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Jægerkorpset

Danish Jaeger Corps
Jægerkorpset
Insignia of Jægerkorpset.jpg
The group unit insignia of Jægerkorpset
Active 1 November 1961 – present
Country Denmark Denmark
Branch Flag of Denmark (state).svg Royal Danish Army
Type Special Operations Force
Role

Primary tasks:

Other roles:

Size ≈200 Commandos
Part of Special Operations Command
Base Aalborg Air Base
Nickname(s) The Elite, Jæger
Motto(s) Plus Esse Quam Simultatur (More to be, than to seem)
Engagements

The Cold War
United Nations Protection Force
NATO intervention in Bosnia

Decorations Streamer PUC Army.PNG Presidential Unit Citation
Website Official Facebook
Commanders
Chief of SOKOM Major general Jørgen Høll
Chief of the Hunter Corps Lieutenant colonel Kåre Jakobsen

Primary tasks:

Other roles:

The Cold War
United Nations Protection Force
NATO intervention in Bosnia

The Hunter Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) is an elite, special forces unit of the Royal Danish Army based at Aalborg Air Base.

The first incarnation of the corps was formed in 1785 as Jægercorpset i Sielland (The Hunter Corps of Zealand) and existed in various forms until it was remade in its current form in 1962 where Major P.B.Larsen and First lieutenant Jørgen Lyng were the first two to complete the training. Their hunting origin is recalled in the hunting horn on their insignia. In the year 1995, the Corps was deployed for the first time. A six-man team was sent to Sarajevo, Bosnia as a counter-sniper reconnaissance team.

Throughout the Cold War, the Jaegers' primary tasking was that of a long-range reconnaissance unit, with wide renown for their skills in parachute operations. However, with the advent of the post-9/11 Global War on Terror, the Jaegers were modernized to better meet the developing threat of global terrorism. As such, the Jaegers increased their proficiency in counter-terrorism skills, while still maintaining their excellence at reconnaissance operations.

In 2002, the Jaegers were deployed to Afghanistan as part of the Danish contribution to Task Force K-Bar, along with the Frogman Corps. During these operations, the Jaegers took part in de-mining operations, reconnaissance in support of conventional forces, the capturing of high-value targets, and direct-action raids on Taliban and al-Qaeda positions. As part of Task Force K-Bar, the Jaegers were awarded "The Presidential Unit citation" on December 7, 2004 for its effort as part of the joint-forces special forces group in Afghanistan.


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