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The term commando has several meanings. It refers both to an individual who is engaged in a military intervention and to a military unit created to conduct specific interventions. Many countries of the world kept the stem of the Portuguese word “comando” (which only means “to command”) to speak about a group of highly trained soldiers. Actually, it used to designate also a type of combat.

In a country, a “Commando” is in a way a branch of the military forces. The soldiers enrolled in a commando are mainly deployed to conduct assaults and raids. Actually, depending on the countries, the dividing line between a commando and other special forces is very thin and ambivalent . The duty of special forces encompasses missions such as warding off terrorism, conducting reconnaissance and sabotage and Commando units mainly work in the thick of the action to strike on rapid, isolated or special operations.

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Commandos, in Great Britain, and in the US, came along with WWII, when the allies needed special highly skilled units to strike enemies directly on the field. The British commandos for instance were deployed in 1940 for these special soldiers be at the front of an operation dedicated to evacuate the city of Dunkirk. Commando battalions of the US were formed in the same train of thought. The whole purpose of such groups is first to prepare the ground for actions, second to strike surprisingly.

Soldiers training for commando operations must be young and in very good physical shape. In some countries, they form like an elite “light infantry”, which means that they are given less military means than other special units. They usually have no vehicles, and few weapons, and must survive by themselves. During the course of their operations (their assault or raid), they must carry heavy loads on their back. They must be prepared for violence, hard conditions, surprise...on the field.

Many commando forces were deployed in Vietnam and elsewhere. The typical image of a commando is an individual guy who relies on his strength and intelligence, who crawls on a natural landscape, who turns to a rapid and silent animal and who is dressed in camouflage...

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