Special Forces

The Special Forces (SF) branch of the Maldives National Defence Force is the elite Special Forces unit which is capable of planning and conducting a broad range of special operations. History The MNDF Special forces was inaugurated on October 27, 2009 after the realization of the requirement of the need of an extremely specialized and well trained group of elite soldiers were necessitated to combat and defend against all internal and external threats to national security and implement the national interests of the Government of Maldives within and abroad the territory of Maldives. The SF unit is equipped with the latest and the most modern military technology and trained consistently as a significant amount of money is invested in keeping this lethal unit most effective while performing their functions. Operation Dolphin "Operation Dolphin" was the first major operation carried out by the Special Forces since it was founded. A combat team travelled to Gan. The primary task of the operation was to handle the security of all VIPs who would attend the 17th SAARC summit in Addu and also to carry out counter-terrorism operations. In order to prepare for this operation, the Special Forces carried out joint training programmes in the Maldives and abroad with US Army Special Forces.