General Operations Force

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General Operations Force
Pasukan Gerakan Am
The RMP General Operations Force Emblem.
Active	1 August 1948 : Jungle Squad 1963 : Police Field Force 1997–present : General Operations Force
Country	British Malaya (1948–1957)  Malaya (1948—1963)  Malaysia (1963–present)
Branch	Royal Malaysia Police
Type	Paramilitary, Light infantry
Role	Domestic counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, multi-security service, VIPs Close Protection, Border Patrol and law enforcement
Size	12,000 Personnel (Feb 2014) Light infantry (20 battalions) Armored squadrons (six squadrons) Special platoon (one platoon)
Part of	Internal Security and Public Order Department
Garrison/HQ	Training Centre: Ulu Kinta, Ipoh, Perak
Nickname(s)	Polis Hutan (Jungle Squad lit. Jungle Police)
Motto(s)	"Cekal, Berani, Setia" ("Gallant, Brave, Loyal")
Colour of Beret	Dark blue - Standard light infantry   Maroon - Senoi Praaq (Both of GOF berets with    yellow liner at beret insignia)
Anniversaries	March 25 (Police Day) August 31 (Independence Day)
Engagements	Malayan Emergency 1948-1960 Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) 13 May Incident Reformation Raid Ops Fire Palm 2 UNMIT 2013 Lahad Datu standoff

The General Operations Force (Malay: Pasukan Gerakan Am; PGA, Jawi: ڤاسوكن ڬرقن عام) is the light infantry arm of the Royal Malaysia Police. The General Operations Force was established in 1948 during the Malayan Emergency by the British Administration when Malaya was a colony. The police service was mobilised to the field role, primarily to engaging Communist guerrillas during the emerging Insurgency. When Malaysia was formed in 1963, this law enforcement unit was then known as the Police Field Force (Malay: Pasukan Medan Polis; PMP). The title was adopted when it dropped the previous handle widely referred to as the Jungle Squad (Malay: Pasukan Polis Hutan; PPH).