Canadian special forces
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Canadian special forces can refer to:
The current Canadian military special forces, established 2006

  • Special Operations Group (Canada) (SOG)
established 2005

  • 1st Special Service Force, The Devil's Brigade
A joint Canada-USA special forces unit of WWII, Canada's first special forces, established 1942 and disbanded 1944

  • Special Emergency Response Team
    Special Emergency Response Team
    The Special Emergency Response Team was the RCMP counter-terrorism unit which existed until 1993. Its duties were then taken by the Canadian Forces in the form of Joint Task Force Two....

     (SERT)
The RCMP's former special forces team, disbanded 1993

  • Joint Task Force 2
    Joint Task Force 2
    Joint Task Force 2 is an elite Special Operations Force of the Canadian Armed Forces primarily tasked with counter-terrorism operations...

     (JTF2)
A component of CANSOFCOM, and successor to SERT, established 1993

  • Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR)
Provides back-up to Joint Task Force 2 (JTF-2) and provides the CF with a SOF unit that can be deployed anywhere in Canada or internationally.

  • The Canadian Airborne Regiment
    The Canadian Airborne Regiment
    The Canadian Airborne Regiment was a Canadian Forces formation created on April 8, 1968. It was not an administrative regiment in the commonly accepted British Commonwealth sense, but rather a tactical formation manned from other regiments and branches...

Sometimes called Canadian special forces, established in 1968 and disbanded 1995
  • Canadian special forces
    Canadian special forces
    Canadian special forces can refer to:* Canadian Special Operations Forces Command * Special Operations Group * 1st Special Service Force, The Devil's Brigade* Special Emergency Response Team * Joint Task Force 2...


Canada's version of rangers or commandos established in 1942.
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