Jaeger Corps (Denmark)

Jaeger Corps[1][2]
Jægerkorpset
Unit insignia of Jægerkorpset
Active1 November 1961 – present
CountryDenmark Denmark
Branch Royal Danish Army
TypeSpecial Operations Force
Part ofDanish Special Operations Command
Garrison/HQAalborg Air Base[1]
Nickname(s)JGK, The Jaegers, The Elite
Motto(s)Plus Esse Quam Simultatur (Rather to be, than to seem)
EngagementsCold War

United Nations Protection Force
NATO intervention in Bosnia

Decorations Presidential Unit Citation[2]
WebsiteOfficial Facebook
Commanders
Chief of SOKOMMajor general Peter Boysen
Chief of the Jaeger CorpsLieutenant colonel Jens P Blomqvist

The Jaeger Corps[1][2] also known as the Huntsmen Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) is an elite special operations force of the Danish Armed Forces part of Special Operations Command, formerly of the Royal Danish Army, based at Aalborg Air Base.

  1. ^ a b c "Facts and Figures - The Danish Armed Forces" (PDF). Danish Defence. February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "The Danish Army's Modern Day Vikings: THE JAEGER CORPS" (PDF). Special Warfare. Vol. 24, no. 4. United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School. p. 41. ISSN 1058-0123. October–December 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2017.