JW GROM operators gained the nickname of "The Surgeons" due to their extensive medical training and knowledge and their surgical ability to coordinate and execute special operations.
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10 Facts About JW GROM
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JW GROM was formed in 1990 with training provided to the initial JW GROM operators by the US Army Delta Force and the British Army Special Air Service.
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JW GROM, which stands for Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego, which means "thunder", is one of five special forces units in the Special Troops Command.
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JW GROM gathered around himself a group of like-minded and professional soldiers, functionaries and set about choosing soldiers that would be fit for special operations.
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Currently, Jednostka Wojskowa JW GROM is co-operating with similar units of other NATO countries.
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SEAL and JW GROM units continued to cooperate throughout the rest of the invasion phase, with raids and anti-sniper missions in Baghdad.
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JW GROM sniper aided Det One's in its first "real" mission - a close target reconnaissance operation - in which the sniper apprehended the target,.
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In 2007, US Army Special Forces, Polish JW GROM conducted Operation Jackal against insurgents in Diwaniyah.
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Candidates applying to serve in JW GROM have to pass psychological and durability tests, along with the so-called truth test, a physically and psychologically exhausting field test designed to filter out the weaker applicants.
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JW GROM receives basic special operations training from the Swedish Navy's Special Command for Tactical Operations based in Karlskrona, Sweden's primary Naval Base.
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