Special Operations Brigade

The Special Operations Brigade (SO BDE) was the special forces division of the Grand Army of the Republic, made up of clone commandos, covert ops clone troopers, clone assassins, Advanced Recon Commandos, and clone shadow troopers.

History
As the Clone Wars began, the Jedi Order formed the Special Ops Brigade to complete independent, special operation for the Galactic Senate, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, and the Jedi High Council. Stationed with Arca Company Barracks, the Special Ops Brigade was led by Jedi General Iri Camas and later Jedi General Arligan Zey. When General Zey took command, the brigade consisted of 10,000 troops.

Command structure
The Special Operations Brigades were commanded by Jedi General Arligan Zey. It consisted of ten Commando Groups, or battalions, by one year after the Battle of Geonosis.


 * Special Operations Brigade &mdash;20 Commando Groups (10,000 troopers plus support personnel), commanded by Jedi General Arligan Zey.
 * Commando Group &mdash;5 companies (500 troopers plus support personnel), commanded by a Jedi General.
 * Company&mdash;5 troops (100 troopers plus support personnel), commanded by a Clone Commander.
 * Troop&mdash;5 squads (20 troopers ), commanded by a Jedi.
 * Squad&mdash;4 troopers, including a sergeant.

Notable units

 * Aiwha Squad
 * Ion Team
 * The Muunilinst 10
 * Zero Five Commando
 * Arca Company
 * Delta Squad
 * Omega Squad
 * Veshok Squad
 * Ord Cestus Squad
 * 44th Special Operations Division
 * Devil Dogs
 * Yayax Squad

Special ops variants

 * Clone commandos mostly conducted direct action and special recon missions, in a tactical capacity.
 * Alpha-class Advanced Recon Commandos served a more strategically purpose, conducting special reconnaissance and special sabotage missions. They were more obedient and reliable to the Jedi than the Null-Class ARCs.
 * Null-class Advanced Recon Commandos specialized in reconnaissance. Less obedient than the Alpha-class ARCs.
 * Shadow troopers specialized in gathering intelligence, special sabotage missions, counter intelligence, combating terrorism and espionage.
 * covert-ops troopers trained in the same areas as Shadow troopers but were assigned to doing 'dirty work' for the Republic.
 * Clone assassins were trained specifically to eliminate Jedi in case of their rebellion against the Senate and the Republic by utilizing Teräs Käsi, a form of unarmed combat.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars novel
 * Clone Wars Gambit: Stealth
 * Republic Commando: Hard Contact
 * Omega Squad: Targets
 * Republic Commando: Triple Zero
 * Republic Commando: True Colors
 * Order 66: A Republic Commando Novel
 * Imperial Commando: 501st
 * Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons