Special Service Group (Navy)

Special Service Group (Navy)
Special Service Group (Navy)
	The Special Warfare Badge of Pakistan Navy
Active	1966
Country	Pakistan
Branch	Pakistan Navy
Type	Special operations force
Role	Special operations; Counter-terrorism; Counterinsurgency; Unconventional warfare; Foreign internal defence; Special reconnaissance; Amphibious reconnaissance; Direct action; Combat Search and Rescue; Hostage Rescue; Underwater warfare;
Part of	Coastal Command
Garrison/HQ	PNS Iqbal in Karachi in Sindh; Nathiagali, Ras Muari in [Sindh]]
Nickname(s)	SEAL Team, Navy SEAL, SSGN, Frogmen, Black Storks, Daredevils
Motto(s)	Let it not be said that we did not prove equal to the task.
Engagements	See list Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Indo-Pakistani War of 1971; Bangladesh Liberation War; Operation Barisal; Operation Jackpot; Munity of PNS Magro in Toulon in 1971; Siachen conflict; Conflict in Arab world Pakistan Military Command–Saudi Arabia; War in Afghanistan Soviet war in Afghanistan; Bosnian War UN Protection Force–Pakistan Forces; Sri Lankan Civil War Military assistance to Sri Lanka; War on Terror War in Afghanistan (2001–present) War in North-West Pakistan; Operation Black Thunderstorm; Operation Rah-e-Nijat; Operation Umeed-e-Nuh; Operation Mehran; Operation Zarb-e-Azb; Mutiny on the PNS Zulfiquar; ; Balochistan insurgency; ;
Website	navy special service group
Commanders
Current; commander	V/Adm Raja Rab Nawaz

The Pakistan Navy Special Service Group (reporting name: Navy SSG or simply Pakistan Navy SEALs,) is the special operations force tasked with the conducting the small-unit based military operations in all environmental formats of the sea, air, and land by adopting to the tactics of the unconventional warfare.

The command and control of the Special Service Group (Navy) falls under the responsibility of the Naval Strategic Forces Command and its personnel are directly recruited into ISI's Covert Action Division (CAD) upon their retirements from their military service.

There is no official report on the actual strength or their military missions since their operational works are subjected to the secrecy by the federal government of Pakistan; knowledge of their works and tactics known in public through the only authorized media works and nonfiction works by the navy veteran.

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