Marcos

Commando
MARCOS or Marine Commandos is
India’s most lethal special force.
Though they are trained to engage in
battle on all terrains, MARCOS
commandos are super-experts in
maritime warfare.
The physical test to join MARCOS is so
gruesome that more than 80 percent
of the applicants drop out in the first,
three-day long, physical fitness and
aptitude test.
Those who successfully complete the test are subjected to a
five-week-long process called the ‘hell’s week’ where
commandos are put through extreme sleep deprivation
coupled with the most difficult physical tasks.
These commandos are even capable of firing while lying
down, standing, running full-sprint, even backwards and
looking into a mirror – with a reaction time of 0.27 seconds.
The final stages of the training include an 800-meter long
thigh-high mud crawl called the ‘death crawl’, loaded with 25
kg of gear which is concluded with shooting a target 25 meters
away with a man standing next to it.
 Para
Commando
Para commandos is one of the most
highly trained special forces of the
Indian Army. Because of the extremely
fatal nature of the operations they
perform, they are kept at optimum level
of operational efficiency and physical
fitness, and only the most physically fit,
mentally robust, intelligent, and highly
motivated soldiers are inducted in the
fleet.
Para commandos go through the most grueling commando
training regimes in the world, apart from daily 20km runs
with 60km baggage and man-to-man assault practices;
They even have to free fall from belligerent heights of as
much as 33,500 feet.
They are also highly trained in terrain and environment
warfare and deep sea diving.
Their most notable and fatal operations included the 1971
war with pakistan, the 1999 kargil war and the infamous
operation bluestar in 1984.
 Garud
Commando
With over 2000
commandos, the Garud
Commando Force is a unit
of the Indian Air Force and
specializes in Airfield
Seizure, Special
Reconnaissance, Airborne
Operations, Air Assault,
Special Operations
Combat search and rescue, and counter insurgency.
The training for being a garud commando is so tough that
it can take up to 3 years to qualify as a fully operational
garud.

Also, garud commandos are extremely adept at anti-hijack

and counter insurgency training, jungle and snow survival
techniques, specialized weapon handling and advanced
driving skills.
 Ghatak
Commando

Ghatak force is a special

operations infantry
platoon that acts as shock
troops and lead man-to-
man assaults ahead of a
battalion.
They specialize in raids on enemy artillery positions, airfields,
supply dumps and tactical headquarters while also being
experts at directing artillery and air attacks on targets deep
within enemy lines.
only the most physically and mentally fit soldiers make it into
the Ghatak force which is usually 20-men strong.
since they face the enemy face-to-face, they are trained to be
undisputed at heliborne assault, rock climbing, mountain
warfare, demolitions, advanced weapons training, close
quarter battle and infantry tactics.
 NSG
Commando

Created in 1986, the NSG

or Black Cats fall neither
under Central Armed
Police Forces nor under
Paramilitary Forces of
India.
It’s instead a mix of commandos from both the Indian army
and central armed police forces which is lead by a ‘director
general’ from the Indian police service.
Comprising two units – the special action group (sag), which
consists entirely of Indian army personnel; and the special
ranger groups (SRG) for counter terrorism activities – the NSG
is equipped with some of the most advanced weapons in the
world.
the selection process is so brutal that it has a dropout rate of
70-80 percent. and the few, who qualify to become nsgs, are
sent off to train for another 9 months to become phantom
NSG commandos.
 Cobra
Commando
Commando battalion for resolute action is probably the
only Indian special force that is specifically trained in
guerilla warfare to tackle the notorious Naxalite groups
in the country. A part of the CRPF, Cobra commandos
are masters of camouflage, jungle warfare, parachute
jumps, precision strikes and ambushes.
Their sniper units are also one of the best among the
armed forces of India.
 Special
Frontier Force
Created on 14th November 1962, the SFF is a
paramilitary special force which specializes in special
reconnaissance, direct action, hostage rescue, counter-
terrorism, unconventional warfare and covert
operations.
This specialized force was created in the wake of another
Sino-Indian war and it operates in sync with raw
(research and analysis wing).
The commandos are supremely trained in guerrilla
tactics, mountain and jungle warfare, and parachute
jumps.
 Force One
Commando
After the Mumbai terror attacks, the Maharashtra government
brought together the best commandos and assembled the
youngest Indian special force called force one.
The sole motive of this squad is to protect the Mumbai
metropolitan area when under threat.
Force one is one of the fastest response teams in the world and
can get ready for action in less than 15 minutes.
From over 3000 applications, 216 of the best soldiers were
selected who were then trained under close guidance from the
Israeli special forces.