UDTs manned riverine patrol craft and help went ashore to demolish obstacles and enemy bunkers. UDT 1 and 3 provided personnel who went in ahead of the landing craft, scouting mud flats, marking low points in the channel, clearing fouled propellers, and searching for mines. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) is comprised of approximately 8,900 total personnel, including more than 2,400 active-duty Special Warfare Operators, known as The first military flag officer to set foot in Afghanistan was a Navy SEAL, Rear Admiral Albert Calland, in charge of Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), which was responsible for all special operations for Central Command. NCDUs also operated in the Pacific theater. The team leader, SEAL Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Conflicts arose over operational matters, and the unit was dissolved. HOME NSW. [10] They trained in inflatable boat insertions from submarines around the Chesapeake Bay and at the Amphibious Training Base (ATB) Little Creek in Virginia and in Fort Pierce, Florida. Welcome to the Official Facebook Fan Page for Naval Special Warfare Command. ", UDT teams carried out hydrographic surveys in South Vietnam's coastal waters and reconnaissance missions of harbors, beaches and rivers often under hazardous conditions and enemy fire.[20]. "Amphibious Reconnaissance". The UDTs saw their first combat on 31 January 1944, during Operation Flintlock in the Marshall Islands. To meet the need for a beach reconnaissance force, selected Army and Marine Corps personnel assembled at Amphibious Training Base Little Creek, Virginia, on 15 August 1942 to begin Amphibious Scouts and Raiders (Joint) training. At its highest tiers, NAVSPECWAR is under the jurisdiction of UNSC Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM), which is typically a three-star command with a Vice Admiral (O-9) installed at its command. On 6 June 1944, in the face of great adversity, the NCDUs at Omaha Beach managed to blow eight complete gaps and two partial gaps in the German defenses. During Operation Enduring Freedom, NSW forces carried out more than 75 special reconnaissance and direct action missions, destroying more than 500,000 pounds of explosives and weapons; positively identifying enemy personnel and conducting Leadership Interdiction Operations in the search for terrorists trying to escape by seagoing vessels. In the attempt to rescue the four SEALs on the ground a Boeing CH-47 Chinook containing members of SEAL delivery team one and several Army "Nightstalker" pilots was shot down. [9], Responding to President John F. Kennedy's desire for the Services to develop an Unconventional Warfare (UW) capability, the U.S. Navy established SEAL Team One and SEAL Team Two in January 1962. Search NSW: Search. ROK Special Forces brigades were modelled after the U.S. Ar… There will be an emphasis on the need for a powerful immediate intervention force capable of delivering surgical hits of high strategic importance to enemy targets HVT (High Value Targets) in a short time. Naval Special Warfare Command, San Diego (Californië). Mission success demands a high-performance team. Sometimes only one would come back. NCDU 2, under LTjg Frank Kaine, after whom the Naval Special Warfare Command building is named, and NCDU 3 under LTjg Lloyd Anderson, formed the nucleus of six NCDUs that served with the Seventh Amphibious Force tasked with clearing boat channels after the landings from Biak to Borneo. Some of the earliest World War II predecessors of the SEALs were the Operational Swimmers of the Office of Strategic Services, or OSS. Because of the dangers inherent in NSW, prospective SEALs go through what is considered by many military experts[who?] However, goat herders stumbled upon their hiding place and alerted local Taliban fighters, and they were subsequently surrounded by Taliban forces. SWC members are comprised of prior and active Military & Law Enforcement, to include Navy, Airborne, Army, National Guard, Marines, Police, Coast Guard, and civilians. Operation Red Wings, a counter insurgent mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, involved four Navy SEALs and took place on 28 June 2005. The U.S. Navy began the Scouts and Raiders to provide reconnaissance and raiding missions to support amphibious landings. Special Warfare Command, Classified. [21], SEALs are Special Operations Command's force-of-choice to conduct small-unit maritime military operations which originate from, and return to a river, ocean, swamp, delta or coastline. 198 Naval Special Warfare Command jobs available on Indeed.com. NSW forces can operate from forward-deployed Navy ships, submarines and aviation mobility platforms as well as overseas bases and its own overseas units. The Scouts and Raiders mission was to identify and reconnoiter the objective beach, maintain a position on the designated beach prior to a landing and guide the assault waves to the landing beach. Later, during the war, the Army Engineers passed down demolition jobs to the U.S. Navy. The next day, William Giannotti conducted the first U.S. combat operation using an "aqualung" when he dove on the USS Pledge (AM-277). For the remainder of the war, UDTs conducted beach and river reconnaissance, infiltrated guerrillas behind the lines from sea, continued mine sweeping operations, and participated in Operation Fishnet, which severely damaged the North Korean's fishing capability. This is a skill that separates SEALs from all other Special Operations forces. Commonly referred to as Task Force K-Bar, the task force included Navy, Army, Air Force and Coalition Special Operations forces. A combined operations joint US-Australian unit, Special Service Unit No. The Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) program that would have provided NSW a new (dry) submersible for long range infiltration missions was abandoned in 2009. [6] In the Vietnam era, the Navy drew most of its SEALs from the Underwater Demolition Teams; from the early 1960s up until 1983 the SEAL Teams and UDTs coexisted. They received a new mission, to go ashore with the assault boats, buoy channels, erect markers for the incoming craft, handle casualties, take offshore soundings, blow up beach obstacles and maintain voice communications linking the troops ashore, incoming boats and nearby ships. The establishment of the Special Warfare Command is a vision of General Konstantinos Floros, Chief of General Military Staff of Greece. Its mission is to provide leadership, doctrinal guidance, resources and oversight to special operations carried out in maritime and littoral environments. The Observer Group was the first unit trained in amphibious reconnaissance. [11], With US Marines limited to the Pacific Theatre of Operations, the Observer Group was disbanded, with the Marine Corps counterpart forming the Amphib Recon Company; the Army/Navy unit formed the Scouts and Raiders with the Army later leaving. Tag: Special Warfare Command. Scout landings were done at night during the new moon. [5] NSWC specializes in a broad range of tactical areas, including unconventional warfare, direct action, counterterrorism, special reconnaissance, and personnel recovery. NSW is committed to combating the global terrorist threats. Courtesy Naval Special Warfare Command. The Special Warfare Command is essentially a new military formation guided by the standards of NATO and in the logic of modern armies around the world, New Post reported. As part of the Special Operations Group, or SOG, UDTs successfully conducted demolition raids on railroad tunnels and bridges along the Korean coast. [32] Additionally, a Navy SEAL captain commanded Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) South. Today's Mark 8 Mod 1 provides NSW with an unprecedented capability that combines the attributes of clandestine underwater mobility and the combat swimmer. First Phase trains, develops, and assesses SEAL candidates in physical conditioning, water competency, teamwork, and mental tenacity. [22]. Wearing swim suits, fins, and dive masks on combat operations, these "Naked Warriors" saw action across the Pacific in every major amphibious landing including: Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Angaur, Ulithi, Peleliu, Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, Zambales, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Labuan, Brunei Bay, and on 4 July 1945 at Balikpapan on Borneo, which was the last UDT demolition operation of the war. They were to clear any obstacles and/or defenses in the nearshore area, beginning a tradition that continues today. Third Phase concentrates on teaching land navigation, small-unit tactics, patrolling techniques, rappelling, marksmanship, and military explosives. On 10 November 1942, this first combat demolition unit succeeded in cutting a cable and net barrier across the Wadi Sebou River during Operation Torch in North Africa. Gregory Smith, USSOCOM command chief,(both center), listen to a brief during a tour of the Special Warfare Training Wing's water confidence drill Oct. 16, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Greek military establishes Special Warfare Command with focus on unorthodox war. In the Vietnam era, the Navy drew most of its SEALs from the Underwater Demolition Teams; from the early 1960s up until 1983 the SEAL Teams and UDTs coexisted. "[citation needed] Elements of the third Scouts and Raiders saw active service conducting surveys of the upper Yangtze River in the spring of 1945 and, disguised as coolies, conducting a detailed three-month survey of the Chinese coast from Shanghai to Kitchioh Wan, near Hong Kong. 215 d. vind-ik-leuks. However, news reports have stated that USSOCOM have purchased a new dry SEAL Delivery Vehicle called the Dry Combat Submersible and will be become operational around 2018/2019. is a group on Roblox owned by EdwardTempleton with 14 members. Units can operate independently, as part of U.S. Navy carrier battle groups and amphibious ready groups, or integrated with other U.S. special operations forces. Scouts and Raiders also supported landings in Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy, and southern France.[6]. Official Media and Channel of Special Warfare Command Admins: CPO Samuel SO34 CAPT L Manor The relationships ARSOF Soldiers make today in countries throughout Europe are key in the competition phase and cannot be ignored. pp.168–177 Brutsman, Bud, & Dockery, Kevin. These are mainly focused on the following areas: The establishment of the Special Warfare Command is a special project of General Floros. Their training started in November 1943 at Camp Pendleton, California, moved to Santa Catalina Island, California in January 1944, and finally moved to the warmer waters of The Bahamas in March 1944. U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. The exclusive mission of SWCC operators is to expertly drive and provide large-caliber gunfire support on specialized high-tech, high-speed, and low-profile Surface Combatant Craft to secretly infiltrate and exfiltrate Navy SEALs on Special Operations missions worldwide. Special Warfare Command, SWC, was founded in 2007 by David Miles for the purpose of education, implementation, and execution of MilSim (Military Simulations) training, exercises, and operations. In February 1944, the Naval Combat Demolition Training and Experimental Base was established at Kīhei, Maui, next to the Amphibious Base at Kamaole. Admiral Ernest J. The SWCC designation is a relatively new Naval Special Warfare career path that is independent of the regular line Navy. [citation needed] A firefight ensued, killing three SEALs. Commissioned in October 1942, this group saw combat in November 1942 during Operation Torch on the North African coast. They needed men to reconnoiter the landing beaches, take note of obstacles and defenses and ultimately guide the landing forces in. In May 1944, General Donovan, the head of the OSS, divided the unit into groups. The SEALs were on a mission to try to find a key Taliban leader. Special Warfare Center and School Command Group Fort Bragg, N.C. Major General Patrick B. Roberson, Commanding General. For the Thai Naval Special Warfare Command, see. We need people who like to recruit, train, manage and lead a branch. While none of those early organizations have survived to present, their pioneering efforts in unconventional warfare are mirrored in the missions and professionalism of the present Naval Special Warfare warriors. Its first mission, in September 1943, was at Finschafen on New Guinea. The unit could conduct raids and sabotage missions from a pair of men to platoon-sized operations. After Tarawa, 30 officers and 150 enlisted men were moved to the Waimānalo Amphibious Training Base to form the nucleus of a demolition training program. The Department of Underwater Disaster Management (IMS). Navy SEALs typically traced their origin to the Scouts and Raiders while the Underwater Dem… The final three and a half weeks of Third Phase are spent at, Naval Special Warfare Group 1: SEAL Teams 1, 3, 5, 7, Naval Special Warfare Group 2: SEAL Teams 2, 4, 8, 10, Naval Special Warfare Group 10: NSW Support Activity One, NSW Support Activity Two, Mission Support Center ("organize, train, educate, equip, deploy and sustain specialized intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and preparation-of-the-environment capabilities"), Naval Special Warfare Group 11: SEAL Teams 17, 18 (formerly, This page was last edited on 24 December 2020, at 22:57. [30], Naval Special Warfare Group 10 was established at Virginia Beach, Va. on May 25, 2011.[31]. They were training for an intense clandestine mission in North Africa. [25] Although SEALs and SWCC undergo different training programs, both are focused on special operations in maritime environments. Capt. This listing is for one United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) Challenge Coin. At the time, this was the biggest single loss of life for Naval Special Warfare forces since World War II. (April 1945). In October 1950, UDTs supported mine-clearing operations in Wonsan Harbor where frogmen would locate and mark mines for minesweepers. Naval Special Warfare Command provides maritime special operations forces to conduct full spectrum operations, unilaterally or with partners, to support national objectives. Naval Special Warfare personnel comprise less than one percent of U.S. Navy personnel. Commander Choate commanding the unit. [8], The Navy Scouts and Raiders were created before the Navy Combat Demolition Units (NCDUs). The entire Navy Scouts program was strictly volunteer, since it was considered too dangerous to order men to do this job. Greek military establishes Special Warfare Command with focus on unorthodox war, General Konstantinos Floros inspects military in northern Greece (Photos), Greek military on Turkey’s borders are on “Red alert” over the Christmas holidays, Greek military to assist in the fight against COVID-19, The vision of General Floros has changed the philosophy of the Greek military, General Floros tells EU Military Committee about Turkish provocations in the East Mediterranean, Greece-Cyprus-Israel sign the tripartite military cooperation program for 2021. The Special Warfare Command is essentially a new military formation guided by the standards of NATO and in the logic of modern armies around the world, New Post reported. This, in turn, merged their ancestry. Special Warfare Command, abbreviated to SPECWARCOM, is a special forces branch of the United Nations Space Command, directly subordinate to Unified Ground Command and indirectly to UNSC High Command. He loaned Group 1, under Lieutenant Arthur Choate, Jr., to Admiral Nimitz, as a way to introduce the OSS into the Pacific theater. FLINTLOCK became the real catalyst for the UDT training program in the Pacific Theater. Additionally, NSW is also fighting the war on terrorism in other global hot spots including the Philippines and the Horn of Africa. [14], The first group included Phil H. Bucklew, the "Father of Naval Special Warfare", after whom the Naval Special Warfare Center building is named. The Naval Special Warfare Command, Royal Thai Fleet (Thai language: หน่วยบัญชาการสงครามพิเศษทางเรือ กองเรือยุทธการ), commonly known as the Royal Thai Navy SEALs (an acronym for Sea–Air–Land), is the special operations force of the Royal Thai Navy.. This entry was posted on Saturday, September 19th, 2020 at 10:00 and is filed under Guest Post, Navy, SOF. The Special Warfare Command is formed on the basis on the defense of sensitive areas like small islands and islets, but at the same time with an aggressive orientation if required in operations of unorthodox war. The 7th Amphibious Scouts conducted operations in the Pacific for the duration of the conflict, participating in more than 40 landings. SEAL candidates begin BUD/S training at the Naval Special Warfare Center, NAB Coronado, California. Five OSS men participated in the very first UDT submarine operation with the USS Burrfish (SS-312) in the Caroline Islands in August 1944. The main goal of the Greek military with the establishment of the Command is to increase interdisciplinarity. [33]. The broadest organization o… Donald M. Plummer was selected for promotion to rear admiral (lower half), and will be assigned as deputy commander, Naval Special Warfare Command … Beginning with a detachment of 11 personnel from UDT 3, UDT participation expanded to three teams with a combined strength of 300 men. The Korean War began on 25 June 1950, when the North Korean army invaded South Korea. 215 d. vind-ik-leuks. Welcome to the Official Facebook Fan Page for Naval Special Warfare Command. Four UDT personnel acted as wave-guides for the Marine landing. The intense physical and mental conditioning it takes to become a SEAL begins at Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. Third Phase trains, develops, and qualifies SEAL candidates in basic weapons, demolition, and small unit tactics. SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams' historical roots began during WWII with the earliest human torpedoes to see use: Maiale, used by Italy's Decima Flottiglia MAS, and Chariots, used by British commando frogmen. The commander of NAVSPECWAR formally holds the title of "Commander, UNSC Naval Special Warfare" (CMDRNAVSPECWAR). to be the toughest training in the world. On 15 September 1950, UDTs supported Operation Chromite, the amphibious landing at Incheon. OSS specialized in special operations, dropping operatives behind enemy lines to engage in organized guerrilla warfare as well as to gather information on such things as enemy resources and troop movements. Formed entirely with personnel from Underwater Demolition Teams, the SEALs mission was to conduct counter guerrilla warfare and clandestine operations in maritime and riverine environments. Special Warfare Command Is A UNSC Canon Clan Based On Xbox 360 And Xbox One. They had learned martial arts (judo) and were armed with Thompson submachine guns, sidearms and knives. The rapid demobilization at the conclusion of the war reduced the number of active duty UDTs to two on each coast with a complement of seven officers and 45 enlisted men each. Navy SEALs typically traced their origin to the Scouts and Raiders while the Underwater Demolition Teams traced theirs to the Navy Combat Demolition Units (the Navy drew its UDTs from NCDUs). On the night of May 1–2, 2011, operators from Red Squadron of U.S. They stayed from three days to as long as seven days engaging in covert operations and "taking no prisoners". They provide air traffic control, terminal attack control, command and control, and enables operational interface among air, space, and cyber assets to the ground and maritime forces. Mission Leadership SEAL Ethos SWCC Creed History FAMILY PARTNERSHIP VIDEO LEAP FROGS JOIN. If the Allied forces were to stand a chance, there would have to be several full-scale landings. SEAL/SWCC Active Duty Reserve Civilian LINK. Within the U.S. military, they pioneered flexible swimfins and diving masks, closed-circuit diving equipment (under the direction of Dr. Chris Lambertsen), the use of Swimmer Delivery Vehicles (a type of submersible), and combat swimming and limpet mine attacks.[18]. By utilizing the Navy's ships, submarines, and overseas facilities, NSWC forces can be deployed rapidly almost anywhere in the world. ROK Special Forces brigades work in close relationship with their United States Army Special Forcescounterparts. In 1961, naval advisers started training South Vietnamese personnel in South Vietnam. The men were called the Liên Đoàn Người Nhái (LDNN) or Vietnamese Frogmen, which translates as "Frogmen Team. Like SEALs, SWCC must show physical fitness, possess strong motivation, be combat focused, and maintain responsiveness in high stress situations.[26]. On 12 October 1950, two U.S. minesweepers hit mines and sank. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Emphasis is placed on long distance underwater dives with the goal of training students to become basic combat divers, using swimming and diving techniques as a means of transportation from their launch point to their combat objective. From the time he headed the 13th Special Operations Administration, but also as Chief of Staff of Greek military, he laid the foundations for the establishment of an independent formation which would bring together all the selected Special Operations Units. In August 1944, NCDUs from Utah Beach participated in the landings in southern France, the last amphibious operation in the European Theater of Operations. The SEAL team is the heart of the NSW force; a multipurpose combat force organized and trained to conduct a variety of special operations missions in all environments. Special Warfare Command is looking for leaders. [7], By the time the United States became involved in World War II, Adolf Hitler and the Axis forces had control over a large portion of Europe, Asia and North Africa. Major General Patrick B. Roberson was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry in 1990. Naval Special Warfare Command, Coronado, California. The UDT's entered the Vietnam War in 1958, UDTs delivered small watercraft far up the Mekong River into Laos. [NSWC] Special Warfare Command. A typical loss would be 12 men going in and 3–5 coming back alive. Special Operations Outlook recently had the unique opportunity to discuss the new organization with Director Capt. Their actions enabled USS Dallas to traverse the river and insert Army Rangers, who proceeded to capture the Port Lyautey aerodrome. During Operation OVERLORD, not a single demolitioneer was lost to improper handling of explosives. The U.S. Navy decided that to do the job right required sending in their own. According to the organization chart, the Special Warfare Command will include: In fact, the air means will be a separate Unit known as the SOATG (Special Operations Air Task Group). The SWCC program includes extensive training on craft and weapons tactics, techniques, and procedures. Plans for a massive cross-channel invasion of Europe had begun and intelligence indicated that the Germans were placing extensive underwater obstacles on the beaches at Normandy. This group became Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) One and Two. SEAL and Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen (SWCC) units operate across the spectrum of conflict and in operations other than war in a controlled manner; their ability to provide real time intelligence and "eyes on target", offer decision makers immediate options in the face of rapidly changing world crises. ROKA | Special Warfare Command is a group on Roblox owned by R0KA_0P3RAT0R with 7 members. SEALs are Special Operations Command's force-of-choice to conduct small-unit maritime military operations which originate from, and return to a river, ocean, swamp, delta or coastline. This six-month course of instruction focuses on physical conditioning, small boat handling, diving physics, basic diving techniques, land warfare, weapons, demolitions, communications, and reconnaissance. SEAL Petty Officer Second Class Michael A. Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Ramadi, Iraq. A Special Tactics Officer leads special operations forces conducting global access, precision strike, and personnel recovery operations across multiple domains to support the joint force commander. NSW forces were instrumental in numerous special reconnaissance and direct action missions including the securing of the southern oil infrastructures of the Al Faw peninsula and the off-shore gas and oil terminals; the clearing of the Khawr Abd Allah and Khawr Az Zubayr waterways that enabled humanitarian aid to be delivered to the vital port city of Umm Qasr; reconnaissance of the Shatt al-Arab waterway; capture of high-value targets, raids on suspected chemical, biological and radiological sites; and the first POW rescue since WWII. Their mission was to clear the area prior to the main Naval landing which would then take over the island. Naval Special Warfare Command is organized into the following configuration: The total number of personnel, including SEALs and SWCC's assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command is approximately 8,195 out of a total 8,985 military staff, and 10,166 including civilian support staff. These missions include direct action on land, sea, coastline or rivers (such as strikes, captures, and ship take downs by Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure), special reconnaissance, coastal patrol and interdiction of suspect ships and surface craft, counter-terrorism operations, riverine warfare, deception operations, search and rescue operations, and foreign internal defense missions. This heavy, large, 2-sided, colored enamel coin, is engraved on one side with 'United States Naval Special Warfare Command/Displays NSWC Insignia and 'US Navy Seals/Sea * Air* Land' on the other side. [15][full citation needed], The third Scout and Raiders organization deployed to fight with the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) in China. 860 likes. [18] Many current SEAL missions were first assigned to them. This littoral capability is considered more important now than ever, as half the world's infrastructure and population is located within one mile (1.6 km) of an ocean or river. Greek military heads will organize the new Command according to American standards, having already developed close cooperation with the USA, the country that has without a doubt the top Special Forces in the world, such as the Seals, Delta and Rangers. Founding the Special Warfare Command has already been decided after suggestions from the SAGE (Council of Chiefs of General Staff) since last April and since then the procedures have progressed so that it will become fully operational as soon as possible. Naval Special Warfare Command, Coronado, California. Much of this text in this article was taken from Official U.S. Navy SWCC web site which as a work of the U.S. Government is presumed to be a public domain resource. (Goodyear invented inflatable rubber boats just for this purpose.) Apply to Technician, Administrative Specialist, Program Analyst and more! They operated throughout South Vietnam, from the Mekong Delta (Sea Float), The Parrot Beak and French canal AO's through I Corps and the Song Cui Dai Estuary south of Danang. Today's Naval Special Warfare operators can trace their origins to the Scouts and Raiders, Naval Combat Demolition Units, Office of Strategic Services Operational Swimmers, Underwater Demolition Teams, and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadrons of World War II. NSWC is organized primarily around eight Navy SEAL teams, three special boat teams, and various supporting commands, totaling approximately 9,200 personnel. Army helicopters (NH-90 and CH-47DG Chinook). Naval Special Warfare Command The Force Our Nation Expects. Welcome to the Official Facebook Fan Page for Naval Special Warfare Command. The benefits for the Armed Forces from the establishment of the new Command, apart from being operational, will also be in matters of organization and saving resources. Patrol Coastal and Patrol Torpedo ships are the ancestors of today's Cyclone class patrol ships and Mark V Special Operations Craft. "Naval Special Warfare Command" redirects here. [16], In September 1942, 17 Navy salvage personnel arrived at ATB Little Creek, Virginia for a one-week concentrated course on demolitions, explosive cable cutting and commando raiding techniques. UNSC Naval Special Warfare shares a similar hierarchical organization to other UNSC special operations forces, such as the UNSC Ranger Corps. They cleared 700 yards (640 m) of beach in two hours, another 900 yards (820 m) by the afternoon. Casualties at Utah Beach were significantly lighter with six killed and eleven wounded. Eventually, 34 UDT teams were established. 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