The Indian Marine Special Force, as the MARCOS was then known, helped capture the harbours of Jaffna and Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Operations undertaken by MARCOS usually remain classified some of the known operations are: As of 2012, the MARCOS has about 2,000 personnel though the exact number remains classified. The force has undertaken numerous joint exercises with special forces from around the world. The MARCOS are capable of undertaking operations in all types of terrain but are specialised in maritime operations. The IMSF was renamed as 'Marine Commando Force' in 1991. In February 1987, the Indian Marine Special Force (IMSF) officially came into existence and the three officers were its first members. They later went on training exchanges with the Special Boat Service. Three volunteer officers from the diving unit, which was created in 1955, were selected and underwent training courses with the United States Navy SEALs at Coronado.
In April 1986, the Indian Navy started planning for the creation of a special forces unit that would be capable of undertaking missions in a maritime environment, conducting raids and reconnaissance, and counter-terrorism operations. In 1983, the Indian Army formation called 340th Army Independent Brigade was converted into an amphibious assault unit and a series of joint airborne-amphibious exercises were conducted in later years. After the war ended, army units were often drafted into amphibious exercises. Subsequently, during the war, the Indian Navy assisted the Indian Army in landing operations against the Pakistani military base in Cox's Bazar. The combat divers had also taught basic underwater demolition training to insurgents from Bangladesh, who were then sent on missions during the war but did not cause any substantial damage to Pakistani military installations. The combat divers failed to achieve their desired outcomes during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 as they were not adequately trained for sabotage missions. In 1955, the Indian military established a diving school at Cochin with the assistance of the British Special Boat Service and began teaching combat divers skills such as explosive disposal, clearance, and salvage diving.
Statue of a Marine Commando on display at Visakha Museum
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