Indian armed forces are well equipped with many weapons and warheads to secure the territory of India and finest minds are also recruited to operate these things. But when it comes to internal threats, special kind of soldiers are needed, who should be trained to avert those situation and handle them safely. The terror attacks, insurgencies, etc. led to the emergence of Special Forces that are specialised and trained soldiers who are ready to kill and eager to beat the enemy. GARUD, MARCOS and some others are the Special Forces owned by branches of Indian armed forces. But some other special forces are their which are framed to deliver some special tasks.
National Security Guards, a force that is known for the bone breaking assault, anti-terror operations. The force is under home ministry of India. Nick named a Black Cat Commandos; the major tasks for which NSG is responsible are terror threats, hijacking situation and rescue operations. The soldiers for this Special Forces are drawn from various forces. A short period of their training of selected people takes place at Manesar, Haryana. The training is 4 month training and focuses on making them taught and bold. Only those who complete the entire training are further sent to respective fields in this organisation. The dropout rate is about more than 50% tensile training makes it one of the elite Special Forces in the world.
The recruitment for NSGs is done in two forms. The first form is from Indian army and second form id from armed police forces of India.
Special Action Group. The group of NSGs is formed from army. It composes of more than half of the total force. So, aspirants who want to induct in NSG will get golden chance after induction in Indian army. The recruitment is done over various posts. Form rangers to assistant commandant’s posts, the recruitment are done as per eligibility. So, aspirants can either opt for upper post for that you can choose CDS, NDA and other option to get into army as commissioned officer or by direct recruitment through rallies. After getting into army, way for NSG will also open to the soldiers.
Special Ranger Group – While special ranger group is the police segment of NSG has personals from CAPF (Central Armed Police Force), ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police) and Rapid Action Force. It delivers the task of security to VIP people. The primary task of SRG is supportive to the SAG. The soldiers are sent back to their parent organisation after 3-5 years in order to maintain young profile of the force. Aspirant who want to get into the organisation through this stream can apply for CAPF (AC) examination conducted by UPSC, CPO examination by SSC or by direct recruitment rallies in CAPF forces. The induction into these force will further opens the door to NSG.
After induction into Indian armed forces, ways to the induction into Paramilitary forces, GARUD, MARCOS and other special forces. Aspirants interested in Special Forces have to firstly get into armed forces and then into these Special Forces.
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