Republic of China Military Police Special Services Company (MPSSC; ; Code-named: ''Night Hawks'') is a unit of the
military police
Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, screening, rear recon ...
of the
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
(Taiwan). This unit is stationed at
Wugu, Taipei. Little is known about this unit, since informations regarding it are classified by the
Ministry of National Defense
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. It was formed in 1978. According to the
Taipei Times
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the MPSSC has a standing collaboration with
United States Army Special Forces
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which includes regular joint exercises. They also have a standing invitation to the Pacific Area Special Operations Conference hosted annually by
Special Operations Command Pacific
The Special Operations Command Pacific, known as SOCPAC, is a sub-unified command of the United States Department of Defense for special operations forces in the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) area of responsibility.
History
Th ...
.
History
Following the 1972
Munich massacre
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and success of
Operation Entebbe
Operation Entebbe, also known as the Entebbe Raid or Operation Thunderbolt, was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976.
A week earl ...
in 1976, in December 1977 the
Ministry of National Defense
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was ordered to start the training and preparation for forming MPSSC, mainly because the rise of international
terrorism
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has diffused internationally in the 1970s.
In 2020 it was revealed that the MPSSC was providing counter-terrorism training for the special operations forces of an unnamed
Middle Eastern
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country.
New members of the Coast Guard’s
Special Task Unit
The Special Task Unit is a special operations unit of the Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan), Coast Guard Administration of Taiwan.
Overview
The Special Task Unit is an elite special forces, maritime rescue, and counterterrorism unit of the ...
undergo two months of training with the Special Services Company following three months of training with the
Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit
The Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit (ARP) () is an elite special operations component of the Republic of China Marine Corps.
Overview
ARP members are known as frogmen and have a similar mission set to the United States Navy SEALs. Th ...
.
Equipment
The SSC operates handheld non-projectile anti-drone weapons.
Centurion Arms CM4.
See also
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Airborne Special Service Company
The Airborne Special Service Company (ASSC; ), alternatively known as the Liang Shan Special Operations Company (), is an elite special forces unit belonging to the Republic of China Army (Taiwan Army). The ASSC is the most elite unit in Taiwan ...
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Thunder Squad
Thunder Squad () is a special services unit of the National Police Agency in Taiwan, a highly trained SWAT unit established in 1985 to conduct high-risk arrests and other dangerous law enforcement duties. This 200 man group is organized into sma ...
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List of military special forces units
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These are disti ...
References
External links
ROC Military Police Command
{{Military of the Republic of China
1978 establishments in Taiwan
Special forces units of the Republic of China
Military police units and formations
Counterterrorist organizations