Poland’s 1 Pulk Specjalny Komandosów 1st Special Commando Regiment

The modern day unit’s troops are expected to conduct para-commando/ raider type missions in the enemy’s rear areas during war time, and are trained to conduct a wide range of combat operations including: air assault operations, parachute operations, reconnaissance, raids, ambushes, underwater attacks, and supporting hostage rescue operations. The regiment’s soldiers tend to display a higher degree of professionalism, compared to other Polish forces, thanks in part to the unit’s high recruiting standards, and a special training program the regiment implemented several years ago.

Candidates for service in the unit must first successfully undertake basic training and then complete a three-month training course for the unit’s “junior specialists”. During this phase of training troops receive training in close combat, unarmed combat, fighting with specialized equipment, parachuting, land navigation, weapons handling, basic survival skills, and several other skills. After completing their second phase of training, the unit’s new trainees are organized into six-man teams for operations.

In the near future the unit will be reduced in strength to one battalion and aims to become fully professional force. The new battalion, along with GROM and the Navy’s GSP (“Formoza”) combat diver unit, will fall under a new Polish special operations command.

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