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| rdfs:label | - Special Warfare Diving and Salvage
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| rdfs:comment | - The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (Bengali: স্পেশাল ওয়ারফেয়ার ডাইভিং অ্যান্ড স্যালভেজ) or SWADS is an elite Special Operations Force of the Bangladesh Navy. The SWADS are professional soldiers and are recruited through the Bangladesh Navy. The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) is organized, trained and equipped along the lines of SEAL/UDT teams of the United States Navy SEALs and the Republic of Korea Navy UDT/SEAL.
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| Role | - Primary tasks:
*Special reconnaissance
Other roles:
* Anti piracy.
* Counter insurgency.
* Counter narcotics.
* Counter terrorism.
* Covert insertions/extractions.
* Hostage rescue and personnel recovery.
* Hydro-graphic reconnaissance.
* Intelligence gathering.
* Raid.
* Underwater demolition.
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| Type | - Special Operations Force, SEALS / UDT
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| Unit Name | - Special Warfare Diving and Salvage
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| abstract | - The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (Bengali: স্পেশাল ওয়ারফেয়ার ডাইভিং অ্যান্ড স্যালভেজ) or SWADS is an elite Special Operations Force of the Bangladesh Navy. The SWADS are professional soldiers and are recruited through the Bangladesh Navy. The Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) is organized, trained and equipped along the lines of SEAL/UDT teams of the United States Navy SEALs and the Republic of Korea Navy UDT/SEAL. The SWADS are composed of one unit. Although information about individual units is classified, the size of the organization is believed to be around thousand and its command centre is in the southern port city of Chittagong. Its base is formally known as "Nirvik".
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