The Fuerzas Especiales (Special Forces or FES) is special operations unit of the Mexican Navy, and was oficially established in late 2001. Its origin was in the Marine Airborne Batallion back in the early 90's, by that time the group had no more then 6 members. They received training from veteran marine and naval officers that have taken special forces courses around the world. Their mission is to carry out amphibious special operations in order to protect the nation's maritime interests. The group has 460 members divided in two groups of 230 members for each Naval Force (Pacific and Gulf). The special forces course lasts 53 weeks. These forces are capable of carrying out non-conventional warfare in the air, sea and land, by utilizing all means of infiltration available to develop the most variable operational incursions with the use of military diving techniques, parachuting, vertical descent, urban combat, sniping and use of explosives. They are units organized, trained and equipped to operate independently in maritime, lake, riparian or terrestrial scenarios in order to: Image File history File links Fesmxnavy. ... Image File history File links Fesmxnavy. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Fesfastrope. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Fesfastrope. ... Image File history File links Fes34. ... Image File history File links Fes34. ... Special forces or special operations forces is a term used to describe relatively small military units raised and trained for reconnaissance, unconventional warfare and special operations. ... Mexicos armed forces number about 300,000. ... Military diving is a branch of professional diving carried out by world armed forces. ... Skydiver about to land Parachuting, or skydiving, is a recreational activity, competitive sport and method of deployment of military personnel (and occasionally, firefighters). ... MOUT/FIBUA simulated in US Army exercise Urban warfare is warfare conducted in populated urban areas such as towns and cities. ... This article is about the military occupation. ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ...

• Recover or rescue taken installations or personnel whose lives are in danger or have been captured by the enemy.
• Capture or rescue hostages or material in oil platforms, urban areas, ships, airplanes or terrestrial vehicles.

In order to carry out these tasks, this force uses sophisticated weaponry and equipment that is not common in conventional forces. A hostage is a person (sometimes another entity) which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act, or refrain from acting, in a particular way. ...

To fulfill their mission and practise their attributes they receive specialized training in the following areas:

• Special Ops
• Reconnaissance
• Search and Rescue
• Surface Warfare
• Anti-aircraft Warfare
• Amphibious Warfare
• Mine Warfare
• Submarine and Antisubmarine Warfare
• Military Intelligence
• Fleet Support
• Troop Transport and Logistics.

FES's motto: Desde el cielo, mar o tierra, a cumplir con la mision.
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See also

• Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales
• Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas
• GAFE del Alto Mando
• Ixtoc-Alfa
• Mexican Special Forces