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The Special Support and Reconnaissance Company (SSR)

Special Support and Reconnaissance Company (SSR)
- the national special unit of the Danish Army Home Guard.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Special Support & Reconnaissance Company (SSR) is the Danish Army Home Guard national special unit, specialized in Special Reconnaissance (SR) and providing Combat Support (CS) to Special Operations Forces (SOF).

The Danish Army Home Guard Special Support & Reconnaissance Company supports both national and international missions of the Danish Defense, and are capable of supporting the Danish Special Operations Forces with both patrols and staff personel.
This places high demands on the individual soldier of the all-volunteer (V) unit.

The soldiers of the SSR goes through a special selection, are special trained and are specially equipped in order to conduct information collection in a demanding tactical enviorment. 

SSR can conduct conventional Reconnaissance & Survelliance (R&S) missions and Special Reoconnaissance (SR) missions, and is an ISR asset avalible to the Danish Defense including the Danish Special Operations Command (SOKOM).

Herritage: 
The unit was officially formed as part of the Danish Army Home Guard on the 9th. of April 1959 as the Special Intelligence Patrols. In 1995 unit changed into the Patrol Company Land Command Zeeland. From 2001 until 2006 the unit was known as the Patrol Company to The Army Operational Command (PTL COY / AOC), and was the only remaining Long Range Surveillance Company (LRSC/LRRP) avalible to the Danish Army. As of 1/1-2007 this special reconnaissance company was made avalible to all branches of the Danish Defense, and given the name: ​The Special Support & Reconnaissance Company (SSR).  


More about SSR:

  - www.ssr.dk (Recruting & Selection website, in Danish)

 - SSR - Hjemmeværnet (SSR website in Danish)

 - www.facebook.com/ssr.hjv - Official Facebook page of SSR 

 - www.instagram.com/ssr.dk - Official Instagram page of SSR 

 - www.twitter.com/SSRDK - Official twitter account of SSR

 - www.youtube.com/patruljekompagniet - videos related to SSR

 

Contact SSR:

Telephone: (+45) 70 22 65 04

Contact form (send e-mail to SSR) / e-mail: hvkSSR@hjv.dk 



Public Affairs & Press-requests: 

Peter Nikolaj Grøn Jensen
1LT, Public Affairs Officer, 
S9 / Information Branch, SSR
e-mail: hvkSSR-LdS9@hjv.dk


Postal adress:

SSR
Flyvestation Skalstrup
Køgevej 167 B, 
4621 Gadstrup
Denmark

  SSR Insignia

SSR insignia / badge
Hjemmeværnskommandoen - Vordingborg Kaserne - Sankelmarksvej 26 - 4760 Vordingborg Telefon: +45 7282 0000 - E-mail: hjk@hjv.dk - EAN:5798000201224 - Tilgængelighedserklæring