List of defunct special forces units

Australia

• Australian commandos
• No. 200 Flight RAAF
• Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos
• Z Special Unit
• Combined Field Intelligence Service
• M Special Unit
• Bushveldt Carbineers

Canada

• 1st Special Service Force
• The Canadian Airborne Regiment

Croatia

• Crna legija

Greece

• Sacred Band

Fiji

• Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit

Israel

• Palmach
• Unit 101
• Samson Unit
• Force 100
• Sayeret Haruv
• Sayeret Rimon
• TAT'ZAM

Italy

Regia Marina

• Decima Flottiglia MAS

Nazi Germany

• Brandenburgers

Portugal

See also: Portuguese irregular forces in the Overseas War

• Flechas
• Grupos Especiais

Rhodesia

• Selous Scouts
• Rhodesian Special Air Service

South Africa

• 32 Battalion
• Koevoet
• South Africa Marine Corps

Sri Lanka

• Special Service Group

Syria

• Defense companies

Turkey

• Özel Harp Dairesi

United Kingdom

British Army

• Army Commandos
• Chindits
• Long Range Desert Group
• Popski's Private Army

Royal Navy

• Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment
• British commando frogmen

Combined Operations

• 30 Assault Unit^{[citation needed]}

Directorate of Military Intelligence

• Force 136
• Special Operations Executive
• Small Scale Raiding Force

United States

Main article: Former United States special operations units

The Civil War

• Jessie Scouts
• Mosby's Rangers
• Quantrill's Raiders

World War II

• 1st Air Commando Group
• 1st Special Service Force "Devil's Brigade"
• 5307th Composite Unit (provisional) "Merrill's Marauders"
• Alamo Scouts
• Alaskan Scouts
• Army Ranger Battalions
• Marine Raiders
• Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
• Marine Parachute Battalions
• Naval Scouts and Raiders
• Navy Combat Demolition Units (NCDU) and Underwater Demolitions Teams (UDT)
• Navy Beach Jumpers
• Naval Group China
• Office of Strategic Services
  • (OSS) Jedburgh Teams
  • OSS Operational Groups (OG)
  • OSS Maritime Unit (MU)
    • OSS Maritime Unit Operational Swimmer Group

Korean War

• Air Resupply And Communications Service (ARCS)
• Airborne Ranger Companies
• Combined Command Reconnaissance Activities, Korea (CCRAK)
• Joint Advisory Commission, Korea (JACK)
• United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK)

Vietnam War

• 46th Special Forces Company
• Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP)
• MIKE Force
• Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group(MACV-SOG)
• Phoenix Program
• Project "Leaping Lena" (Vietnam War)
• Project DELTA
• Project Sigma and Project Omega
• Tiger Force
• US Navy Boat Support Units (BSU)

Other

• 6th Special Forces Group
• 7th special forces Group (airborne)
• 8th Special Forces Group
• 11th Special Forces Group
• 12th Special Forces Group
• 129th Special Operations Aviation Company (SOAC)
• "Blue light"
• Marine Corps Special Operations Command Detachment One (MCSOCOM-Det 1) (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
• Red Cell
• SEASPRAY
• Special Operations Combat Control Team (SOCCT)
• Task Force 11 (Operation Enduring Freedom)
• Task Force 20, Task Force 121 (Operation Iraqi Freedom)
• Task Force Bayonet (Operation Just Cause)
• Task Force Ranger (Operation Gothic Serpent)
• Yellow Fruit

Vietnam

• Vietnamese Rangers
• LLDB
• Vietnamese Special Mission Service

See also

• List of special forces units
• Paratrooper forces around the world
• Marine forces around the world
• Special Police forces from around the world