2020年2月21日 · In 2001, Mark Giaconia was a Green Beret patrolling the border areas between Kosovo and Serbia. His counterparts were Russian troops, many of which were airborne. Their mission was to disrupt the...

Spetsnaz [note 1] (Russian: Спецназ) are special forces in many post-Soviet states. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff (GRU).

2020年10月30日 · In 2001, Mark Giaconia was a Green Beret patrolling the border areas between Kosovo and Serbia. His counterparts were Russian troops, many of which were airborne. Their mission was to disrupt the movements of Albanian UCPMB rebels in the area.

2024年9月23日 · Two Green Berets apprehended the guard, and the Spetsnaz soldiers quickly dismounted their armored vehicle, moved off to the left side of the road, and began their assault, creeping through the...

2021年5月6日 · Spetsnaz units concealed themselves among regular units by donning identical uniforms, with GRU teams sporting the blue beret of the VDV (airborne) as well as its camouflage and dress uniforms....

2012年5月9日 · Many armies around the world include a crimson beret as part of the uniform for their special forces. In Russia, the crimson beret is the symbol of the special forces (spetsnaz) commandos of...

2022年2月1日 · During the fighting in Kosovo and the Balkans in 2001, Russian Spetsnaz and U.S. Green Berets conducted a joint operation against a group called the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medveda, and Bujanovac (UCPMB).

2020年3月24日 · Naval SpetsNaz, in particular, wearing their black berets in battle, fought with such ferocity in Chechnya that the insurgents called them the “Black Death,” a grim nickname also associated with Russian naval infantrymen since the savage Battle of …

2022年7月5日 · In the Russian Army, these special reconnaissance units wear a distinctive dark-green beret or a camouflaged beret if worn into actual battle. The Russian VDV is organized under a Commander’s Directorate in Moscow, with the 45th Guards SpetsNaz Brigade, an elite reconnaissance and special operations force, considered to be their very best ...

2021年1月6日 · The SVR also reportedly has their own secret Spetsnaz unit called Zaslon. Zaslon can best be described as a combination of the CIA SAC's Special Operations Group and the Global Response Staff. They do covert action missions (Like SAC/SOG) and also protect embassies and Russian intelligence officers (like the GRS). The third category is the newest.