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Article: Not enough Special Forces.(News)
- Article from:
- The Saturday Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- February 24, 2007
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The number of soldiers on active service with South Africa's elite commandos, its Special Forces, are not enough to staff even one full company, says analyst Leon Engelbrecht.
In his unauthorised manuscript, A Guide to the SANDF, he notes that this shortage of "recces" - as reconnaissance operators are nicknamed - is an area where the armed forces are weak. Another is in army and air force transport equipment.
Engelbrecht notes that 5 Special Forces Regiment, with a focus on land warfare and based at Phalaborwa, has a post-2002 structure that provide for two operational commandos and a training wing.
The other regiment, 4 Special Forces ...