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United Kingdom Special Forces
| United Kingdom Special Forces | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | 1987–present |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Armed Forces |
| Type | Directorate |
| Size | 2,000 personnel (2009)[1] |
| Part of | Strategic Command |
| Headquarters | Permanent Joint Headquarters, Northwood Headquarters |
| Website | Directorate of Special Forces at gov.uk |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | General Mark Carleton-Smith |
| Insignia | |
| Abbreviation | UKSF |
United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is a directorate comprising the Special Air Service, the Special Boat Service, the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, the Special Forces Support Group, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment and the Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing.[2][3][4][5][6]
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, "special forces" has been defined as "those units of the armed forces of the Crown the maintenance of whose capabilities is the responsibility of the Director of Special Forces or which are for the time being subject to the operational command of that Director".[7][8] The Royal Marines and the Ranger Regiment are special operations–capable forces, but they do not form part of UKSF.[9][10]
The government and Ministry of Defence (MOD) have a policy of not commenting on the UKSF, in contrast to other countries including the United States, Canada, and Australia.[11][12] In 1996, the UKSF introduced a requirement that serving members sign a confidentiality contract preventing them from disclosing information for life without the prior approval of the MOD, following the publication of several books written by ex-service members.[13][14]
- ^ "SAS and other special forces to be expanded to defeat al-Qaeda". the telegraph. 25 April 2009.
- ^ Special Reconnaissance Regiment, publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 21 February 2014
- ^ Elite special forces unit set up, BBC. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
- ^ "JSFAW - Responsibilities and Composition". Royal Air Force. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
- ^ "SAS(R)". Ministry of Defence. Archived from the original on 2018-01-02.
- ^ "The secretive sister of the SAS". BBC. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 10 March 2010. (SBS)
- ^ Philip Coppel QC (2020). Information Rights: A Practitioner's Guide to Data Protection, Freedom of Information and other Information Rights (5th ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 633. ISBN 9781509922482.
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This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence v3.0: "Freedom of Information Act 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2000 c. 36
- ^ "Defence in a Competitive Age" (PDF). Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BusinessInsiderwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon (14 January 2002). "Special Forces". UK Parliament. House of Commons Hansard. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ Knowles, Emily (July 2016). Britain's culture of no comment (Report). London: Remote Control; Oxford Research Group. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ Evans, Michael (4 October 1996). "SAS troops ordered to sign contracts banning memoirs". The Times. p. 6.
- ^ "SAS men are ordered never to write books". The Independent. 4 October 1996. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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