page_title: Special Action Force
section_title: Commanders
hierarchical_section_title: Special Action Force / Commanders
caption_attribution_description: English: Profile picture of the incumbent NCRPO Chief, PDIR Carmelo C Valmoria PNP
context_page_description: The Special Action Force is the elite unit of the Philippine National Police founded by Fidel V. Ramos. SAF Commandos have received training from the Hostage Rescue Team, Critical Incident Response Group, RAID and Yamam. The Anti-Terrorist Unit of the PNP-SAF is responsible for nationwide police counter-terrorism operations nationwide.
  SAF members are required to undergo the SAF COMMANDO Course to be allowed to wear the SAF Beret. It also serves as the foundation course or requisite for other SAF specialization trainings such as Explosives and Ordnance Disposal, Basic Airborne Course, Urban Counter Revolutionary Warfare, SCUBA-BUSROC, SAF Seaborne Warfare Course and others.
  SAF troopers are assigned anywhere in the country. Training occurs at the unit headquarters at Fort Sto. Domingo with its Air Unit stationed at the PNP Hangar in Pasay City.
  The SAF has an official magazine known as "Tagaligtas".
context_section_description: The list are the directors who had commanded the SAF.
caption: PDIR Carmelo E Valmoria PNP is one of the former chiefs of the PNP-SAF.
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