Air assault Amphibious reconnaissance Amphibious warfare Anti-tank warfare Artillery observer Clandestine operation Close-quarters combat Combat search and rescue Counterterrorism Covert operation Desert warfare Direct action Executive protection Forward air control Hostage rescue HUMINT Irregular warfare Long-range penetration Manhunt Medical evacuation Mountain warfare Naval boarding Parachuting Patrolling Raiding Reconnaissance Special operations Special reconnaissance Tracking Underwater demolition Urban warfare
Size
Classified
Part of
Namibian Defence Force
Garrison/HQ
Windhoek, Khomas
Colors
Maroon Yellow
Commanders
Commander of Special Forces
Colonel Johannes Shimwetheleni[1]
Military unit
The Namibian Special Forces is a special operations command of the Namibian Defence Force responsible for special forces component commands army and marines.[2] The command consists of Namibian Army Commando and Paratrooper, and the Namibian Marine Corps Amphibious Special Operations Unit. The Army Commando specialize in air assault and airborne operations, capture or kill high-value targes, counterterrorism, direct action, hostage rescue, insertion behind enemy lines, excutive protection, and special warfare operations, while the Marine Corps Amphibious Special Operations Unit specialize in amphibious warfare, direct action, executive protection, insertion behind enemy lines, maritime counterterrorism and hostage rescue, naval boarding, naval special warfare operations, operating that originate from a river, ocean, swamp and delta, and underwater demolition. The army units receive training assistance from former South African Special Forces (Recces) and the marine corps from the Brazilian Marine Corps.[3][4][5][6] The units regularly participate in Southern African Development Community (SADC) special forces exercises.[1][7]
^ abShilumbu, May P (9 September 2013). "Defense Force members in SADC war games". The Namibian.
^"Elite unit completes commando course". New Era. 27 July 2015.
^"Elite unit recruits only the best". New Era Newspaper. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^Martin, Guy (5 September 2016). "Chute Systems continues Namibian military training". defenceWeb. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^Eveline, de Klerk (15 December 2014). "54 Namibian marines graduate". New Era Newspaper. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^Cite error: The named reference NambianSun14 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Shilumbu, P. "SADC Special Forces Exercise "Vale do Keve"". NDF Journal. 54 (58): 18–19. October–December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
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