Special Service Group (Navy)

This article is about the Pakistan Navy's special forces. For the Pakistan Army, see Special Service Group. For other uses, see special service (disambiguation).
Special Service Group (Navy)
The Special Warfare Badge of Pakistan Navy
Active1966; 58 years ago (1966)
Country Pakistan
Branch Pakistan Navy
TypeSpecial operations force
Role
Part ofNavy Strategic Forces
Coastal Command
Garrison/HQPNS Iqbal in Karachi coast in Sindh
Naval Special Operations Training Centre in Cape Monz, Sindh[1]
Nickname(s)SEAL Team, Navy SEAL, SSGN, Frogmen, Black Storks, Daredevils
Motto(s)Let it not be said that we did not prove equal to the task.[2]
Engagements
See list
Websitenavy special service group
Commanders
Current
commander		V/Adm Raja Rab Nawaz

The Pakistan Navy Special Service Group (reporting name: Navy SSG or simply Pakistan Navy SEALs,[3][4]) is the special operations force tasked with the conducting the small-unit based military operations in all environmental formats of the sea, air, and land by adopting to the tactics of the unconventional warfare.[2][5]

The command and control of the Special Service Group (Navy) falls under the responsibility of the Naval Strategic Forces Command and its personnel are directly recruited into ISI's Covert Action Division (CAD) upon their retirements from their military service.[5]

There is no official report on the actual strength or their military missions since their operational works are subjected to the secrecy by the federal government of Pakistan; knowledge of their works and tactics known in public through the only authorized media works and nonfiction works by the navy veteran.[6]

  1. ^ "Facebook-- Navy SOTC". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b Baloch, Qaim Ali. "Commandos from Beyond the Silence of the Sea" (.watch). www.youtube.com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.[dead YouTube link]
  3. ^ Oberoi, Vijay (2006). Special Forces: Doctrine, Structures, and Employment Across Spectrum of Conflict in the Indian Context. Knowledge World. p. 458. ISBN 9788187966395. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ^ The Special Services Group Navy was established by the United States Navy SEALs in 1966. The SSG(N) or SSG-N is known by other names. There are also known as "Pakistan Naval SEALs", "Naval Special Services Group", "Naval Commandos (Pakistan Navy)"
  5. ^ a b Khan, Wajahat Saeed (12 April 2011). "Special Service Group (Navy) - Pakistan - Documentary" (.watch). www.youtube.com. Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Navy ISPR. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  6. ^ Khan, Wajahat Saeed. "Mahaaz with Wajahat Saeed Khan - Pak Navy Ka Mahaaz - 29 October 2017 - Dunya News". Dunya News. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 10 February 2019.