Grup Gerak Khas

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21st Special Service Group

21 Grup Gerak Khas

‫ ڬروڤ ڬرق خاص‬٢١

Grup Gerak Khas (GGK) Insignia.svg

GGK Insignia

Active January 1960s: First nucleus

7 May 1965: Malaysian Special Service Unit (MSSU)

1 August 1970: Rejimen Pertama Gerak Khas Malaysia (1st RGKM; English: 1st Malaysian Special
Service Regiment)

1981–present: Grup Gerak Khas

Country Malaysia

Allegiance Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia)

Branch Malaysian Army

Type Special forces

Role Special operations

Counter-terrorism

HVT raids

Unconventional warfare

Jungle warfare

Amphibious warfare

Reconnaissance

Special reconnaissance

Hostage rescue

Direct action

Sabotage

Search and Rescue

Size Three regiments (22,21 and 11)

Part of
Malaysian JFHQ Insignia.svg Joint Forces Command

National Special Operations Force

Garrison/HQ RHQ: Mersing, Johor

11 RGK: Sungai Udang, Malacca

21 Cdo: Sungai Udang, Malacca

22 Cdo: Mersing, Johor

Nickname(s) Gerak Khas, Komando (English: Commando), Beret Hijau (English: Green Beret)

Motto(s) Cepat dan Cergas

(English: Fast and Agile)

Colour of Beret Sherwood Green

Anniversaries 1 August 1965

Engagements Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89)

Spratly Islands

Kosovo War

SFOR, Balkan

UNPROFOR, Balkan

Operation Restore Hope

Operation 304, Sauk

Operation Astute

Genting Sempah Incident

MALCON – UNIFIL 2007, Lebanon

Operation Enduring Freedom

MALCON-ISAF, Afghanistan

Operation Daulat

Commanders

Current

commander Major General Datuk Hasan Bin Ali[1]

Insignia

Parachutist badge

Malaysian Armed Forces Basic Parachutist Badge.svg

Abbreviation GGK

The 21 Grup Gerak Khas (English: 21st Special Service Group, Jawi: ‫ ڬروڤ ڬرق خاص‬٢١) - commonly
known as GGK - is a special forces regiment of the Malaysian Army which conducts special
operations missions for the Malaysian government, such as direct action, unconventional warfare,
sabotage, counter-terrorism, and intelligence gathering. It is the administrative and operational
group to which the three regiments of the Gerak Khas and its supporting units are subordinated.

While the GGK traces its origins to 1965 and the post Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, they gained
fame and recognition worldwide after successfully pacifying a communist insurgency in the jungles
of Malaysia during the Communist insurgency between 1968 and 1989.[2]

21 Gerup Gerak Khas is commanded by a Major General and is currently located at Iskandar Camp, in
Mersing, Johor comprising 11th Gerak Khas Regiment tasked to counter-terrorism, 21st Commando
Regiment and 22nd Commando Regiment. The tasks of the three regiments are guerrilla/anti-
guerrilla warfare, escape and evasion, subversion, sabotage, counter terrorism, asymmetric warfare
and their most highly regarded expertise – jungle warfare.[3]

Contents

1 History

2 Bases

3 Organisations

3.1 Units

4 National Special Operations Force

4.1 Special Forces Directorate

5 Recruitment, selection and training

5.1 Special Warfare Training Centre

5.2 Selection and Training

6 Expansions

7 Honours

8 Regimental motto and crest

9 Uniform

9.1 Green Beret

9.2 Blue Lanyard

9.3 Shoulder Flash

9.4 Ranks

10 Equipment

11 Deployments/Missions

11.1 Communist Terrorist Insurgency 1966–1990

11.2 Battle of Mogadishu (1993)

11.3 16th Commonwealth Games

11.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina

11.5 2000 Sauk Siege

11.6 Timor Leste 2006

11.7 Genting Sempah Incident

11.8 MALCON – UNIFIL 2007

11.9 MALCON – ISAF

11.10 2013 Lahad Datu standoff

12 Killed on duty

13 In popular culture

14 See also

15 References

16 References

17 External links

History

The trooper of 11 RGK with full equipment gear, armed with Colt M4A1 Carbine. All gears, weaponry
and BDU of this trooper is heavily influenced by British 22nd SAS and US Marine Corps Force Recon.

The Special Forces Directorate was established by the Ministry of Defence in the 1960s to co-
ordinate the operations of the special forces regiments during the Indonesian Confrontation. In
1965, the Ministry of Defence called for volunteers from the Army and Navy for commando training.
On 25 February 1965, introductory training was conducted at Majidee Camp, Johor Bahru by the
British 40 Commando of the Royal Marines. The selection was harsh, and from the initial 300
personnel who volunteered, only 15 were selected to undergo the six-week Basic Commando
Course. Of these, only four officers and nine other ranks passed. Here is the list of men who were
part of the nucleus team which later formed the GGK:

Major Abu Hassan Bin Abdullah (Colonel retired)

Lieutenant Mohd Ramli Bin Ismail (Major General retired)

Second Lieutenant Ghazali Bin Ibrahim (Major General retired)

Second Lieutenant Hussin Bin Awang Senik (Colonel retired)

4861 Staff Sergeant Zakaria Bin Adas

6842 Sergeant Ariffin Bin Mohamad

300152 Sergeant Anuar Bin Talib

201128 Sergeant Yahya Bin Darus

202072 Corporal Silva Dorai

203712 Corporal Moo Kee Fah

13852 Lance Corporal Johari Bin Haji Morhd Siraj

10622 Lance Corporal Sabri Bin Ahmad

10773 Lance Corporal Muhammad Shah Izwan Bin Hanafi

This unit is partly based on 40 Commando, Royal Marines and was then called Malaysian Sp