Gendarmerie Special Operations

Gendarmerie Special Operations
Country	Turkey
Branch	Gendarmerie General Command
Type	Special Forces

The Gendarmerie Special Operations (Turkish: Jandarma Özel Harekat) or JÖH, is the special operations unit of the Turkish Jandarma (Gendarmerie). It has several missions which includes search and destroy, infiltration and reconnaissance actions. Members of the unit receive extensive training at the Jandarma School at Foça and also from selected Army instructors. All three companies work under the direction of the army regions to which they are assigned, but can also receive tasking from their headquarters in Ankara.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/Turkey/Default.htm

Special forces of the Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish Armed Forces	Special Forces
Turkish Land Forces	1st Commando Brigade 5th Commando Brigade
Turkish Naval Forces	Amphibious Marine Brigade Underwater Defence Underwater Offence
Turkish Air Force	Combat Search and Rescue
Turkish Gendarmerie	Gendarmerie Special Operations Gendarmerie Special Public Security Command

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