Deployments between 1991 and 2000
1991 Operation Tasha. Two Prahars were deployed off the southern Tamil Nadu coast to interdict LTTE infiltration and the smuggling of arms and ammunition.
1992 Operation Zabardust. MV Ahat, an LTTE vessel smuggling arms and ammunition was intercepted off Madras by MC
MCF personnel. They boarded the vessel and captured all the mercenaries before LTTE sank. MCF personnel. They boarded the vessel and captured all the mercenaries before LTTE sank the vessel
1993 United Nations Operation in Somalia. Four teams of MARCOS were deployed off Mogadishu in support of the Indian contingent in Somalia. The team provided Maritime Special Ops support to the Naval Task Force.
1995 Operation Rakshak. Two to four teams of MARCOS are deployed round the year in Jammu & Kashmir, at Wular Lake. This 250 square km lake, surrounded by mountains, was being used freely by militants to reach Srinagar, saving them from having to travel 100 kms through the mountains. In 1995, a team of MARCOS was positioned at the lake and within weeks, militant activity on the lake ceased.
subsequent years, in addition to meeting the requirement of deterring militants from using the Wular Lake, MARCOS started operating on land and Prahars killed several militants and recovered a large quantity of arms and equipment.
1999 Kargil War. MARCOS assisted army operations during the Kargil war.
Interaction with Other ‘Special Forces’
In the initial years, a few officers underwent the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training in the United States. In 1996, MARCOS trained with SEALS of the US Navy and acquired capability for water-jumps-at-sea.1
To keep themselves combat ready, MARCOS participate in joint exercises and training with foreign and Indian Army Special Forces.
( yeah you can be right. In experience para sf can be ahead of MARCOS. But still I find marcos Commando more tagde .
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