Special Operations Groups (Spain)


The Special Operations Groups are the special operations forces of the Spanish Army.
These units should not be confused with the similar-sounding Grupo Especial de Operaciones and Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad, 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.
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2nd Special Operations Group "Granada"

disbanded in July 2020 to create the MOE Logistics Unit
3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia"
4th Special Operations Group "Tercio del Ampurdán"
19th Special Operations Group "Maderal Oleaga"

Units in 1989

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