Special Operations Groups (Spain)
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The Special Operations Groups (Template:Langx, GOE) are the special operations forces of the Spanish Army.
These units should not be confused with the similar-sounding Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) and Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES), two police forces, or the Spanish Navy's Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE).
Organization
The three Special Operations Groups are subordinated to the Special Operations Command (Mando de Operaciones Especiales - MOE).
| Insignia | Group |
|---|---|
| File:Coat of Arms of the 2nd Special Operations Group Granada.svg | 2nd Special Operations Group "Granada" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Granada" II) disbanded in July 2020 to create the MOE Logistics Unit (Unidad Logística MOE) |
| File:Coat of Arms of the 3rd Special Operations Group Valencia.svg | 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Valencia" III) |
| File:Coat of Arms of the 4th Special Operations Group Tercio del Ampurdán.svg | 4th Special Operations Group "Tercio del Ampurdán" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Tercio del Ampurdán" IV) |
| File:Coat of Arms of the 19th Special Operations Group Maderal Oleaga.svg | 19th Special Operations Group "Maderal Oleaga" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Maderal Oleaga" XIX)[1] |
Units in 1989
The Special Operations Groups were Ranger type units that specialized in counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare tactics.
- 1st Special Operations Group "Ordenes Militares" (in Madrid)
- 2nd Special Operations Group "Santa Fé" (in Granada)
- 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (in Alicante)
- 4th Special Operations Group "Almogávares" (in Barcelona)
- 5th Special Operations Group "San Marcial" (in Burgos)
- 6th Special Operations Group "La Victoria" (in A Coruña)
- 7th Special Operations Company (in Palma de Mallorca)
- 81st Special Operations Company (in Tenerife)
- 82nd Special Operations Company (in Las Palmas)
Notes
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- ↑ Formerly Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión (Spanish Legion Special Operations Flag), BOEL.
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External links
- Mando de Operaciones Especiales (official site)