Special unit designations

[CyCo]

I've been thinking of starting this topic for a while, just as an exercise to see what we can come up with, and could be of use to GM's running a modern or near future based game.

I'm thinking along the lines of the special tactical units usually assigned to the police forces, but could also be used for gov/federal. agencies, ambulance, fire brigade, etc, as opposed to the Defense Forces.

In addition, I'd like to limit it to those acronyms that make a word, like S.W.A.T. Also, these can either be from real life, from media (inc. computer games) and real life.

S.W.A.T - Special Weapons and Tactics.

T.A.G - Target Action Group.

S.C.A.T - Special Casualty Access Team. (believe it or not, the name for the 'spec unit' un the Ambulance Service of New South Wales, Australia)

F.A.R.T - Fast Action Response Team. (I believe this was the designation for the special teams assembled and sent to Victoria when we had the bush fires a couple of weeks ago, I kid you not).

Your turn.

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[CyCo]

I would hate to see some of those people intruduce themselves at parties.
"I'm a SCAT-man."
""I am a member of FART.

I imagine most of the SCAT officers introduce themselves as a Paramedic. Would be easier that way. lol

I was more looking at Acronyms that make names.

S.T.A.R.R. - The police special unit from Resident Evil. Anyone know what their designation means? I'll have to go look at my copy of the movie.

[t0m]

I would hate to see some of those people intruduce themselves at parties.
"I'm a SCAT-man."
""I am a member of FART.

I imagine most of the SCAT officers introduce themselves as a Paramedic. Would be easier that way. lol

I was more looking at Acronyms that make names.

S.T.A.R.R. - The police special unit from Resident Evil. Anyone know what their designation means? I'll have to go look at my copy of the movie.

s.t.a.r.s - Special Tactics and Rescue Squad

thanks wiki i couldnt recall it off the top of my head either...

[CyCo]

Ah, S.T.A.R.S. Thanks t0m, and wiki.

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[tobefrnk]

S.T.U.D.

Special Tactics Under Duress

A group that specializes in improvised combat and mechanized tactics under extreme circumstances with limited resources. You basic McGuyvers and A-Teams.

[lather]

OMON - Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniyat or "Special Purpose Police Units".
It's a federal unit under the Interior Ministry.

[Warwolf]

Don't forget to mine the Nightbane sourcebooks. Agencies like the National Security Bureau, Paranormal Activities Bureau, American Defense Agency, and the like have worked well for me.

[sasha]

• GRU - Glavnoje Razvedyvatel'noje Upravlenije - Main Intelligence Directorate (of Russia's Armed Forces).
• VDV - Vozdushno Desantnye Vojska - Air Landing Forces. Basically, airborne.
• SVR - Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki - Foreign Intelligence Service.
• FSB - Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federaciyi - Domestic Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.
• FSO - Federal'naya Sluzhba Ohrany - Protects the president and some other federal "resources".
• SOBR - Spetsial'nye Otryady Bystrogo Reagirovaniya - Special Rapid Reaction Unit. I think that they have been renamed to OMSN (Otryad Militsii Spetsial'nogo Naznacheniya - Special Police Unit). A part of the Interior Ministry and focused on anticrime and countercrime operations.

[lather]

I created a special task force that deals with the super natural (mostly vampires but not limted to)
S.T.A.K.E. = Stratigic & Tactically Advaced Knight Elite

hehe. I like it.

[MightyAtom]

F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon

[Beatmeclever]

A few my group has run across:
T.A.D. - Tactical Assault Division
S.I.G.M.A. Team - Special Intevention Group, Mobile Assault Team
M.A.S.S. - Military Assault Special Service
SOPRAD - Special Operations Research, Acquistions, and Development
F.A.S.T. - Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team
COMSUBIN - Combined Special Unified Bureau of Intelligence
C.A.T. - Covert Action Team
A.R.E.S. - Assault and Reconnaissance Escort Squadron

And my group's name:
S.I.F.U. - Special Investigations Forensics Unit