There are many militaries around the world that have many different forms of Special Forces
Now these are units that are considered the elite of the elite
and for those reasons they are used for missions that require a little extra and
Specific skills and lately here on FTD facts. We've been learning a lot about militaries in the European countries
and of course in the past
We've learned a lot about certain units within Denmark and with that in mind today
We are going to dive a little bit deeper into the Danish military and look at the Special Forces of the country
what's going on guys and girls Dave Walpole here and welcome to
FTD facts the channel where I look at people cultures and places from all around the world now today
we are going to look at these Special Forces of
Denmark now, we're not going to look at one specific unit because in Denmark
They actually have two different types
They have what is known as the Jaeger Corp and of course the frogmen Corp which are both Special Forces units
but specialize in different things
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Let's first start looking at what is known as the Jaeger Corps at now for those who wonder why are they actually called Jaeger?
Well, first of all
I did a whole video
I'm gonna put it right up here where you guys can look at the history of
the Jaeger term and how it evolved but realistically
Jaeger is just German for hunter and that's how the name became and for the Jaeger Corps according to the main website
They are a special
operational force that must be able to solve military tasks in peace crisis and in war within the following
overall task types
Which is information retrieval and reporting active action military support and of course
Follow-up tasks and for the Jaeger Corps, they had the ability to solve the duties imposed on virtually all
geographical environments now becoming a Special Forces soldier in Denmark is a really really
Thing to do for both of these particular groups. You have to go through a lengthy training process
but for the jaegers
They say only about one out of ten people who apply actually get into the program before I get into the training
I want to talk a little bit about history because that is very
important because believe it or not the hunter core or the Jaeger Corps is believed to have been around since
1785 and back then it was known as the Jaeger Corps of Zealand now
The reason for their development was because Sweden Britain and other countries were becoming growing threats and therefore the military
Organized a group that was made from hunters and woodsmen and of course throughout history
These hunters have been a part of the denmark army, but it wasn't until the 60s when they officially got their name
This was because on november 1st of 1961
The military had decided to create a complete group for special forces
Known as what we are referring to as the Jaeger Corps one of the major
reasons for this is because the Berlin Wall had started construction in August of that year and
Because of that tensions in Europe were really really high and as a result of these tensions
Denmark decided that they needed a special forces group that would operate in what is known as the grey areas of the military and of
Course this all started with two soldiers who were the first to complete the training for the Jaeger program and those two individuals were major
BP Larson and first lieutenant Jurgen Ling and for jörgen
He became a major influence in establishing this group and actually to get training in special operations
he had to be trained with the British special forces group known as the SAS and from
1962 and onward the group grew in size and its influence grew as well. However, it wasn't until
1995 that the jaegers who saw their first real form of combat. This was during Bosnia when they were a part of the
stabilization force and operated in
Sarajevo Bosnia where they acted as an elite sniper group
and since then the group has seen action in Kosovo as well as many operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq as well as should be mentioned that further involvement during the 2002 operation known as Task Force
Khabar, the group was given Presidential Unit Citation in 2004. And today they say
approximately there is about 200 of these Special Forces units that are serving in Denmark in which they are located and trained at the
Albergue airbase and the chief of the Jaeger Corps today is Lieutenant Colonel Kerr Jacobsen sidenote
I also found it very fascinating that since their introduction in
1961-62
Ich there has only been about 400 soldiers trained in the Jaeger Corps
I found that really amazing and because there are so few of these special trained forces the first Jaeger to ever be killed in combat
was in
2013 during an explosion in Afghanistan, of course, there have been others that lost their lives in the past
But those were during training exercises or something of that nature and speaking of training
These guys are trained in all sorts of different fields from Arctic warfare to combat search and rescue
special operations close protection reconnaissance
Parachuting and even halo drops and much much more and for the weapons that this particular unit uses they go through a variety
However, their main rifle is the Canadian c8 or the g5 3 now I did mention that I will talk about training
Because for the Yeager core, it's a very rigorous training program because for soldiers they start off with 3 pre courses
Which one of them lasts five days and the other two following are two days each
After that a soldier will move on and go on to an eight-week training program
Which is your basic patrol and then after that it evolves into the selection course
which is another eight weeks and if you pass after that, you receive the very famous maroon beret, but however,
There is also a parachuting course and combat swimming course
Which are two weeks long along with other continuing courses once you are in now
Let's jump over and let's look at the frogman Corps
I always found these guys really interesting and actually a lot of you guys have requested that we talk about these guys in the past
So here we go for the frogman Corps. They were established in July of
1957 and for them they work specifically under the Danish Navy similar to the Jaeger Corps
They get trained in the very similar model off of the British special forces
But also to add to that the model for this group is not just based off of that
but they're also based off of the British Navy Special Forces groups as well as American and
Norwegian Navy Special Forces groups as well
However, originally for this group. They were known simply as the Danish navies diving school, but however
1972 the Navy granted its own group and adopted the name
Frogmen in which now, it is under these submarine divisions also in today's world
the chief of the frogmen group is commander jens bach and their headquarters is located in East at Maron station in
Kongsøre, and of course it acts as a Special Forces Group
but the one thing that makes the frogmen core definitely different from the Jaeger Corps is that they specialize in
Scuba diving more than parachuting schools in which the Jaeger Corps may receive also
Here's a really cool interesting fact when it comes to the frogmen
Although becoming a frogman is a very hard accomplishment to achieve the Crown Prince of Denmark Frederick of Denmark
has actually finished the course and become a frogmen and apparently his nickname within the group is
Pingo which I guess comes from a Danish comic strip
I'm not quite sure and to dive further into understanding how the frogmen actually operate every single year
They receive approximately 500 to 600 applicants
however for them only about a dozen of these applicants are actually chosen and from there on the training course for
Frogmen is approximately nine months long in which they will serve at least a two-year
contract and as a matter of fact since their creation in
1957 there has been a little over 300 frogmen in all of Denmark currently
They state they have approximately 150 of them active today and is well similar to the Jaeger Corps
Their mission files are stamped red and most of them are
Classified and there are very few stories that have come to the public eye as well
They fought alongside with the jaegers in what is known as task force k-bar in
Afghanistan and of course they've also seen combat in Iraq and from 2008 ish
approximately
2014 they were heavily involved in operation ocean shield
Which was a major counter-piracy operation with several governments being involved. So there you go guys
That is us looking at the Special Forces groups within Denmark. What are your thoughts on this?
And do you know somebody who is a special forces unit or do you yourself want to train in Special Forces?
Let us know down there in the comment section below, but my name is Dave Wawa and thank you guys for tuning in
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this has been you and me learning about the special forces of Denmark the group that is known as the Jaeger core or the
Frogman Corps, these are troops that go above and beyond the call of duty putting themselves on the line for national defense
It is soldiers like these who do the missions that are in such
Secret that most people on the planet not know where they are
But what they are in fact doing they are the ones that push themselves much further to hone their skills
every single day these are the soldiers the history and the knowledge of the Danish Special Forces who say
rather to be then to see
Wow
Thanks for watching
alright
So if you guys like this video be sure to check out some of these other videos that I think you guys will like
also
be sure to tune in to this video where we looked at the historical term of
The Jaeger and see where it actually came from
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