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Brigada Aerotransportada Independente (BAI)

      Brigada je formirana 01. 01. 1994. od ljudi iz padobranskog korpusa i  regimente komandosa KoV-a, koje su dan ranije raspuštene (31.12.1993.). Jedinica je kreirana da bi  portugalska vojska mogla ispunjavati obaveze proizašle članstvom u NATO savezu i UN-u. Zato je brigada dodana NATO-ovim Snagama za brze intervencije. U sastavu brigade se nalaze padobranska škola, baza San Jacinto i 15. pješadijska regimenta. Padobranski komandni centar ima: Komandu brigade, četu za održavanje, četu veze te personalnu službu. Ovome dodajmo još i Artiljerijsku grupu, Protuavionsku odbranu, Izviđački vod, Inženjerijsku četu te vod Vojne policije. Brigada ima 3000 pripadnika

      This Brigade was created on January the 1st, 1994. The equipment and personnel were taken from Paratroopers Corps (Air Force's Corpo de Tropas Paraquedistas) and from the Army Commandos Regiment (Regimento de Comandos do Exército), two special units, disbanded on December the 31st, 1993. This new unit was created to respond to the international agreements taken by Portugal, with NATO and UN. That is why the Brigade was assigned to NATO's Rapid Reaction Force. The BAI regional command unit is the Airborne Command Center (Comando de Tropas Aerotransportadas) in charge with following units: Airborn School, Military Camp of S. Jacinto and 15th Infantry Regiment. This Airborne Command Center houses the Brigade Command, a Services and Command Company, a Transmissions Company and the Personnel Selection Center. In addition to these units there is an Artillery Group, an Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group, a Reconnaissance Squadron, an Engineering Company and a Military Police Squadron. The Brigade has 3000 soldiers.

2nd PARACHUTEST BATTALION  2. PADOBRANSKI BATALJON  2 Batalhão parachutistes

COMMANDOS  KOMANDOSI

      Portugalska vojska osniva 1961. godine jedinice komandosa kao specijalne snage za borbu protiv gerilskih pobunjenika u Portugalskim kolonijama, prvo u Angoli a kasnije u Portugalskoj Gvineji (današnjoj Guinea-Bissao) i Mozambiku. Za moto su izabrali latinsku poslovicu "Audaces Fortuna Juvat" „Sreća prati hrabre“, a za bojni poklič izabiru „MAMA SUMAE“ što u slobodnom prijevodu sa jezika naroda Bantu znači „Evo nas, spremni smo za žrtvovanje“. Od završetka kolonijalnih ratova postoje do 1993. godine kada vojska ukida ove jedinice, prvenstveno radi velikog broja stradalih tokom obuke. 2002. godina je njihove obnove i stvaranja Bataljona komandosa. Od 2006. povećava se broj pripadnika i osniva i treća četa.   

      The Commandos were created as counter-guerrilla special forces, thus responding to the need of the army to have units specially adapted to the type of war that, in 1961, started in Angola and later in Portuguese Guinea (current Guinea-Bissau) and Mozambique – the Portuguese Colonial War. Their motto is "Audaces Fortuna Juvat" (Luck Protects the Bold) and their war cry is "MAMA SUMAE" (it can be translated as "here we are, ready for the sacrifice" – taken from a Bantu tribe of southern Africa). After the war, the commandos existed until 1993 when they were disbanded. This decision was influenced by a number of deaths during instruction. The commando soldiers were merged with the Paratroopers and these were transferred from the Air Force to the Army. But in 2002, the commandos were reactivated as an independent unit and the Batalhão de Comandos (Commando Battalion) was created, with two Operational Companies and an Instruction Company. They are now based in the Centro de Tropas Comandos (Commando Troops Centre) in Mafra. In 2006 number of comandos was increase when a third company was raised.

NAVAL INFANTRY  MORNARIČKA PJEŠADIJA

Corpo de Fuzileiros

      Portugalska mornarička pješadija, koje se u Portugalu jednostavno naziva Fusilier Corps (Port. Corpo de Fuzileiros), predstavlja specijalne snage kao dio portugalskih mornaričkih snaga. Korpus uključuje puk i angažiran je za izvođenje amfibijskih operacija, obalnih izviđačkih operacija i sudjelovanje u mirovnim operacijama. Puk, kao dio portugalske mornaričke pješadije, također ima posebne jedinice. Organizacija se sastoji od: Komande morskog korpusa (Comando do Corpo de Fuzileiros), morskog bataljona br. 1 (Batalhao de Fuzileiros br. 1), morskg bataljona br. 2 (Batalhao de Fuzileiros br. 2 ), čete za vatrenu podršku (Companhia de Apoio de Fogos), Transportnu taktičku četu podrške (Companhia de Apoio de Transporte Tacticos). Jedinica za iskrcavanje (Unidade de Meios de Desembarque), jedinica pomorske policije (Unidade de Policia Naval), odred specijalnih snaga (Destacamento de Accoes Especiais), mornarička baza (Base de Fuzileiros) i mornarička pješadijska škola (Escola de Fuzileiros).

Oznaka za rukav

      Portuguese Naval Infantry, which is simply called in Portugal as the Fusilier Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros), represents special forces as part of Portuguese Naval Forces. The Corps includes a regiment and is engaged to carry out amphibious operations, coastal reconnaissance operations, and take part in peace-keeping operations. The Regiment, as part of Portuguese Naval Infantry, also has special units. Organization and Capabilities are composed from: Marine Corps Command (Comando do Corpo de Fuzileiros), Marine Battalion No. 1 (Batalhao de Fuzileiros No.1), Marine Battalion No. 2 (Batalhao de Fuzileiros No.2), Fire Support Company (Companhia de Apoio de Fogos), Tactical Transportation Support Company (Companhia de Apoio de Transporte Tacticos). Disembarkation Vehicles Unit (Unidade de Meios de Desembarque), Naval Police Unit (Unidade de Policia Naval), Special Forces Detachment (Destacamento de Accoes Especiais), Naval Base (Base de Fuzileiros) and Naval Infantry School (Escola de Fuzileiros).