
  • Sharpshooter Element
  • Shayetet 13
  • Shayetet Ember
  • Shearwater Troop
  • Sheldrake

S, continued

  • Shetland Bus
  • Shore Party Calypso
  • Shrike Flight
  • Siege Response Section
  • Sierra One
  • Signals Intercept Section
  • Silver Squadron
  • Sirius Dog Sledge Patrol
  • Sirocco Wing
  • Sissi Platoon
  • Sky Soldiers
  • Skyline Troop
  • Small Boat Unit
  • Small Scale Raiding Force

S, continued

  • Sniper Cadre
  • Sniper Reconnaissance Element
  • Sondereinsatzgruppe Luchs
  • Source Handling Unit
  • Special Action Force
  • Special Activities Detachment
  • Special Activities Division
  • Special Air Service Regiment
  • Special Assault Team
  • Special Boarding Unit
  • Special Boat Section
  • Special Boat Service
  • Special Boat Team 12

S, continued

  • Special Boat Team 20
  • Special Boat Team 22
  • Special Collection Service
  • Special Detachment 99
  • Special Duties Flight
  • Special Forces Group Airborne
  • Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha
  • Special Frontier Force
  • Special Intervention Group
  • Special Jaeger Company
  • Special Jaeger Detachment
  • Special Missions Unit
  • Special Operations Aviation Detachment
  • Special Operations Aviation Regiment

S, continued

  • Special Operations Aviation Squadron
  • Special Operations Engineer Regiment
  • Special Operations Task Force Highlands
  • Special Operations Task Force South
  • Special Projects Group
  • Special Protection Group
  • Special Purpose Battalion
  • Special Raiding Squadron
  • Special Reconnaissance Regiment
  • Special Response Team
  • Special Service Brigade
  • Special Service Group
  • Special Tactics Squadron
  • Special Warfare Development Group

S, continued

  • Special Warfare Group
  • Special Weapons Squad
  • Spectre Team
  • Spezialeinsatzkommando Hafen
  • Spezialeinsatzkommando Nord
  • Stalker Two-One
  • Starfall Element
  • Starlight
  • Station Harrier
  • Stay-Behind Company
  • Stingray Platoon
  • Storm Petrel Brigade
  • Stormo Incursori
  • Strategic Reconnaissance Element

S, continued

  • Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Strike Command North
  • Studies and Observations Group
  • Sturgeon Platoon
  • Su Altı Savunma
  • Su Altı Taarruz
  • Submarine Delivery Team
  • Sundown Element
  • Sunray
  • Sunray Actual
  • Sunray Minor
  • Sunray Two Zero
  • Surface Manoeuvre Group
  • Swimmer Flotilla Triglav

T: 138 names

  • Tactical Air Control Party
  • Tactical Assault Group
  • Tactical Parachute Delivery Unit
  • Talon Team
  • Tan Berets
  • Tango Two
  • Targeting Cell
  • Task Force 141
  • Task Force 145
  • Task Force 373
  • Task Force 6-26
  • Task Force Anvil
  • Task Force Bayonet

T, continued

  • Task Force Black
  • Task Force Blackthorn
  • Task Force Cobalt
  • Task Force Cormorant
  • Task Force Crimson
  • Task Force Cutlass
  • Task Force Dagger
  • Task Force Frost
  • Task Force Gauntlet
  • Task Force Granite
  • Task Force Halberd
  • Task Force Ironwood
  • Task Force Kestrel
  • Task Force Kraken

T, continued

  • Task Force Lancer
  • Task Force Longbow
  • Task Force Meridian
  • Task Force Nomad
  • Task Force Orange
  • Task Force Ranger
  • Task Force Rowan
  • Task Force Scythe
  • Task Force Silver
  • Task Force Slate
  • Task Force Sparrowhawk
  • Task Force Talon
  • Task Force Tempest
  • Task Force Trident

T, continued

  • Task Force Vigil
  • Task Force Viking
  • Task Force Wraith
  • Tawny Flight
  • Technical Operations Troop
  • Technical Surveillance Cell
  • th Combat Diver Squadron
  • th Special Reconnaissance Company
  • The Activity
  • The Annex
  • The Back Room
  • The Basement
  • The Bearded Ones
  • The Black Cats

T, continued

  • The Black Devils
  • The Black Hawks
  • The Black Widows
  • The Blades
  • The Boat
  • The Boathouse
  • The Cavemen
  • The Cell
  • The Chindits
  • The Cockleshell Heroes
  • The Company
  • The Compound
  • The Det
  • The Devil Dogs

T, continued

  • The Devil's Guard
  • The Door Kickers
  • The Dry Feet
  • The Early Birds
  • The Farm
  • The Frogmen
  • The Gardeners
  • The Grey Geese
  • The Grey Men
  • The Hereford Hooligans
  • The Hollow Men
  • The Ice Men
  • The Jackdaws

T, continued

  • The Jawbreakers
  • The Kennel
  • The Killing House
  • The Late Shift
  • The Lines
  • The Locksmiths
  • The Lodge
  • The Long Tabs
  • The Long Walk
  • The Marsh Harriers
  • The Moonlighters
  • The Mud Larks
  • The Neighbours
  • The Night Riders

T, continued

  • The Night Shift
  • The Night Watch
  • The Nightcrawlers
  • The Outfit
  • The Pilgrims
  • The Pipe Hitters
  • The Point
  • The Polar Bears
  • The Quiet Professionals
  • The Ranch
  • The Reapers
  • The Regiment
  • The Salt Dogs
  • The Sandpit

T, continued

  • The Schoolhouse
  • The Shadows
  • The Shooters
  • The Silent Service
  • The Sleepwalkers
  • The Snake Eaters
  • The Squadron
  • The Storm Crows
  • The Tadpoles
  • The Teams
  • The Tourists
  • The Uninvited
  • The Unit
  • The Wet Feet

T, continued

  • The Yard
  • Thetis Troop
  • Thistle Section
  • Thunderhead Element
  • Tideline Troop
  • Tigers of the North
  • Timberline Patrol
  • Tinman
  • Topaz Niner
  • Torn Victor
  • Triton Platoon
  • Trojan Team
  • Tundra Patrol
  • Tungsten Section

U: 22 names

  • Unconventional Warfare Company
  • Undertow Element
  • Underwater Demolition Command
  • Underwater Demolition Team 21
  • Unidad de Acción Rápida
  • Unidad Especial de Intervención
  • Uniform Six-Two
  • Unit 101
  • Unit 212
  • Unit 217
  • Unit 269

U, continued

  • Unit 480
  • Unit 5101
  • Unit 5707
  • Unit 707
  • Unit 777
  • Unit 8200
  • Unit 84
  • Unit 999
  • Ural Detachment
  • Urban Warfare Detachment
  • Utti Jaeger Company

V: 12 names

  • V Force
  • Vagabond
  • Vandal One-Six
  • Vanguard Patrol
  • Verkenningspeloton Havik
  • Victor Two Charlie
  • Víkingasveitin
  • Viper Three-One
  • Viper Three-Two
  • Vityaz Detachment
  • Vympel Detachment
  • Vympel Group

W: 15 names

  • Warhorse Actual
  • Warlock Team
  • Watchdog
  • Waterline Troop
  • Whiskey Six
  • Whisper Cell
  • White Squadron
  • Whiteout Element
  • Winged Daggers
  • Wolf Eel Platoon
  • Wolf One
  • Wolfpack
  • Wolfsbane Patrol
  • Wolverine Troop
  • Wolves of the Marsh

X: 1 name

  • X Troop

Y: 1 name

  • Yamam Assault Team

Z: 8 names

  • Z Special Unit
  • Zaslon Detachment
  • Zentrale Unterstützungsgruppe
  • Zephyr Wing
  • Zero Alpha
  • Zero Charlie
  • Zeta Amphibious Raider Squadron
  • Zulu Niner

0-9: 50 names

  • 101st Raider Squadron
  • 10th Mountain Reconnaissance Squadron
  • 11th Direct Action Squadron
  • 12th Special Missions Group
  • 13th Unconventional Warfare Group
  • 14 Intelligence Company
  • 14th Airborne Signals Squadron
  • 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
  • 16th Air Assault Pathfinders
  • 17th Special Boat Squadron
  • 18th Parachute Engineer Squadron
  • 19th Special Purpose Troop

0-9, continued

  • 1st Special Air Regiment
  • 1st Special Operations Detachment
  • 1st Special Service Force
  • 21st Commando Battalion
  • 22nd Special Assault Regiment
  • 23rd Deep Strike Regiment
  • 24th Special Missions Wing
  • 24th Special Tactics Squadron
  • 26th Amphibious Raiding Battalion
  • 27th Combat Diver Troop
  • 29th Commando Artillery Battery
  • 2nd Commando Regiment
  • 2nd Ranger Battalion

0-9, continued

  • 2nd Special Operations Detachment
  • 305th Forward Rescue Squadron
  • 31st Special Reconnaissance Squadron
  • 33rd Airborne Ranger Regiment
  • 34th Special Missions Company
  • 38th Arctic Raider Battalion
  • 3rd Special Reconnaissance Group
  • 42nd Counter-Terrorist Company
  • 44th Parachute Pathfinder Company
  • 45th Special Purpose Detachment
  • 4th Raider Battalion
  • 51st Littoral Strike Squadron

0-9, continued

  • 59th Commando Engineer Squadron
  • 5th Special Purpose Regiment
  • 5th Special Warfare Battalion
  • 601st Special Forces Group
  • 63rd Parachute Signals Squadron
  • 6th Special Boat Squadron
  • 707th Special Mission Group
  • 75th Ranger Regiment
  • 77th Sniper Battalion
  • 7th Long Range Patrol Company
  • 88th Rapid Reaction Wing
  • 8th Special Warfare Battalion
  • 9th Special Missions Wing