The Diamond Dogs had a similar unit active during the 1980s, where they were deployed to various hotspots around the world to take on various jobs. However, unlike with MSF, it was not actually created until after Diamond Dogs had a firm foundation, namely, right after the Diamond Dogs extracted Huey and learned that Skull Face had a weapon that could surpass Metal Gear in the Angola-Zaire border region of Africa. However, individual soldiers were sent out to various missions in various hotspots around the world before then, including breaking through a blockade force, restoring the demilitarized zone, recapturing a coltan mine, searching and destroying remaining rebel forces, breaking through a cordon, liberating a hijacked Western resources corporation-owned tanker, and escorting a South