Commando

Commando means member of expedition undertaking daring surprise raids on enemy territory. In his book, Collins explain the meaning of commando as;

"small selected military, paramilitary and civilian unit with unusual (occasionally unique) skills, which are superlatively trained for specific rather then general purpose, and are designed to undertake unorthodox that ordinary unit could accomplish only with far greater difficult and far less effective, if it all."(1)

They also entitle as soldier who’s trained to make brief, daring, surprise raids upon enemy territory. For example, Indian Marine Commando Force training, concise, diving test for 50 meter, physical training for nine month, only four hour sleep period during six day a week, cross-country test for 8.5 km with complete set of equipment and mud-crossing for 200 meter.(2) It also known as Special Forces, a unit of the U.S. Army whose members is trained in unconventional warfare, especially guerrilla and anti guerrilla fighting. For British, is it known as soldier who is trained to take part in specialized hit-and-run or raiding task. In United States, soldiers who qualify for difficult commando like training can become members of the Army Special Forces or of Army Ranger units. There are similar units in the U.S. Air Force that are called Special Operations units (formerly Air Commandos). Famous commando operations during World War II included a raid on St.-Nazaire, France, in March 1942. On August 19, 1942, Canadian and British commandos staged the largest raid, on Dieppe, France. A secret Norwegian resistance army conducted sabotage against the German occupation force and some took part in British commando raids in Norway. For example, British and Norwegian commando forces carried out two daring raids against the German garrison. Today, as we known Soviet Naval Spetsnaz Force or Spetsnaz Naval Brigade, are deployed to every fleet. According to a Soviet defector, Victor Suvorov, Spetsnaz always uses uniform of naval infantry for disguise purpose.(3)

End Note
(1) Collins, J M. Green Berets, SEALS and Spetsnaz: US and Soviet Special Military Operations. London: Pergamon-Brassey, 1997
(2) See Perajurit Vol. III No.3, May/Jun 1995
(3)Baginda, Abdul Razak A. Soviet Military Power & The Asia Pacific Region: A Survey. K Lumpur: Regal, 1989.