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Special Service Group Navy

Special Services Group Navy
Active 1966 - Present
Country  Pakistan
Branch Naval Jack of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Navy
Type Special Operations Force
Role

Primary tasks:

  • Direct Action
  • Counter/Anti Terrorism

Other roles:

  • Foreign internal defense
  • Unconventional warfare
  • Security assistance
  • Special Reconnaissance
  • Counter-drug operations
  • Personnel recovery
  • EOD
Size Classified
Part of Naval Strategic Forces Command
Joint Strategic Forces Command
Garrison/HQ Cherat, Khyber-Pakthunkhwa Province
Karachi Sindh Province
Nickname(s) SSG[N), Dare Devils
Motto(s) Let It not be Said That we did not prove up to the Task
Anniversaries Navy Day: September 8
Engagements Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Bangladesh Liberation War
Operation Barisal
Operation Southern Door
Operation Madad-I
War in North-West Pakistan
Operation Black Thunderstorm
Operation Rah-e-Nijat
Operation Mehran
Ops Dockyard
Decorations Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military
Commanders
Notable
commanders
CAP Azir
CAP Faisal

Primary tasks:

Other roles:

The Special Services Group Navy, or Special Service Group Navy codename SSG(N), are the Pakistan Navy's elite principal special operations force component. Together with the special forces of the air force, army (including army rangers), and naval marines, they form the Pakistan Special Operations Command (P-SOC) under the joint administrative control of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Pakistan Defence Forces. The SSG(N) are trained to conduct sea-air-land incursion, counter-terrorism, naval intelligence gathering, hostage rescue, and boarding. The SSG(N) are deployed on a wide variety of missions, including direct action and special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, hostage rescue, counter-terrorism, and other missions. All SSG(N) personnel are male, active-duty members of the Pakistan Navy. The details of most SSG(N) missions are highly secretive, and the identities of operatives are kept classified.

Official numbers place the unit's strength between 700 and 1000 however, the actual strength is classified. During training, SSG(N) members are occasionally sent to the United States for specialised courses and training conducted with the United States Navy SEALs.

After the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, the Pakistan Navy, under the advice of the U.S. Navy, decided to create its own special warfare unit, the Naval Special Services Group (SSGN) in 1966. The government of Pakistan had long been aware of the expansion of the Indian Navy, and recognized the need for unconventional warfare and special operations as a measure against Indian Eastern Command in East Pakistan. Therefore, the Navy organized Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) tasked with gathering intelligence while operating Midget submarines.


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