Canada

• The Royal Canadian Dragoons (Armoured Reconnaissance)
• Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
  Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
  Lord Strathcona's Horse is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of Land Force Western Area's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group...
  
   Recce Squadron

France

• 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment
  13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment
  The 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment is an airborne special forces regiment of the French Army. It is one of two regiments in the French Army Special Forces Brigade, which is under the control of the COS...
  
  , a regiment of the French Army Special Forces Brigade
  French Army Special Forces Brigade
  The Army Special Forces Brigade is the French Army's special forces unit. It is based in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.- History :The BFST is the heir of the Groupement Spécial Autonome created in 1997 and then commanded the 1er RPIMa and a special operations flight belonging to the 4e Régiment...
  
   its primary mission is long range reconnaissance.

Germany

• Fernspählehrkompanie 200
• Kommando Spezialkräfte
  Kommando Spezialkräfte
  The KSK Kommando Spezialkräfte is an elite military unit composed of Special Operations soldiers from the ranks of Germany’s Bundeswehr and organized as such under the Division Spezielle Operationen . The unit has received many decorations and awards from both NATO and its affiliates...
  
  

Greece

• ETA and Z' MAK of the Hellenic Army's 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade (LRRP
  Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
  Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols, or LRRPs , were special small four to six-man teams in the Vietnam War on highly dangerous special reconnaissance missions deep into enemy territory....
  
   and amphibious reconnaissance
  Amphibious reconnaissance
  The concept of amphibious reconnaissance, or commonly amphib recon, are used primarily in conjunction with ground and naval reconnaissance concerning the littoral area bordering coastal or maritime areas of interests...
  
  , respectively)

India

• Para Commandos (India)
• Ghatak Force
  Ghatak Force
  Ghatak Units, or Ghatak Commandos, are elite infantry platoons attached to each infantry battalion of the Indian Army. There is one platoon of these soldiers in every battalion. Ghatak literally means "Killer" or "Lethal" in Hindi.-Role:...
  
  
• Parachute Regiment
  Parachute Regiment
  Parachute Regiment may refer to:*Parachute Regiment *Parachute Regiment *Paratroopers Brigade , Israel*44 Parachute Regiment *1st Airborne Brigade...
  
  

• Garud Commando Force
  Garud Commando Force
  The Garud Commando Force is the Special Forces unit of the Indian Air Force. It was formed in September 2004 and has a strength of approximately 2000 personnel...
  
  

• MARCOS
  Marcos
  -Sports:* Dayton Marcos, Negro League baseball team from Dayton, Ohio * Nélson Marcos, Portuguese footballer* Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver currently competing in NASCAR* Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player...
  
  

• Special Frontier Force
  Special Frontier Force
  The Special Frontier Force is a paramilitary unit of India. It was conceived in the post Sino-Indian war period as a guerrilla force composed mainly of Tibetan refugees whose main goal was to conduct covert operations behind Chinese lines in case of another war between the People's Republic of...
  
  
• Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
  Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
  COBRA is a specialized unit of the CRPF created to counter the Naxalite problem in India. This specialized CRPF unit is one of the only units of the Central Armed Police Forces in the country who are specifically trained in guerilla warfare...
  
  

Netherlands

• 103 GGVE, 104 GGVE (Ground Based Recce Squadrons), 103 ISTAR Battalion
  103 ISTAR battalion
  103 ISTAR-battalion is a cavalry reconnaissance regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army. The battalion is the main part of the "Regiment Huzaren van Boreel", or "Boreel's Own Hussars"...
  
  
• Pathfinders (Airmobile)
  11 Luchtmobiele Brigade
  The 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade '7 December is the elite rapid-reaction air assault unit of the Royal Netherlands Army. Its operators are trained to be deployed via helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft , and can be deployed anywhere in the world within 7 to maximally 20 days...
  
  
• Korps Commando Troepen
  Korps Commandotroepen
  The Korps Commandotroepen are the elite special forces of the Royal Netherlands Army. It is one of the two principal units tasked with special operations in the Netherlands , and it is deployable anywhere in the world under any circumstance, conducting all conceivable missions from...
  
  
• Mountain Leader Reconnaissance Platoon, Koninklijke Korps Marinier
  Netherlands Marine Corps
  The Korps Mariniers is the marine corps and amphibious infantry component of the Royal Netherlands Navy. The marines are trained to operate anywhere in the world in all environments, under any condition and circumstance, as a rapid reaction force. The Korps Mariniers can be deployed to a given...
  
   ("Dutch Marines")

Philippines

• Philippine Marine Corps Force Recon Battalion
• Philippine Army 1st Scout Ranger Regiment
  1st Scout Ranger Regiment
  The Scout Rangers, known officially as the First Scout Ranger Regiment, is a Philippine Army Special Operations Command unit, and specializes in anti-guerrilla warfare...
  
  

Portugal

• Companhia de Precursores Aeroterrestres
  Pathfinders Company (Portugal)
  The Companhia de Precursores Aeroterrestres is a special operations unit of the Portuguese paratroopers. This unit is part of the Airborne Support Battalion which is based in Tancos...
  
  
• Destacamento de Acções Especiais
• Grupo de Operações Especiais
  Grupo de Operações Especiais (Portugal)
  Grupo de Operações Especiais - GOE is the Portuguese PSP special operations unit, manned slightly over 200 elements....
  
  
• Operações Especiais aka Rangers

United Kingdom

• Formation reconnaissance regiment
  Formation reconnaissance regiment
  The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently provided by cavalry regiments of the British Army. Until recently, it was known as the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment....
  
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  • Household Cavalry Regiment
    Household Cavalry Regiment
    The Household Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, and is one of two regiments that are formed from the Household Cavalry. It was formed in 1992, under the Options for Change reforms, by the amalgamation of The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals. Both regiments were...
    
    
  • 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
    1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
    1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards is a cavalry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits from Wales, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and is the senior cavalry regiment, and therefore senior regiment, of the line of the British Army...
    
    
  • 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)
    9th/12th Royal Lancers
    The 9th/12th Royal Lancers is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1960 by the amalgamation of the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers and the 12th Royal Lancers. It is currently a formation reconnaissance regiment, equipped with the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance family of vehicles and...
    
    
  • The Light Dragoons
  • The Queen's Royal Lancers
  • Queen's Own Yeomanry
    Queen's Own Yeomanry
    The Queen's Own Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the British Territorial Army. The Queen's Own Yeomanry is the only Yeomanry regiment that serves in the formation reconnaissance role, equipped with the CVR family of armoured reconnaissance vehicles, including Scimitar and Spartan.On...
    
     - Territorial Army unit

• Royal Yeomanry
  Royal Yeomanry
  The Royal Yeomanry is an armoured regiment of the Territorial Army consisting of five squadrons and a military band:*A Squadron *B Squadron...
  
  
• 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA
  4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA
  4/73 Battery is a battery of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery in the Royal Artillery. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisition Patrols role.-Origins of 4/73 Bty RA:...
  
  
• Honourable Artillery Company
  Honourable Artillery Company
  The Honourable Artillery Company was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII. Today it is a Registered Charity whose purpose is to attend to the “better defence of the realm"...
  
  
• Pathfinder Platoon, 16 Air Assault Brigade
• Special Air Service
  Special Air Service
  Special Air Service or SAS is a corps of the British Army constituted on 31 May 1950. They are part of the United Kingdom Special Forces and have served as a model for the special forces of many other countries all over the world...
  
  
• Special Reconnaissance Regiment
  Special Reconnaissance Regiment
  The Special Reconnaissance Regiment or SRR is a Special Forces regiment of the British Armed Forces. It was established on 6 April 2005 and is part of the United Kingdom Special Forces under command Director Special Forces, alongside the Special Air Service , Special Boat Service and the Special...
  
  

• Brigade Reconnaissance Force
  Brigade Patrol Troop
  The Brigade Patrol Troop is a troop of Royal Marines, United Kingdom, under command of the Support Squadron 3 Commando Brigade. The Troop consists of six teams of four men each. They are employed in a reconnaissance role, ahead of the main force collecting information on the enemy and reporting...
  
  , Royal Marines
  Royal Marines
  The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, commonly just referred to as the Royal Marines , are the marine corps and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom and, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, form the Naval Service...
  
  
• Special Boat Service
  Special Boat Service
  The Special Boat Service is the special forces unit of the British Royal Navy. Together with the Special Air Service, Special Reconnaissance Regiment and the Special Forces Support Group they form the United Kingdom Special Forces and come under joint control of the same Director Special...
  
  

• No. 5 Squadron RAF
  No. 5 Squadron RAF
  No. 5 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the operator of the new Sentinel R1 Airborne STand-Off Radar aircraft and is based at RAF Waddington.-History:As No...
  
  
• No. 51 Squadron RAF
  No. 51 Squadron RAF
  No. 51 Squadron of the Royal Air Force most recently operated the Nimrod R1 from RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire until June 2011. Crews from No. 51 Squadron are currently training alongside the US Air Force on the Boeing RC-135, which is planned to enter service with the RAF over the next seven years...
  
  

United States

• Army Cavalry Scouts
  Cavalry Scout
  The Cavalry Scout is a job title and a reconnaissance specialist in the United States Army. Cavalry Scouts work to obtain, distribute and share vital combat and battlefield information on the enemy and on combat circumstances and environmental conditions. The role originated with the United States...
  
  
• United States Army Special Operations Command
  United States Army Special Operations Command
  The United States Army Special Operations Command is the command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Forces...
  
  
  • United States Army Special Forces (Green Berets)
  • 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
    Delta Force
    1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta is one of the United States' secretive Tier One counter-terrorism and Special Mission Units. Commonly known as Delta Force, Delta, or The Unit, it was formed under the designation 1st SFOD-D, and is officially referred to by the Department of Defense...
    
     (Delta Force)
  • United States Army Rangers
    United States Army Rangers
    United States Army Rangers are elite members of the United States Army. Rangers have served in recognized U.S. Army Ranger units or have graduated from the U.S. Army's Ranger School...
    
    
    • 75th Ranger Regiment
      75th Ranger Regiment (United States)
      The 75th Ranger Regiment , also known as Rangers, is a Special Operations light infantry unit of the United States Army. The Regiment is headquartered in Fort Benning, Georgia with battalions in Fort Benning, Hunter Army Airfield and Joint Base Lewis-McChord...
      
      
• U.S. Army Long Range Surveillance
  Long Range Surveillance
  Long Range Surveillance units are specially trained elite Surveillance units of the United States Army that are employed by Military Intelligence Units for gathering information from deep within hostile territories....
  
  

• United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC)
• United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance
  United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance
  The United States Marine Corps have many reconnaissance elements that are valuable to a Marine Air-Ground Task Force by providing the force and component commanders [i.e. Marine Expeditionary Force or Landing Force commanders] with maneuver space and reaction time, and prevent enemy forces and...
  
  
  • Marine Force Reconnaissance
    United States Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
    The Force Reconnaissance Companies , are one of the United States Marine Corps's special operations "capable" forces that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force ; supporting the landing or joint task force commanders, and...
    
    
  • Marine Division Reconnaissance
    United States Marine Corps
    The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
    
    
  • Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Platoon
    STA platoon
    STA platoon were the "Surveillance and Target Acquisition" platoons of the United States Marine Corps. They were within the Headquarters and Service Company of U.S...
    
    
  • Scout-Sniper Platoon
    Scout Sniper
    Scout Sniper is a secondary MOS designator of U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen and reconnaissance Marines that have successfully graduated from a USMC Scout Sniper School. Scout Snipers provide close reconnaissance and surveillance to the infantry battalion...
    
    
  • Light Armored Reconnaissance
    United States Marine Corps Light Armored Reconnaissance
    The United States Marine Corps Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalions, or LAR Battalions, are fast and mobilized armored terrestrial reconnaissance units that conduct reconnaissance-in-force ahead of the battalion landing teams or division infantry forces...
    
    

• United States Air Force Special Tactics
  Air Force Special Operations Command
  Air Force Special Operations Command is the Special Operations component of the United States Air Force and the US Air Force component command to the United States Special Operations Command , a unified command located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida...
  
  

• United States Navy SEALs
  United States Navy SEALs
  The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command as well as the maritime component of the United States Special Operations Command.The acronym is derived from their...
  
  
• Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Team
  Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Team
  Seabee Engineer Reconnaissance Teams are a new organizational concept developed by the First Naval Construction Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom intended to provide more engineering capability on the battlefield in support of the United States Marine Corps...
  
  

Sweden

• Livregementets husarer (Life hussars regiment), 32.Underrättelsebataljonen (32. intelligence battalion ISTAR)
• Norrlands dragonregemente
  Norrlands dragonregemente
  Norrlands dragonregemente , also K 4 or K 8, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province of Lappland that traces its origins back to the 17th century. It is still in active service.- History :...
  
   (Norrland dragoons), Arctic rangers
• Swedish Amphibious Corps
  Swedish Amphibious Corps
  Amfibiekåren is the coastal defence arm of the Swedish Navy. Until 2000 it was known as Kustartilleriet , but the name was changed to reflect its different role in a post-Cold War world, where its amphibious special operations arm, "Kustjägarna", has grown in significance while its coastal...
  
  (Amf1),Swedish coastal rangers