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I have a foolish question. Does our SF ever train with SAS, SASR or JSOC level units? I have only seen paras training with 1st SFGA, marcos with seals and garuds with unit 669 which is a heliborne combat search and rescue extraction unit.
 

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I have a foolish question. Does our SF ever train with SAS, SASR or JSOC level units? I have only seen paras training with 1st SFGA, marcos with seals and garuds with unit 669 which is a heliborne combat search and rescue extraction unit.
No. JSOC primarily trains with Peer units or extremely close Allies where they are expected to Deploy together. Nato/EU, SK, JP, Philipines, Aussies, Mexicans etc etc

One of the few Tier I unit we have interacted with with some frequency is SM.

Also AFAIK SAS may still be PNG for us due to an incident in the 90s
 

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No. JSOC primarily trains with Peer units or extremely close Allies where they are expected to Deploy together. Nato/EU, SK, JP, Philipines, Aussies, Mexicans etc etc

One of the few Tier I unit we have interacted with with some frequency is SM.

Also AFAIK SAS may still be PNG for us due to an incident in the 90s
We don't train we any of the above mentioned units, training with Sayeret Matakal was hipe just because SG officers were sent to get some INT gathering, CQB and HR skills! At present our training with SM is only limited for some new INT gathering techniques and nothing more.

Our PARACHUTE Regiment do send officers to visit the UK's Parachute Regiment and share experiences, Op Khukhri where 2 PARA Airborne(India) and 1 PARA(UK) operated together...
 

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We don't train we any of the above mentioned units, training with Sayeret Matakal was hipe just because SG officers were sent to get some INT gathering, CQB and HR skills! At present our training with SM is only limited for some new INT gathering techniques and nothing more.

Our PARACHUTE Regiment do send officers to visit the UK's Parachute Regiment and share experiences, Op Khukhri where 2 PARA Airborne(India) and 1 PARA(UK) operated together...
That explains why our SOF looks like anything but SOF.. most of the western units today are modeled after SAS. The remaining ones were trained by Americans. Our SF was basically modeled after the success of some special infantry shock troop units during 65 and 71. (Mandhol, chachro etc) I think we were doing okay till 80s but we messed our SOF somewhere in 90s and 2000s badly
 

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That explains why our SOF looks like anything but SOF.. most of the western units today are modeled after SAS. The remaining ones were trained by Americans. Our SF was basically modeled after the success of some special infantry shock troop units during 65 and 71. (Mandhol, chachro etc) I think we were doing okay till 80s but we messed our SOF somewhere in 90s and 2000s badly
Who says we have SF? It's just specialised infantry and they are already filling that role let them do that works for us rn.
 

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Till 1990s, our CDO unit were operating like a true SF! Operating deep behind enemy lines and causing heavy casualties on the enemy. After the BM demolition ceremony, when the valley got hot and KPs were kicked out by islamist, CDO and Airborne units were poured in like CAPF units to control the situation!

After 2000s they surely got some good equipment and also did a quite few OPs behind the enemy lines but still they're being used as a tactical SOF unit for finsihing Ops ASAP.:)
 

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