Special operations Special reconnaissance Unconventional warfare Direct action HVT raids Counter-terrorism / insurgency psychological warfare[1]
Part of
Georgian Defence Forces
Garrison/HQ
Tbilisi
Nickname(s)
"the vicious"[2]
Color of Beret
Rifle green
Engagements
1991: Georgian Civil War* 1992: War in Abkhazia*
Battle of Gagra
1999–2003: Kosovo Force
2001 Macedonia insurgency (border)
Since 2001: War on Terror 2002–2003 Pankisi Gorge crisis 2003 Rose Revolution 2003–2008: Iraq War 2004: Adjara Crisis 2004: South Ossetia clashes 2006: Kodori Crisis 2007: Bokhundjara incident 2008: Russo-Georgian war
Battle of Tskhinvali
2012: Lopota incident
2014: ISAF Afghanistan (Rangers) Since 2014: War in Donbass (disputed) 2015–2021: RSM Afghanistan (Rangers)
Website
sof.mod.gov.ge/en
Commanders
Current commander
Col. Temur Klateishvili
Notable commanders
Gocha Karkarashvili Nikoloz Janjgava Zaza Gogava
Military unit
Defence Forces of Georgia
Flag of Georgia Emblem of Defence Forces
Executive
Ministry of Defence
Staff
General Staff of the Defence Forces
Military service commands
East Command of Defence Forces
West Command of Defence Forces
Aviation and Air Defence Command
National Guard of Georgia
Functional combatant commands
Special Operations Forces
Force Logistic Support Command
Training and Military Education Command
Military Intelligence Department of Defence Forces of Georgia
Military Police Department
MoD departments and organizations
List
LEPL Cyber Security Bureau
STC Delta
General Inspection of MoD
LEPL Giorgi Abramishvili Military Hospital of MoD
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The Georgian Special Operations Forces (GSOF) (Georgian: სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალები) are the special operations forces component of the Defense Forces of Georgia. They have been established to conduct special operations, special-and long range reconnaissance, military counter intelligence, counter terrorism, counter insurgency, amphibious and asymmetric warfare in and outside Georgia.[3]
Georgian Special Operation Forces are subordinated under the MOD Special Operations Main Division to a brigade-level command structure. Each formation is split into several sub-divisions which are allocated on different Georgian regions, cities and strategically important areas. Most instructor units are composed of veterans of past conflicts including the Soviet–Afghan War and the internal conflicts in Georgia. Officers and instructors served as in former Soviet Army or NATO special services.[4]
^"საქართველოს შეიარაღებული ძალების გენერალური შტაბის სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალების დებულების დამტკიცების შესახებ". www.matsne.gov.ge (in Georgian). 29 January 2014.
^""დაუნდობლები" - გაიცანით ქართული არმიის მრისხანე იარაღი! - კვირის პალიტრა" (in Georgian). Kvirispalitra.ge. 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2021-11-25.
^"თავდაცვის ძალების სპეციალური ოპერაციების ძალები". www.mod.gov.ge (in Georgian).
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