Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen
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Särskilda Inhämtningsgruppen (Special Reconnaissance Group, SIG) is one of the two Swedish special operations units and was created in 2006, when it broke out of the Parachute Ranger School Fallskärmsjägarskolan
. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to be between 50 and 70, with an average age of 30. SIG may be deployed for clandestine surveillance and reconnaissance. The aim may be to gather intelligence on activities, certain individuals, or anything of strategic importance. The difference between SIG and more regular ISTAR and reconnaissance units is that missions undertaken by SIG may be more dangerous. Missions undertaken by SIG require its operators to covertly infiltrate and move inside hostile territory for long periods without detection.
SIG have recently recruited a woman and might recruit more because women are particularly useful for HUMINT operations when they are likely to encounter women of different cultures who are uncomfortable to interact with men.
The SSG and the SIG had merged in 2011 as Särskilda Operationsgruppen (Special Operations Group, SOG).
Fallskärmsjägarskolan
Fallskärmsjägarskolan, commonly known as FJS, is the Swedish Army's Parachute Ranger School and the home of Fallskärmsjägarna and Särskilda Skyddsgruppen...
. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to be between 50 and 70, with an average age of 30. SIG may be deployed for clandestine surveillance and reconnaissance. The aim may be to gather intelligence on activities, certain individuals, or anything of strategic importance. The difference between SIG and more regular ISTAR and reconnaissance units is that missions undertaken by SIG may be more dangerous. Missions undertaken by SIG require its operators to covertly infiltrate and move inside hostile territory for long periods without detection.
SIG have recently recruited a woman and might recruit more because women are particularly useful for HUMINT operations when they are likely to encounter women of different cultures who are uncomfortable to interact with men.
The SSG and the SIG had merged in 2011 as Särskilda Operationsgruppen (Special Operations Group, SOG).
See also
- Swedish Armed ForcesSwedish Armed ForcesThe Swedish Armed Forces is a Swedish Government Agency responsible for the operation of the armed forces of the Realm. The primary task of the agency is to train, organize and to deploy military forces, domestically and abroad, while maintaining the long-term ability to defend the Realm in the...
- Särskilda SkyddsgruppenSärskilda SkyddsgruppenSärskilda Skyddsgruppen is a special operations unit of the Swedish military which became active in 1994. The exact number of operatives is classified but is thought to be between 60 and 80, with an average age of 31...
- Special forcesSpecial forcesSpecial forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...
- FallskärmsjägarnaFallskärmsjägarnaFallskärmsjägarna, , also known as Fallskärmsjägarkåren , is a Swedish parachute unit....