The group consisted of 8–10[4] Germans from Einsatzkommando 3, commanded by SS-Obersturmführer Joachim Hamann, and several dozens of Lithuanians from the 3rd company of the Tautinio Darbo Apsaugos Batalionas (TDA), commanded by Bronius Norkus.[5] The unit had no permanent structure and was called for ad hoc missions in various towns in Lithuania.