The 1º Batalhão de Ações de Comandos (1º BAC) (English: 1st Commando Actions Battalion), also known as Capitão Francisco Padilha Battalion, is a special forces unit of the Brazilian Army.
Máximo de confusão, morte e destruição na retaguarda profunda do inimigo (English: "Maximum confusion, death and destruction in the enemy's deep rearguard")
Brazilian special forces trace their history back to the Pernambucan Insurrection of the 17th century, when Brazilian-Portuguese fighters such as António Dias Cardoso and Captain Francisco Padilha, leading irregular forces and using guerrilla tactics, led a series of successful ambushes against the Dutch occupiers in the region, killing commanders such as Johan van Dorth and being decisive for halting the Dutch advance.[3][4] The Commando Actions unit was created in 1983, first as a company-sized element subordinate to the 1st Special Forces Battalion and later being added to its own separate battalion.[4]
During MINUSTAH, a force of around 20 men from the 1st Special Forces Battalion and 1st Commando Actions Battalion made up the Destacamento de Operações de Paz (Peace Operations Detachment) or Dopaz, a special operations unit responsible for high-risk missions such as special reconnaissance and direct action against leaderships of Haitian gangs, as well as leading the UN raids on neighbourhoods such as Bel Air, Cité Militaire and Cité Soleil from 2005 to 2007.[1] According to Brazilian SF General Sergio Schwingel, Dopaz's role in Haiti led to the UN creating a doctrine for the usage of special forces in peacekeeping operations worldwide.[1]
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^ abc"Dopaz: conheça a tropa de elite que o Brasil levou para pacificar as favelas violentas do Haiti" (in Portuguese). g1. 20 September 2017. from the original on 1 December 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^"Militares entram na Rocinha para conter a guerra do tráfico" (in Portuguese). g1. 22 September 2017. from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
^"Os 65 anos das Forças Especiais do Exército Brasileiro" (in Portuguese). 25 August 2022. from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ ab"BREVE HISTÓRICO DO 1° BATALHÃO DE AÇÕES DE COMANDOS" (in Portuguese). Special Operations Command. 3 September 2018. from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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