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Jaeger Corps (Denmark) 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.
Special Operations Command (Denmark) The Special Operations Command (Danish: Specialoperationskommandoen; SOKOM) is a command of the Danish Armed Forces and a part of the Defence Command. SOKOM was established in 2014 to bring the Jaeger Corps (Danish: Jægerkorpset) and the Frogman Corps (Danish: Frømandskorpset) under one command.
The Frogman Corps was established on 17 June 1957 based on the model of the United Kingdom's Special Boat Service, US Underwater Demolition Team, and Marinejegerkommandoen in Norway. Initially it was under the Danish Navy's Diving School at Flådestation Holmen (Naval Station Holmen, Copenhagen), but in 1972 it was made an independent unit ...
Franz Rudolf Frisching in the uniform of an officer of the Bernese Jäger Corps with his Schweizerischer Niederlaufhund, painted by Jean Preudhomme in 1785. According to a popular theory, the earliest known jäger unit was a company formed in about 1631 in Hesse-Kassel, under William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.
Royal Life Guards. 1st Regiment (Danish Life Regiment) merged into Guard Hussar Regiment on 1 January 2001. 2nd Regiment (Schleswig Regiment of Foot) merged into Prince's Life Regiment on 1 January 2001. Reactivated on 1 January 2019. 3rd Regiment (Prince's Life Regiment) merged into Jutland Dragoon Regiment on 1 August 2005.
The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol is stationed at Daneborg (74°11′N20°08′W74.18°N 20.14°W), and maintains personnel at Station Nord, Danmarkshavn, and Mestersvig. The Sirius Dog Sled Patrol uses more than 50 depot huts scattered across the patrolled area. The depot huts are resupplied by small boats in the southern area, and by aircraft in the ...
Bayonet. Only used by Livgarden affixed to the M/95, when in ceremonial uniform on guard duty in front of palaces and when on guard duty at other places in the standard service uniform. Feltkniv M/96. (Glock Feldmesser FM 78) Austria. Field knife.
The Special Support and Reconnaissance Company [1] (Danish: Særlig Støtte- og Rekognosceringskompagni), [2] until 1 January 2007 known as the Patrol Company Army Operational Command [3] (Danish: Patruljekompagniet) [3] is the only remaining Long Range Surveillance Company (LRSC) / Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) Coy) in the Danish Armed Forces.