page_title: Special Actions Detachment
section_title: Operations
hierarchical_section_title: Special Actions Detachment / Operations
caption_attribution_description: Soldiers in the Portuguese Naval Special Forces DAE take the beach on the coast of Lisbon, Portugal on October 23, 2015 during NATO exercise Trident Juncture 15.
context_page_description: The Special Actions Detachment or DAE is the special operations maritime unit of the Portuguese Navy. It is part of the Portuguese Marine Corps.
  Raised in 1985, the DAE is one of the smallest special forces units within the Portuguese Armed Forces.
  It is responsible for conducting special operations, beach reconnaissance, Combat Search and Rescue, maritime counter-terrorism, demolition operations, and other missions in support of Portuguese and NATO armed forces. DAE is very similar to the American DEVGRU and Delta Force and the British Special Boat Service and as a result, trains with them often.
context_section_description: DAE conducts regular training exercises with its NATO counterparts, including the United States Navy DEVGRU, Fuerza de Guerra Naval Especial, British Special Boat Service, French Commandos Marine as well as the respective naval counter-terrorist units. They were deployed to Angola in 1992, to Zaire in 1997, to Guinea-Bissau in 1998, to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2006 (as part of the EUFOR) and to Somalia in 2009.
caption: Portuguese Naval Special Forces, Portugal, NATO Trident Juncture 15
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