initially, there were 34 personnel in bravo: 1 commanding officer, 3 group commander, and 30 troops. no information has been released about this unit from its limited formation until the end of the 1990s. in this vacuum, it is believed that its members were assigned into kopaskhasaus demonstration and training unit ("satdemolat"). it was only on 9 september 1999 that the special forces detachment was formally established.