General Operations Force

General Operations Force
The RMP General Operations Force Emblem.
Active	1 August 1948 – Jungle Squad 1963 – Police Field Force 1997 – General Operations Force
Country	British Malaya (1948–1963)  Malaysia (1963–present)
Branch	Royal Malaysia Police
Type	Light infantry
Role	Domestic Counter-insurgency, Multi-security service, VIPS Close Protection, Border Patrol and law enforcement
Size	20,000 active personnels
Part of	Internal and Public Security
Garrison/HQ	Bukit Aman Police Headquarters, Kuala Lumpur, and GOF Training Centre Ulu Kinta, Perak
Colour of Beret	Dark blue beret - Standard paramilitary   Maroon beret - Senoi Praaq (Both of GOF berets with   Yellow Coloured Hackle for ceremony)
Anniversaries	25 March (Police Day), 31 August (Independence Day)
Engagements	Malayan Emergency 1948-1960 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) 13 May incidents Reformation Raid Ops Fire Palm 2 Operation Daulat

  Dark blue beret - Standard paramilitary
  Maroon beret - Senoi Praaq

The General Operations Force (Malay: Pasukan Gerakan Am; PGA) is the light infantry arm of the Royal Malaysia Police. The General Operations Force was established in 1948 during the Malayan Emergency by the British Administration when Malaya was a Colony. The Police service was mobilised to the field role, primarily to engaging Communist guerrillas during the emerging Insurgency. When Malaysia was formed in 1963, this law enforcement unit was then known as the Police Field Force. The title was adopted when it dropped the previous handle widely referred to as the Jungle Squad (Malay: Pasukan Polis Hutan, PPH).

The British Military Administration (BMA) had mobilised the police General Duties to assume the role of the military effort against the insurgencies. Jungle Squad was established in 1948 for the purpose against communist terrorists. Initially the new police arm was called the Flying Squad. However, it was renamed the "Jungle Squad" in the line with its major role against communist terrorists in the forest. In 1951, Jungle Squad restructured and became known as "Jungle Company". In 1953, the Jungle Company continued to be augmented and became known by the name Police Field Force (PPH). It is under the command of Police Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya and later Malaysia was established when the order was placed under the Chief of Police. The Jungle Company was then deployed together with the British Army to infiltrate and track down communist insurgents operating in the jungles of Malaya. The strength of a single platoon then consisted of a mixture of 15 personnel led by a Lance Corporal to an Inspector. Over the period covering the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960) the Police Field Force suffered over 1,000 casualties.