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In November of last year, the Latvian rock band Refleksija<\/a> published a music video titled \"Karav\u012brs\" (Soldier), dedicated to the NBS SUV<\/strong>, that is, the Nacion\u0101lo Bru\u0146oto Sp\u0113ku Speci\u0101lo Uzdevumu Vien\u012bba (Special Task Force of the National Armed Forces). Usually known as SUV, it is an elite military unit founded on September 19, 1991<\/strong>, after the recovery of Latvian independence. It was initially formed as a Battalion attached to the Latvian Security Service. In 1994 it became dependent on the Naval Forces<\/strong>, in the style of the US Navy SEALs, and in 1999 it became an independent unit of the Armed Forces<\/strong>, in the style of Poland's special operations units. Very little is known about SUV operations, since their missions are secret.<\/strong> Despite having very small armed forces (they do not reach 15,000 troops), Latvia has participated in missions such as EUTM Mali<\/strong>, Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan<\/strong> (where Latvia maintains 40 soldiers today: there have died four soldiers from that country), Operation Sophia in Libya<\/strong> and Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq<\/strong> and Syria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Refleksija music video talks about the son of a member of the SUV, who finds his father's green beret<\/strong> (in Latvia, as in other countries, it is the distinctive garment of the special forces). In the video various images of SUV operators appear during combat training in enclosed spaces<\/strong>, and also images of the hard tests that applicants have to pass to be part of this unit. As a curiosity, in the video appears an ancient Latvian warrior covered with a wolf's skin<\/strong>, a warrior that appears on the emblem of the SUV<\/a>, on the Aka or Double Cross, a symbol formed by four intersecting stripes<\/a> that in the Latvian culture represents the Earth and the sun, experience and knowledge. The Aka is the best known SUV symbol.<\/strong> Their operators wear it in his beret and in the patch of his right arm.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48524680742_687093cc96_b.jpg\")
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