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  13-69. During adaptive operations, the OPFOR may increase the level of
  SPF actions in the enemy rear area. The national-level SPF Command provides
  the ability to attack both regional and extraregional enemies throughout
  their strategic depth. Strategic reconnaissance by SPF in support of national
  intelligence requirements is an essential element of access-control operations.
  In addition to its own direct action against enemy forces and installations, the
  SPF Command can also support operations of irregular forces.
  13-70. The OPFOR has trained SPF as alternate means of delivering nuclear,
  biological, or chemical (NBC) munitions packages it may develop for them.
  This provides a worldwide strategic means of NBC delivery that is not limited
  to the range of the missiles of the Strategic Forces.
  INTEGRATED FIRES COMMAND
  13-71. An IFC may include an SPF unit as one of its many components (see
  Chapters 2 and 7). At OSC level, the SPF component provides the OPFOR
  the ability to attack both regional and extraregional enemies throughout
  their strategic depth. They conduct operations to achieve strategic military,
  political, economic, and/or psychological objectives or to achieve tactical or
  operational goals in support of strategic objectives. Such operations may have
  either long-range or immediate impact on the enemy.
  COMMANDOS
  13-72. The SPF Command also includes elite commando units. Like SPF units,
  commandos normally operate in territory not controlled by the State. Normally,
  personnel selected for commando units come from soldiers who have already
  served 3 to 7 years in other combat arms. In addition to proficiency in various
  infantry-type tactics, they receive training for more specialized commando mis-
  sions, with emphasis on infiltrating and fighting in complex terrain and at night.
  Command and Control
  13-73. In the administrative force structure, commando battalions are
  subordinate to the SPF Command. For administrative purposes, these battal-
  ions may be grouped under a commando brigade headquarters. However,
  commandos are employed as battalions, companies, platoons, and squads or as
  small teams, depending on the type of mission. Commandos are elite units,
  specially trained for missions in enemy territory. When assigned such mis-
  sions, the commando units may disperse into small teams (typically 5 to 12
  men). These small teams are harder to detect during infiltration and provide
  the ability to attack many targets simultaneously to achieve maximum effect.
  However, based on factors such as the enemy situation and the size of the tar-
  get, the individual teams may come together temporarily to form commando
  detachments. If necessary, they can re-form into platoon- to company-size
  units to perform attacks against critical military and civilian targets.
  13-74. Commando units can be allocated in a constituent or dedicated status
  to be task organized as part of an OSC or of a division or brigade tactical group
  (DTG or BTG) based on a regular ground forces organization. Even is such cases,
  however, the reason for incorporating a commando unit into such an organization
  normally would be to perform specialized commando missions that contribute to