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Special Intervention Group
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale
Gruppo di Intervento Speciale oficial insignia
Active
6 February 1978 – present[1]
Country
Italy
Branch
Carabinieri
Type
Police tactical unit
Size
At least 100
Part of
2nd Carabinieri Mobile Brigade (logistics and administration) Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali
Garrison/HQ
Livorno
Nickname(s)
Teste di cuoio ("Leatherheads")
Motto(s)
Nei secoli fedele ("Faithful through the centuries") Silenziosi come la notte veloci come la folgore ("As silent as the night, as fast as the lightning")
Colors
Black and Red
Engagements
Counter criminals operations in Italy
Years of Lead (Italy)
Operation Alba
Kosovo War
Operation Ancient Babylon
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel Gianluca Feroce
Military unit
The Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (GIS) ("Special Intervention Group") is the special forces unit of the Carabinieri. The Carabinieri, a branch of the Italian Armed Forces responsible for both military and civil policing, formed GIS in 1978 as a police tactical unit.[1] In 2004, GIS assumed a special operations role, evolving to a special forces unit, in addition to the police tactical unit role, becoming part of the Comando interforze per le Operazioni delle Forze Speciali (COFS ('Joint Special Forces Operational Headquarters').[1][2]
The unit has taken part in counter-terrorism operations and VIP, executive and dignitary protection security. Since its inception, GIS has distinguished itself throughout Italy for efficiency and excellent preparation, and has also operated and operates in several theatres of war including the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Horn of Africa, as well as in all the countries where Italian diplomatic offices are at risk.
In Italy, GIS is one of three police tactical units that can operate throughout the country, the other two being Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS) of the Polizia di Stato and Antiterrorismo Pronto Impiego (ATPI) of the Guardia di Finanza.
^ abc"Gruppo Intervento Speciale (GIS)". Arma dei Carabinieri (in Italian). Retrieved 12 October 2018.
^"Cp. Gruppo di Intervento Speciale (CC)". Ministero della Difesa (in Italian). 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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