The Task Forces
There is one Task Force per district, in total 5000 men. The Task Force is the speartip of the Norwegian Home Guard, and contains flexible and mobile units. It has top priority when concerning weapons, material and training resources. The Force is ready to respond within 24 hours to acts of terrorism, bomb threats, and or other emergencies.
The Task Force consists of several different units within each district. In this way, each district will be able to respond to any kind of incident that could occur, without having to rely on outside help. Each district (with some variations) will have trained operators in these different types of units:
- Jegertropp (Reconnaissance units)
- Skarpskyttertropp (Sharpshooter teams)
- MP-tjeneste (Military Police service)
- Hundetjenesten (K9 unit)
- ABC-tropp (NBC platoon)
- Stabstropp (Staff platoon - Communications, intelligence, transport & logistics)
- Dykkerlag (Diving team - Underwater reconnaissance, explosives-detection)
- Sanitetstropp (Medical unit)
- Sambandstropp (Communications unit)
- Innsatstropp (Force protection platoons)
- Kystmeldepost (Coastal observation posts)
- Bordingslag (Boarding team - Observation, control, inspection and takeover of ships/boats)
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