Romanian Special Operations Forces Command

Joint Special Operations Forces Command
Comandamentul Forțelor pentru Operații Speciale Командване на Силите за специални операции
Coat of arms of the Joint Special Operations Forces Command
Active1 March 2003 (as the 1st Special Operations Battalion)[1]
1 March 2018 (as the Special Operations Forces Command)
CountryRomania and Bulgaria
BranchRomanian Armed Forces
TypeSpecial forces command
Garrison/HQTârgu Mureș
Anniversaries1 March
EngagementsKosovo Force
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Current
commander
Brigadier General Claudiu-Ovidiu Dobocan[2]
Insignia
Flag of the Romanian Special Operations Forces Command

The Romanian Special Operations Forces Command (Romanian: Comandamentul Forțelor pentru Operații Speciale) is the special forces command of the Romanian Army formed on 01 March 2018 from the former 6th Special Operations Brigade. The Special Forces Command is headquartered in Târgu Mureș, and it is the structure through which the Chief of the General Staff exercises the control over all Special Forces units.[3][4]

  1. ^ Militarii din Fortele pentru operatii speciale au motiv de sarbatoare at desteptarea.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Schimbare de comandă la Comandamentul Forțelor pentru Operații Speciale". defense.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Istoric". safos.mapn.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Operații Speciale. Secretul "ghioceilor" FOS din Armata României a fost dezvăluit". evz.ro (in Romanian). 1 March 2019.