Special Operations Groups (Spain)
The Special Operations Groups (Spanish: Grupos de Operaciones Especiales, GOE) are the special operations forces of the Spanish Army.
| Grupos de Operaciones Especiales | |
|---|---|
 Emblem | |
| Active | 1977–present |
| Country |  Spain |
| Branch | land forces |
| Type | special forces |
| Size | Approx. 900 (2020)[1] |
| Nickname(s) | Boinas Verdes (Green Berets) |
These units should not be confused with the similar-sounding Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) and Grupos Operativos Especiales de Seguridad (GOES), two police forces, or the Spanish Navy's Unidad de Operaciones Especiales (UOE).
Organization
The three Special Operations Groups are subordinated to the Special Operations Command.
| Insignia | Group |
|---|---|
 | 2nd Special Operations Group "Granada" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Granada" II) |
 | 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Valencia" III) |
 | 4th Special Operations Group "Tercio del Ampurdán" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Tercio del Ampurdán" IV) |
 | 19th Special Operations Group "Maderal Oleaga" (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales "Maderal Oleaga" XIX)[2] |
Units in 1989
The Special Operations Groups were Ranger type units that specialized in counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare tactics.
- 1st Special Operations Group "Ordenes Militares" (in Madrid)
- 2nd Special Operations Group "Santa Fé" (in Granada)
- 3rd Special Operations Group "Valencia" (in Alicante)
- 4th Special Operations Group "Almogávares" (in Barcelona)
- 5th Special Operations Group "San Marcial" (in Burgos)
- 6th Special Operations Group "La Victoria" (in A Coruña)
- 7th Special Operations Company (in Palma de Mallorca)
- 81st Special Operations Company (in Tenerife)
- 82nd Special Operations Company (in Las Palmas)
Notes
- Fernando Cancio | Madrid Última actualización:22-01-2020 | 10:53 H/Creada:22-01-2020 (2020-01-22). "Boinas verdes 4.0: así será en el futuro la unidad de élite del Ejército de Tierra". La Razón (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-23.
- Formerly Bandera de Operaciones Especiales de la Legión (Spanish Legion Special Operations Flag), BOEL.
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