Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei

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Divers and Raiders Group Command "Teseo Tesei"
Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori "Teseo Tesei" (COMSUBIN)
Personnel of COMSUBIN
Active	1939–present
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Navy
Type	Special Forces
Role	Search and rescue Special operations Direct Action
Garrison/HQ	Porto Venere (HQ)
Motto(s)	"E Fluctibus irruit in hostem" (From the sea we assault the enemy)
Engagements	World War II Iraq War War in Afghanistan Lebanon Wars UNOSOM
Decorations	1 Croci di Cavaliere all'O.M.I. 1 MOVM 1 Medaglia d'argento al valor di Marina 1 Medaglia d'argento al valor civile
Commanders
Current commander	Rear Admiral Paolo Pezzutti
Notable commanders	Admiral Gino Birindelli M.O.V. Admiral Luigi Faggioni M.O.V.

COMSUBIN (Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori "Teseo Tesei"; Divers and Raiders Group Command "Teseo Tesei") is the Italian Navy's special operations unit. Italy was the first nation to use frogmen and human torpedoes. The Royal Italian Navy's Naval Assault Divisions are considered to be the precursor of modern Naval Special Forces. Their record can be traced back to World War I and the operation against the Austrian-Hungarian Battleship Viribus Unitis in Pula Harbour in 1918.

In World War II, famous operations include Suda Bay, Alexandria, Gibraltar, and Malta. Italy's frogman group originated in 1938 as the 1^a Flottiglia Mezzi d'Assalto (1st Flotilla Assault Vehicles), which was reformed in 1940 as the Decima Flottiglia MAS (10th Flotilla Assault Vehicles, 10a MAS).