Groupe de Combat en Milieu Clos

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The Groupe de Combat en Milieu Clos (GCMC, Enclosed Environment Combat Group) is a special operations group of the French Navy. It is mainly composite of 17 men (1 commander and 2 groups of 8 people), and it is specialised in maritime anti-terrorism.

The GCMC was founded in 1994, in the tradition of the former Élément Léger d'Intervention Spéciale (ELIS, Special Intervention Light Unit). It is under direct command of COFUSCO.

The GCMC (backed by the Hubert commando and other units) is credited with the arrest of Momcilo Krajisnik in April 2000.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Specwarnet.com report