A U.S. Army Ranger force under Colonel William Orlando Darby consisting of three U.S. Ranger battalions and two British Commando military.military_service was tasked with holding the mountain passes leading to Naples , but no plan existed for linking the Ranger force up with X Corps ' follow-up units .

Harjinder Singh Jinda was a member of a Sikh organisation Khalistan Commando military.military_service and one of the two assassins of Arun Vaidya ( the Chief of Indian army at the time of Operation Blue Star and architect of Operation Blue Star ) .

Sukhdev Singh Sukha was a member of the militant organization Khalistan Commando military.military_service and one of the assassins of Arun Vaidya , the Chief of Indian army at the time of Operation Blue Star and also the architect of Operation Blue Star .

Major Philip James Conyers Ashby QGM ( born 1970 ) is a former Royal Marines Commando military.military_service , notable for his escape and evasion in the jungles of Sierra Leone in 2000 .

Dave Devenney is a Church of Scotland Royal Navy Chaplain , notable for being one of the handful of Commando military.military_service chaplains .

William Edward `` Bill '' Sparks DSM ( 5 September 1922 – 1 December 2002 ) was a British Royal Marine Commando military.military_service World War II .

The Royal Netherlands Army Commando military.military_service Marco Kroon was the first individual recipient of the Military William Order ( the highest Dutch award for valour under fire , comparable to the Victoria Cross and the Medal of Honor ) since 1955 for actions in Uruzgan , Afghanistan .

The British force consisted of 42 Commando military.military_service 42 CDO ) , Royal Marines under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Nick Vaux 's Royal Marines ( he later became a general ) with artillery support from a battery of 29 Commando Regiment , Royal Artillery .

Assisted by Vietnamese Sea Commando military.military_service , he and VNN Petty Officer Nguyen Van Kiet went more than behind enemy lines and successfully rescued two of the downed American aviators .

In December , the FMG managed to cut Biafra in half , primarily by the efforts of 3 Marine Commando military.military_service of the Nigerian Army , led by then Colonel Benjamin Adekunle , popularly called `` The Black Scorpion '' , and later by Olusegun Obasanjo .