Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command

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Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command
대한민국 육군 특수전사령부
Active	1 April 1958 – present
Country	South Korea
Type	Special Operations Command
Role	Special operations Direct action Special reconnaissance Counter-terrorism
Size	~5,000
Part of	Republic of Korea Army
Garrison/HQ	Icheon, Gyeonggi Province
Nickname(s)	"Black Berets", "ROKSF"
Motto(s)	안 되면 되게 하라 ("Make Impossible Possible") 귀신 같이 접근하여, 번개 같이 타격하고, 연기 같이 사라져라 ("Approach like a Ghost, Strike like Thunder, Vanish like Smoke")
Engagements	Vietnam War Operation Paul Bunyan Gwangju Uprising 1999 East Timorese crisis Operation Enduring Freedom Iraq War
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant General Son Sik

The Republic of Korea Army Special Warfare Command (ROK-SWC; Korean: 대한민국 육군 특수전사령부 or 특전사; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍 特殊戰司令部), also known as the Republic of Korea Army Special Forces "Black Berets" (ROK Special Forces), is a strategic-level military command of the Republic of Korea Army responsible for their special operations forces. ROK Special Forces brigades work in a close relationship with their United States Army Special Forces counterparts and other allies in international security and intervention missions. U.S. SOF in Korea are under the command and control of Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) which is a sub-unified command assigned under the Korean Armed Forces Command.

Since 1993, the Republic of Korea Army has trained experts by sending officers to various PKO training institutions such as the Northern Europe United Nations Training Corps (UNTC), Poland, and Ireland, and since 1995 officers and related government officials have been sent to the Pearson Peacekeeping Center (PPC) in Canada. To lay the foundation for PKO education domestically, in 1995 the military designated the Joint Services Staff College to be the lead institution to educate officers to become military observers and staff. In May 1998, the PKO Department was officially inaugurated within the college. Moreover, the Special Warfare Command's Education Corps was designated as the institution solely responsible for unit-level education of PKO forces by providing solid education for infantry and engineer personnel.