This work, SOF medics from 10 nations increase life-saving skills at ISTC, by SSG Karen Sampson, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright The Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) is the primary Special Forces asset of the German Armed Forces and the Fallschirmjäger mit Ausbildung Erweiterte Grundbefähigung (EGB) are Special Operations Capable airborne troops earmarked to provide operational support to the KSK Based in Calw in Baden-Württemberg the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) numbers 1,400 troops the Unterstützungs Kräfte (Service Support Forces) and the Bereich Weiterentwicklung (Trials and Development Establishment) The Einsatzkräfte are structured into four Kommando Kompanie (Special Forces Companies) the Spezial Kommando Kompanie (Special Purpose Special Forces Company) the Spezial Aufklärungs Kompanie (Special Forces Reconnaissance Company) and the Ausbildungs- und Versuchszentrum (Training Establishment) conducting Hostage Rescue and Non-combatant Evacuation Operations acquiring information of key strategic importance in crisis and conflict zones conducting Direct Action missions in order to neutralise terrorist and irregular forces threats and conducting combat operations within conventional and asymmetrical conflicts with the aim of neutralising targets with high strategic or operational value The Fallschirmjäger mit Ausbildung Erweiterte Grundbefähigung (EGB) are Special Operations Capable airborne troops that are specially trained and equipped to provide operational support to the KSK Being fully trained Paratroopers they can also be employed as an element of an Airborne Task Force in order to conduct the full range of airborne and air assault operations With the training of the Fallschirmjäger EGB being more comprehensive than that of the average Paratrooper they serve as the spearhead of the two German airborne regiments Fallschirmjäger Regiment 26 and Fallschirmjäger Regiment 31 can each field two Fallschirmjäger EGB companies The two regiments’ Fallschirm Spezial Zug (Pathfinder Platoons) also belong to the Fallschirmjäger EGB assets as do elements of the Luftlande Aufklärungs Kompanie 260 and Luftlande Aufklärungs Kompanie 310 airborne reconnaissance companies In addition the Luftlande Pionier Kompanie 260 and Luftlande Pionier Kompanie 270 airborne engineer companies can each also field a platoon of trained Fallschirmjäger EGB The Ausbildungszentrum Spezielle Operationen situated at Pfullendorf in south-western Germany is the German Army’s primary training facility for its Special Forces and Special Operations Capable Forces It is here that NCOs of the German Airborne Forces are trained parts of the training of the operators of the KSK is conducted and most of the training courses for the Fallschirmjäger EGB are conducted The training facility is also responsible for training of the Combat First Responders (CFR A/B/C) of the Bundeswehr and conducts SERE (Survival – Evasion – Resistance – Extraction) training The KSK demonstration of this year’s Tag der Bundeswehr lasted about 30 minutes and was split in two main parts the first seeing operators conducting a vehicle interdiction mission set somewhere in a civil-war shaken foreign country in order to arrest a group of terrorists that planed to conduct a terrorist attack in Germany During the second part a German citizen taken hostage had to be rescued As part of the demonstrations: KSK operators on motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATV) set up blocking positions; operators abseiled and fast-roped down from H145M LUH SOF (Light Utility Helicopter Special Operations Forces) of the Hubschrauber Geschwader 64 of the Luftwaffe German Air Force; a fleeing terrorist was arrested with support of a service dog handler; operators breached a door using an explosive charge; and snipers neutralised a guard using live ammunition Of extreme interest was that the KSK operators participating in the demonstration wore uniforms in the new Multitarn-Muster camouflage pattern developed for the Bundeswehr by the Wehrwissen Schaftliche Institut für Werk- und Betriebsstoffe (WIWeB) Also of interest was the fact that the operators fielded the just recently introduced new 5.56x45mm Gewehr Spezialkräfte G95 assault rifle variant of the HK416 A7 manufactured by Heckler & Koch The Fallschirmjäger EGB demonstration was also about 30 minutes long and conducted by 2 Fallschirmjäger Kompanie mit Ausbildung Erweiterte Grundbefähigung (EGB) of Fallschirmjäger Regiment 26 It started with a martial arts display during which Fallschirmjäger EGB demonstrated hand to hand combat techniques such as how to disarm opponents armed with a knife It also saw a single Fallschirmjäger EGB fighting off attacks of a group of aggressors Then followed a tactical demonstration during which Fallschirmjäger EGB had to seize an arms depot from an insurgent group arresting all hostiles without firing a shoot As part of the scenario first a sentry had to be neutralised when standing guard on a roof then the Paratroopers had to mechanically breach two doors and a window in order to enter the building The operation was covered by Fallschirmjäger EGB sniper teams one having taken up a position on a rooftop another along a berm and a third emerging out of sewers An insurgent fleeing the scene in a car was stopped by cut-off teams Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Vimeo This site uses only essential cookies required for core website functions We do not employ any tracking or analytics cookies and we comply with UK data protection laws Updates with links to posts made over the previous 7 days are normally mailed around 6pm UK time each Sunday Your email address will NOT be shared with third parties This work, Inaugural NATO Special Operations Combat Medic Course Graduates 23 Students at ISTC, by SGT Nelson Robles, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright