Division Special Operations (Germany)

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Division Special Operations (Germany)

Division Special Operations or Division Spezielle Operationen is a division of the German Army

German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
. Its staff is based at Regensburg

Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....
. The structure and tasks of this division are unique within the modern German military. Division Special Operations was created in 2001 and composed of parts of another peerless formation, called Airmobile forces command/4th Division or Kommando Luftbewegliche Kräfte/4.

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Division Special Operations or Division Spezielle Operationen is a division of the German Army
German Army

The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Traditionally the German military forces have been composed of the Army, the Deutsche Marine, and an Luftwaffe after World War I....
. Its staff is based at Regensburg
Regensburg

Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen River rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube....
. The structure and tasks of this division are unique within the modern German military. Division Special Operations was created in 2001 and composed of parts of another peerless formation, called Airmobile forces command/4th Division or Kommando Luftbewegliche Kräfte/4. Division. This division-equivalent which was created in 1994 and disbanded in 2001 in the course of a reorganization of the German army comprised elements of a mechanized division and an airborne division. Division Special Operations is the superordinate unit for two airborne brigades and a special forces brigade-equivalent, the Special Forces Command
Kommando Spezialkräfte

The Kommando Spezialkr?fte is part of Germany's Special Forces. Organized under the Special Operations Division , it is closely modeled on the United Kingdom Special Air Service ....
or Kommando Spezialkräfte. It is capable of dealing with all challenges of special warfare and is specialized on evacuations
Evacuation

Evacuation may refer to:* Emergency evacuation, the mass movement of persons from a dangerous place due to a disaster* Patient evacuation, the procedure for moving a casualty from its initial location to an ambulance...
and crisis intervention operations. Troops of this division or its predecessors have taken part in all overseas deployments of the German Army and were largely involved in their preparation.

History
The division was formed in 2001 to give the German Army the capability to quickly and effectively react on an emerging crisis. This happened mainly in view of two incidents in 1994 and 1997 were German citizens had to be evacuated from the civil wars in Rwanda
Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Rwanda's Tutsis and Hutu political moderates by Hutus under the Hutu Power ideology....
and Albania
Operation Libelle

Operation Dragonfly, in German Operation Libelle, was an Evacuation Operation of the Bundeswehr in Tirana, capital of Albania, on March 14, 1997....
, once even by foreign troops since the German military lacked of adequate forces to carry out evacuation operations on their own. To enhance these new capabilities, one of three existing airborne brigades was transformed and reorganized to be subsequently in charge of the army's special forces. Although little is publicly known about operations of the Kommando Spezialkräfte, it can be seen as the most combat-proven unit both of this division and the German Army.

Organisation

Division Special Operations
HHC
Headquarters and Headquarters Company

In United States Army units, a headquarters and headquarters company is a company sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher....
300th Army Band
100th Signals Company
Company

Generally, a company is a form of business organization. The precise definition varies.In the United States, a company is a corporation—or, less commonly, an association, partnership, or union—that carries on an industrial enterprise." Generally, a company may be a "corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, Inv...
(Airborne)
200th Signals Company (Airborne)
200th Light Air Defence Battery
Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortar s, or rockets, so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems....
(Airborne)
200th Long Range Reconnaissance Company
Division Special Operations Signals Battalion
Battalion

A battalion is a military unit of around 500-1500 men usually consisting of between two and seven company and typically commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel....
(Airborne)
Special Forces Command
Kommando Spezialkräfte

The Kommando Spezialkr?fte is part of Germany's Special Forces. Organized under the Special Operations Division , it is closely modeled on the United Kingdom Special Air Service ....
HHC
Headquarters and Headquarters Company

In United States Army units, a headquarters and headquarters company is a company sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher....
1st Commando Company
2nd Commando Company
3rd Commando Company
4th Commando Company
Special Commando Company
Signal Company
Support Company
Special Medical Company
Special Training Company
Centre for Enhancements and Trials
26th Airborne Brigade "Saarland
Saarland

Saarland is one of the 16 States of Germany of Germany. The capital is Saarbr?cken. It has an area of 2570 km? and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population it is the smallest of the German Fl?chenl?nder , i.e., those that are not City States ....
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HHC
Headquarters and Headquarters Company

In United States Army units, a headquarters and headquarters company is a company sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher....
260th Reconnaissance Company (Airborne)
260th Engineer Company (Airborne)
261st Paratrooper Battalion
262nd Support Battalion (Airborne)
263rd Paratrooper Battalion
31st Airborne Brigade "Oldenburg
Oldenburg

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HHC
Headquarters and Headquarters Company

In United States Army units, a headquarters and headquarters company is a company sized military unit, found at the battalion level and higher....
310th Reconnaissance Company (Airborne)
270th Engineer Company (Airborne)
313st Paratrooper Battalion
272nd Support Battalion (Airborne)
373rd Paratrooper Battalion

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