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Romania’s Special Operations Forces embody a motto popular among the Alliance’s elite soldiers: “Quality is more important than quantity.”
While few in numbers, these commandos are capable of carrying out raids by air, land and sea, using their skills and stealth to take their adversaries by surprise. The Romanian Special Operations Forces have been working with NATO since 2003, already before Romania joined the Alliance in March 2004. Over the years, the Romanian elite forces’ unit has been deployed to NATO missions in Afghanistan and in Kosovo alongside Allies and partner countries.
More recently, the Romanian operators are busy keeping themselves on the bleeding edge of tactical proficiency. They frequently participate in exercises with their NATO Allies, allowing them to exchange tactics with their counterparts from different countries. In this video, we see Romanian commandos in action. Should NATO call upon them, Romania’s elite forces will be ready to perform any high-risk mission.

See how Romania’s Special Operations Forces use their hard-won experience to safeguard our shared Euro-Atlantic security.

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OFFICER
Romanian Special Forces

“Our power stems from human quality and the strength of our team. Because we select individuals, but we create teams.”


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THEY ARE ROMANIA’S ELITE FORCES

CONDUCTING SPECIAL OPERATIONS

AND TRAINING WITH THEIR NATO ALLIES


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UNNAMED ROMANIAN OFFICER
Romanian Special Forces

“The soldiers of the Romanian Special Operations Forces are capable of executing a variety of high-risk missions.”

It’s important for us to know how Special Operations units operate in other member or partner countries.”

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THEY HAVE SERVED ON NATO MISSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO

—SOUNDBITE IN ROMANIAN —

UNNAMED ROMANIAN OFFICER
Romanian Special Forces

“It’s important to know each other, to plan and execute Special Operations specific missions together, with the goal of promoting regional security and providing collective defence.”