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  Garud Commandos Motto Prahaar se Suraksha meaning Defence by Offence Formation and Governing Body The Garud Commando Force is a special force of the Indian Airforce. It was formed in 2003 in order to protect the air bases of the country. It was important to protect the air bases as two major bases had been attacked by the terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir in 2001. Earlier it was thought that the Indian Army would provide protection to the air bases but then it was realized that the Indian Army troops had to be mobilized as per the army's requirements. The Garud commandos were first seen or they unveiled themselves publicly at Air Force day celebrations in 2004. The Garud Commando Fore is a part of the Indian Air force which comes under the Ministry of Defence, GOI.  Training and Selection The Garuds are trained on the same lines as Indian Army's para commandos and the MARCOS of the Indian Navy. (We're soon gonna have a blog on MARCOS and Para Commandos😃.) The f...

SFF: Special Frontier Force The Special Frontier Force or better referred to as the Vikas Battalion by the Indian Armed Forces personnel is a highly classified paramilitary force. It was formed after the Indo-China war of 1962. The force's only objective is to invade China and destroy its bases. Majority of the personnel recruited in this force are Tibetians who took shelter in India after China captured the Tibetian territory. As the Indian Govt. wanted to use the anger of the Tibetians in a right way against China and the Tibetians were already used to the extreme climate in the Himalayan regions. Formation and Governing Body The SFF was formed on 14 November 1962. It is directly governed by the Research & Analysis Wing which is responsible for the external security of the country. This body is better known to the general public as RAW. The force is headed by an inspector general who is chosen from the rank of Major General of the Indian Army. The force reports directly to th...

 National Security Guard The National Security Guard better known to the general public as NSG or " Black Cats " or the " Black Cat Commandoes " is a counter terrorism squad and is specially trained for urban warfare and hostage situations. This is the major reason that they were called during 26/11 attacks as it was a situation wherein both the skills of urban warfare and hostage relief were required. Why Was The NSG Formed? Many of us are familiar with the operation " Blue Star " of 1984 where the para sf i.e., the special forces operatives of the Parachute Regiment of the Indian Army stormed into the Golden Temple of Amritsar in order to neutralize the Khalistani minded militants. Though the forces successfully regained the control of Golden Temple a need of a different force was realized which could carry on operations in presence of civilians in urban areas and also could release hostages from enemy capture. So this force our beloved "NSG" w...

INDIAN SPECIAL FORCES Here we bring you a special series on the Indian Special Forces so that you get a little insight of the tough life of special forces operators and the tough operations carried out by them. Only the information that is available in the public domain will be shared. So secrecy and confidentiality of the forces will not be affected at all. Get ready now as we are bringing a special series on the special forces of India. Now you'll get to know about the MARCOS, NSG, PARA SF, GARUD SF, SFF, COBRA, etc. Some of you might have never even heard of the forces mentioned above, but we are sure once you read our blogs, you'll get a better insight about this forces.  Thank you! Jai Hind! For more such interesting and informative blog, do  click here  to visit our site.