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Special Boat Service

British special-operations force
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Also known as: SBS
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Alexander Alderson
Alexander Alderson is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King's College London. His fields of expertise include military history, strategic studies, and geopolitics.
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Special Boat Service (SBS), elite British special operations warfare unit. With the Special Air Service (SAS), the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, an integral signals regiment, and an aviation wing, it is a core part of the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) group. The SBS recruits principally from the Royal Marines, though also from the army and the Royal Air Force, and all its operators have to pass the grueling UKSF selection program. It is organized into four squadrons that provide the United Kingdom’s maritime counterterrorist response and a global response capability. All SBS operators are trained ...(100 of 782 words)

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