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United States Navy SEALs
US Navy special operations force
Shayetet 13
special operations unit of the Israeli Navy
frogman
thumb|A SEAL Delivery Team member climbs aboard a delivery vehicle before launching from the back of the submarine USS Philadelphia (SSN-690)|USS Philadelphia.
PASKAL
principal special operations force of the Royal Malaysian Navy
Danish Frogman Corps
Danish maritime special operations unit
Fukuryu
thumb|Statue of Fukuryu Diver wielding explosive mine weapon (also known as suicide divers and kamikaze frogmen) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared to resist the invasion of Japan's Home islands by Allied forces. Six thousand men were planned to be trained and equipped with diving equipment for the role. They would use attack mines affixed to bamboo poles. Plans also included reinforced concrete stations to protect men from the explosions. Only twelve hundred men had been trained when Japan surrendered before the invasion of the Japanese mainland occurred.
Teseo Tesei
Italian naval officer and inventor (1909-1941)
JW Formoza
Polish Special Forces unit
underwater warfare
one of the three operational areas of naval warfare
Italian commando frogmen
Italian special forces diving unit
Russian commando frogmen
tactical scuba diving unit
Underwater Demolition Team
elite special-purpose force established by the United States Navy during World War II
Army Ranger Wing
Irish Defence Forces special forces
clearance diver
navy diver specialist with explosives
Naval Special Warfare Command (Thailand)
special operations force within the Military of Thailand
Su Altı Taarruz
special operations Forces of the Turkish Navy
101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
military unit
Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit
Taiwanese military unit
Kommando Spezialkräfte Marine
German postwar commando amphibious warfare force
KOPASKA
The Kopaska () is the premier frogman and underwater demolition unit of the Indonesian Navy. The unit's motto is (Sanskrit for "There is no obstacle that cannot be defeated"). The unit's main duties are underwater demolition (raiding enemy ships and bases), destroying main underwater installations, reconnaissance, prisoner snatches, preparing beaches for larger naval amphibious operations, and counter-terrorism. During peacetime, the unit also deploys a team to serve as security personnel for VIPs and VVIPs.