Navy Special Action Regiment
The Navy Special Action Rgiment (RASM) in Arabic: الفوج العمل الخاص للبحرية also known as "Commandos Marine", or "مغاوير البحرية" in Arabic, is a special forces regiment belonging to the Algerian naval forces. History. The Special Action Regiment of the Navy is a special forces regiment of the Algerian naval forces. It was in 2005 that the first promotion of commandos was born, they were directly affiliated to the Régiments de Fusiliers Marins (RFM) as a detachment of fighter commandos (DCC). The first promotions also benefited from a commando course at the EFCIP in Boghar. There  were 4 commando sections within the marine fusiliers regiments (RFM). However, it was decided to gather all the commando and combat diver sections in order to create a new special operations regiment for the Algerian Navy. In addition, the RASM took over the combat divers of the former special intervention group (GIS) shortly after the latter was disbanded in 2015. Missions. The mission of the RASM is : Organization. The RASM has several companies with various specialties: Each company includes a group specialized in hostage rescue on maritime or land targets, which are hostage rescue groups. However, divers are divided into  2 parts, there are the combat divers, and the clearance divers. Training and coaching. The marine commandos are directly recruited within the marine rifle regiments, to become a marine commando it is mandatory to be a marine rifleman to participate in the selections. Future commandos are trained at the Ecole d'application des troupes de marine (EATM) in Jijel. Firstly, the marine riflemen who want to join the marine commandos have to pass a one-week selection phase at the EATM. At the end of the selection phase, if the candidate is selected, he will continue his studies with a commando  training course, and will start the marine commando training at the school. The duration of their training is 4 months, the training is based on three axes: Apart from this training, the focus is on diving, which consists of carrying out Maritime Commandos Operations (MCO), the objective is to be able to carry out attacks on coastal targets. In addition, marine commandos also take part in training abroad, in particular in the United States with the US Navy Seals, US Marines, Spanish FGNE, Tunisian marine commandos among others. Equipment and armament. Armament. The marine commandos are always in double equipment  during their actions (automatic pistol + assault rifle), however according to the speciality and the mission the weapons can change, for example the divers do not have the same armament as the assault units... Assault rifle. Moreover, the assault rifles are custom made for each operator.