Kystjegerkommandoen

The Kystjegerkommandoen ( German Coast Fighter Command ) is an amphibious special unit of the Norwegian Navy. Its main tasks include the littoral warfare, so the use near the shore, commando operations and asymmetric warfare. The Kystjeger accordance with the Marines.

In the late 1990s, it came in the Norwegian military to a restructuring of the coastal defense. The loss of major parts of the fortress and coastal artillery systems made ​​it necessary to establish a military unit that is able to ensure the protection of coastal Norway. Therefore, it was started from 2001 with the formation of Kystjegerkommandoen. In the phase of drawing up the coast hunters trained with units of the Norwegian ( Marinejegerkommandoen ) and the American, German and Dutch frogmen. The Kystjegerkommandoen announced on 17 August 2005 formally announced its commitment. Since then, the troupe has mainly specialized in responding spectrum of intelligence gathering and reconnaissance.

Operations

In autumn 2007, parts of the Kystjegerkommandoen took part in the operation Harekate Yolo in the province of Faryab in Afghanistan alongside German and Latvian forces. They wore while the bulk of the fighting against the Taliban increasingly stronger occurring.

In November 2007, accompanied Norwegian coast hunter units of the Afghan National Army and their American advisers in the province of Badghis during a combat operation and preserved the Afghans through education before an ambush by the Taliban. For this, they received the Army Commendation Medal U.S. Department of Defense.