What is Kommando Spezialkräfte?
{{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Kommando Spezialkräfte |image=Kommando Spezialkräfte (Bundeswehr).svg |caption=KSK unit badge |country={{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]] |type=[[Special Forces]] |branch=[[German Army]] |dates=1996 (Created)<br/> 1997 (Activated)–Present |specialization=Hostage rescue, Airborne operations, Direct Action, Unconventional Warfare, Counter-Insurgency, Anti-Terror, Covert Operations, Intelligence operations |command_structure=[[Special Operations Division (Germany)|Special Operations Division]] |size=1,100 soldiers, 200–300 participating in combat operations |current_commander=[[Brigadier General]] (''Brigadegeneral'') Heinz Feldmann, since September 2010 |garrison=[[Calw]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]] |ceremonial_chief= |nickname= |motto=''Facit Omnia Voluntas'' (lat. The will is decisive ) <ref>Reinhard Scholzen: ''KSK – Das Kommando Spezialkräfte der Bundeswehr'', Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2004, {{ISBN|3-613-02384-9}}, S. 108</ref> |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles=[[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br>[[Kosovo War]]<br>Afghanistan ([[Operation Enduring Freedom]], [[Battle of Tora Bora]], [[Operation Anaconda]], [[Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan]], [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]]) |notable_commanders=[[Brigadier General]] (''Brigadegeneral'') Hans-Christoph Ammon |anniversaries= |decorations=[[Image:U.S. Navy Unit Commendation streamer.svg|200px|center|Navy and Marine P.U.C.]][[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|United States Navy Presidential Unit Citation]] for KSK-members of [[Task Force K-Bar]] }} The '''KSK Kommando Spezialkräfte''' ''(Special Forces Command, KSK)'' is an elite military unit of [[Germany]]. Its soldiers are handpicked from each of the ranks of Germany’s army, the [[Bundeswehr]]. The KSK is organised as such under the ''Division Spezielle Operationen'' (Special Operations Division, DSO). KSK operators are performing joint anti-terror operations, mostly in the [[Balkans]] and [[Middle East]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Related