Unorthodox from the start, the SAS was conceived as a commando force to operate behind enemy lines in North Africa, where the British were fighting Field Marshall Rommel's highly-skilled Afrika Korps.

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Armor Holdings, for example, subcontracts its business in Russia (protecting multinationals such as Philip Morris, a food and tobacco company) to a local security company formed by veterans of the Alpha commando force, one of the Kremlin's crack military units before its disbandment.

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Others say Storm's collection of zombies is now being split into pieces, which are sold to the highest bidder--a sort of commando bot-force, available for hire.

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He was part of a search team supporting 40 Commando Royal Marines Battlegroup, Combined Force Sangin, carrying out a clearance of bombs when he was killed.

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David Ervine of the Progressive Unionist Party, which has links with the loyalist paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force and Red Hand Commando said he did not see the UFF statement as a threat.

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Altogether, they conducted 41, 000 patrols after taking over command of Task Force Helmand in April that year - the fourth time that 3 Commando Brigade had deployed on Operation Herrick in Afghanistan.

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