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The "Patruljekompagni" (the Patrol Company) is a Special Operations Capable, LRS-unit to the Danish Home Guard who can trace their origin back to "Specielle Efterretningspatruljer ved Østre Landskommando - SEP/ELK" and "Specielle Efterretningspatruljer ved Hærens Operative Kommando - SEP/HOK" or "Special Intelligence Patrols" which were operative from 1959 to December of 1994.
The Home Guard closed the SEP units in 1994 and in 1995, the Home Guard founded The "Patruljekompagni / HOK" or "the Patrol Company Army Operational Command" (PTL COY AOC)which is the successor to the SEP units.
This Long Range Survelliance Company is highly trained and carry sophisticated equipment such as night vision goggles, combat assault vests etc. The PTL COY AOC patrols are the equivalent of the US Army Divisional Long Range Survelliance Companies. PTLCOY-troopers are capable of performing a variety of missions, such as surveilance, direct action etc. with insertions from the sea, air or land.
Training is conducted with Danish and foreign Special Operations units and Long Range Survelliance-units, in Denmark and abroad.
Members of the PTLCOY are all-out volunteers recruited from all over the Danish Home Guard. The men rank from Sergeants to Captains.
Although the PTLCOY are of Home Guard origin, they are a unit specialised in recognition and tactical intelligence, considered by some to be comparable to the US Army Special Forces, LRS-units and the British Territorial Army SAS Reconnaissance units in terms of LRS-capabilities.
The Patrols of the Army Homeguard Battalions are a platoon-size scout-unit with limited range and capabilities. They can conduct basic Recce-patrols in enemy area for 48 hours, and have no LRS capabilities.
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