Brazilian Special Operations Brigade The Brazilian Special Operations Brigade ( Portuguese : " Brigada de Operações Especiais " - " Bda Op Esp " ) is one of Brazilian Army brigades . The headquarters are located in Goiânia , more easily to go anywhere in the country , when necessary . Creation of Bda Op Esp . For its creation , the Army Command issued decrees organizing the core of the Brigade ( Nu Bda Op Esp ) , reporting initially to the Brigade Parachute Infantry . Most of its subordinate organizations were stationed in the area of Camboatá ( West Zone of Rio de Janeiro ) , where he was the 1st BFEsp , whose commander served , cumulatively , in the initial phase , the command of Nu Bda Op Esp and management of project deployment . Missions . The Bda Op Esp can be used efficiently to provide the deterioration of the military capabilities of the enemy , through direct or indirect actions against their logistics infrastructure , its systems of command and control ( C2 ) and aerospace defense , forcing him to commit resources to defend its rear . Among the large repertoire of missions and capabilities of Bda Op Esp stand out : ability to deploy the enemy ' s rear ; collect information from the battlefield ; perform search , destruction , neutralization and interdiction of targets of significant value ; guided air strikes ; rescue personal friend ; kidnap enemy personnel ; plan and conduct operations in irregular warfare : subversion . sabotage . escape and evasion . driving resistance movements ( guerrilla ) forces against invading larger , alongside the regular actions undertaken by the Brazilian Armed Forces . counterinsurgency . counterterrorist operations like : rescue of hostages on airplanes , banks , subway or boat ; VIP security and strategic facilities ; attack on terrorist bases ; deactivation of explosives ; monitoring of terrorist groups . The Bda Op Esp is extremely flexible , with a little rigid organization and a variety of techniques , procedures and available resources . The SP could conduct operations deep with minimal direction and support , providing greater opportunities to land operations ( tactical and strategic ) to attack the enemy where and when it is most vulnerable . The Bda Op Esp is effectively able to carry out deep and intervene with opportunity , as soon as possible in crisis situations , doing missions for prompt response , and has this strategic mobility afforded by the availability of adequate resources , particularly air travel , which are provided mainly at the strategic level by FAB , and may also participate in the Flight of the Army and Naval Aircraft , in accordance with the requirements . What is there is no doubt that the Bda Op Esp is extremely lethal , especially in its command actions that are directed against targets of significant value , preferably strategic , in accordance with the Plan of Prohibition Theater of Operations . Command actions are characterized by surprise and aggressiveness with which they are developed in hostile areas and typically under the control of the enemy , requiring precision in its planning and execution , because the commands become vulnerable after strongly denounced his presence . Yet men of Bda Op Esp are able to gain the relative superiority and destroy , neutralize or interdict aerodrome surveillance radar , antiaircraft batteries , port facilities , dams and dikes , bridges and roads , facilities and other command and control . The command actions loom large in importance before the limitations of the Air Force , and can be designed to support and / or complement a campaign aeroestratégica . The secondments Actions Commands are lethal weapons and accurate . The Bda Op Esp is the main arm of the Rapid Action Force which is supplemented by the following units : Brigade Parachute Infantry , 12th Light Infantry Brigade ( Aeromovel ) and the Army Aviation Squadron . The Rapid Action Force it is a cluster with a radius of national action , capable of acting in the Amazon to the Pampas in the south , with maximum use of available technology to ensure speed means action by air , land and water , and still capable of making chemical defense - usually required in terrorist actions . At your disposal , this elite force has sophisticated equipment such as laptop computers , night vision goggles , backpack with equipment for action in the jungle and other items not in conventional military action . The Bda Op Esp also conducts joint operations with other units of the Brazilian Army and Navy and also the Air Force .