1st Raider / Paratrooper Brigade ( Greece ) The 1st Raider / Paratrooper Brigade , ( ) , " 1 TAXKD - AL - 1 Taxiarhia Katadromon - Alexiptotiston " , is a brigade - sized formation of elite Greek light infantry and special operations forces . The formation is more commonly referred to as the Raider Forces ( ) , and a soldier belonging to the Brigade a Raider ( ) . History . Sacred Company . The nucleus of the Raider units was the Sacred Company ( " Ieros Lochos " ) , a Free Greek unit of commandos attached to the Allied 1st Special Air Service ( 1 SAS ) Brigade during the Second World War . Its members consisted of mainly officers and NCOs who had fled to North Africa after the fall of Greece to Axis forces . After its formation in 1942 , the Sacred Company , also known as the Sacred Band , along with a unit of Free French troops and British commandos , formed the basis of L Detachment , a component of the SAS which specialised in hit - and - run raids on Axis airfields , ports and fuel dumps throughout North Africa . The Sacred Company was later transferred to the Greek theatre of operations , where they recaptured several eastern Aegean islands from Axis forces . After the liberation of Greece from German occupation , a proposal was made for the reformation of the Hellenic Armed Forces under British guidance . This proposal included the establishment of a small , highly trained , special warfare unit . LOK . When the Greek Civil War broke out in 1946 , the Greek Government decided to form a special warfare unit , primarily to help Greek royalist and British forces capture territory which was still in the hands of communist - inspired guerrillas . The Mountain Raider Companies or LOK ( , " Lochoi Oreinōn Katadromōn " ) , were formed on 20 January 1947 and began operations almost immediately in Greece ' s mountainous terrain . Beta Raider Squadron was formed at Vouliagmeni , Athens in August 1947 and took part in Civil War operations in Thessaly , Central Greece , Epirus , West Macedonia and Euboea . Delta Raider Squadron was established at the port city of Volos , Thessaly in December 1947 and operated in all regions of Greece during the Civil War . Epsilon Raider Squadron was formed in April 1949 and took part in Civil War operations until December 1949 . By 1949 , the LOK squadrons were so successful against the communist insurgents that the Raider Forces Command was expanded to two brigades . Gamma Raider Squadron , also formed in 1949 , was redesignated as an amphibious - capable unit in 1963 , while Alpha Raider Squadron , disbanded at the end of the Civil War , was reactivated in 1968 , and later re - formed as an amphibious unit in 1974 , after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus . In the late 1960s , the Greek Central Intelligence Service ( KYP ) , and the CIA became secretly involved with training and arming the " Lokatzides " . A tool of the KYP and CIA , a LOK detachment played a part in the coup d ' état of 1967 by storming and securing the Army General Staff buildings at Cholargos , Athens . Raider Forces . After the fall of the Papadopoulos regime , and the establishment of a democratic republic in 1975 , the LOK were dismantled and re - formed as the Raider Forces ( ) , and placed under the command of the Hellenic Army ' s Special Forces Command ( ) . A further restructuring of the Greek Army in 1996 saw the amalgamation of all Raider Forces regiments into the current Brigade formation . Uniform and unit insignia . 1st Raider / Paratrooper Brigade soldiers wear the standard - issue " Greek Lizard " camouflage BDUs of the Hellenic Army . Members of the Special Paratrooper Unit ( ETA ) and Z ' MAK may occasionally wear non - standard issue BDUs , depending on mission requirements . All members of the Brigade wear the unit insignia depicting a winged sword , representative of the " deadly , silent and swift " nature of special forces operations . A scroll runs across the sword and wings with the motto Who Dares Wins ( - " O Tolmon Nika " ) , a tribute to the Free Greek Special Forces that served with the 1 SAS Brigade during World War II . The unit flash is emblazoned with ΔΥΝΑΜΕΙΣ ΚΑΤΑΔΡΟΜΩΝ ( Raider Forces ) . While on operation , low - visibility patches are worn . All Raiders wear the green beret with the national emblem on the left . Structure . 1st Raider / Paratrooper Brigade in Rendina , Macedonia Force Delta . Members of ETA ( the HALO / HAHO - qualified Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol ( LRRP ) unit ) and Ζ΄ ΜΑΚ , the Amphibious reconnaissance formation , are all professional NCOs and Officers . They are the Brigade ' s contribution to the Defence Ministry ' s DESAA ( Diakladiko Epiheirisiako Stratigeio Amesis Antidrasis ) , the " Multi - Branch Operational Rapid Response Command " , along with the Hellenic Navy ' s DYK , and the Hellenic Air Force ' s 31 MEE . The formation is also known as Force Delta ( Dynami Delta ) .