Brigada Speciala de Interventie a Jandarmeriei
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Brigada Specială de Intervenţie a Jandarmeriei (Gendarmerie Special Intervention Brigade, BSIJ) is a special operations
force belonging to the Romanian Gendarmerie
. The unit carries the name "Vlad Ţepeş
" after the legendary Romania
n ruler, "Vlad the Impaler".
The Brigade is divided in three units:
Special operations
Special operations are military operations that are considered "special" .Special operations are typically performed independently or in conjunction with conventional military operations. The primary goal is to achieve a political or military objective where a conventional force requirement does...
force belonging to the Romanian Gendarmerie
Jandarmeria Româna
Jandarmeria Română is the military branch of the two Romanian police forces .The gendarmerie is subordinated to the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and does not have responsibility for policing the Romanian Armed Forces...
. The unit carries the name "Vlad Ţepeş
Vlad III the Impaler
Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia , also known by his patronymic Dracula , and posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler , was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the incipient Ottoman conquest of the Balkans...
" after the legendary Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n ruler, "Vlad the Impaler".
The Brigade is divided in three units:
- 1st Battalion "Antiterorist si Actiuni speciale" (Special Actions and Counter-terrorism)
- 2nd Battalion "Misiuni Speciale" (Special Missions)
- 3rd Two Detachements " Misiuni Internationale" (External Missions)