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Grupos de Operaciones Especiales
Emblem of the Spanish Army Special Operations Forces
Emblem
Active 1977–present
Country Spain
Branch land forces
Type special forces
Size Aprox. 900 (2020)[1]

The Special Operations Groups (Spanish language: Grupos de Operaciones Especiales , GOE) are the special operations forces of the Spanish Army.

These units should not be confused with the similar-sounding Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) and Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES), two police forces, or the Spanish Navy's Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE).

Organization[]

The three Special Operations Groups are subordinated to the Special Operations Command.

Insignia Group
Coat of Arms of the 2nd Special Operations Group Granada 2nd Special Operations Group "Granada"
(Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Granada" II)
Coat of Arms of the 3rd Special Operations Group Valencia 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia"
(Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Valencia" III)
Coat of Arms of the 4th Special Operations Group Tercio del Ampurdán 4th Special Operations Group "Tercio del Ampurdán"
(Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Tercio del Ampurdán" IV)
Coat of Arms of the 19th Special Operations Group Maderal Oleaga 19th Special Operations Group "Maderal Oleaga"
(Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Maderal Oleaga" XIX)[2]

Units in 1989[]

The Special Operations Groups were Ranger type units that specialized in counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare tactics.

  • 1st Special Operations Group "Ordenes Militares" (in Madrid)
  • 2nd Special Operations Group "Santa Fé" (in Granada)
  • 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (in Alicante)
  • 4th Special Operations Group "Almogávares" (in Barcelona)
  • 5th Special Operations Group "San Marcial" (in Burgos)
  • 6th Special Operations Group "La Victoria" (in A Coruña)
  • 7th Special Operations Company (in Palma de Mallorca)
  • 8th Special Operations Company (in Tenerife)
  • 9th Special Operations Company (in Las Palmas)

Notes[]

  1. Fernando Cancio | Madrid Última actualización:22-01-2020 | 10:53 H/Creada:22-01-2020 (2020-01-22). "Boinas verdes 4.0: así será en el futuro la unidad de élite del Ejército de Tierra" (in es). https://www.larazon.es/espana/20200122/wmplylgw7ja4zmmfoul75ib4k4.html. 
  2. Formerly Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión (Spanish Legion Special Operations Flag), BOEL.

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