GRUMEC

Combat Divers Group
Combat Divers Group
Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate
	"Ordem do Tubarão" (Order of the Shark) Insignia
Active	10 March 1998
Country	Brazil
Allegiance	Submarine Force Command
Branch	Brazilian Navy
Type	Special forces
Role	Special operations; Special reconnaissance; Counter terrorism; Hostage rescue; Direct action; Amphibious reconnaissance; Unconventional warfare;
Size	Classified
Garrison/HQ	Mocanguê Grande Island, Niterói, RJ
Nickname(s)	"Tubarões" (Sharks)
Motto(s)	Fortuna Audaces Sequitur ("Fortune follows the brave")
Engagements	United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti; Security operations in Brazil; United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon; Anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Guinea;
Insignia
GRUMEC Brief

The Combat Divers Group (Portuguese: Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Combate), abbreviated to GRUMEC, is a special operations and Counterterrorism unit of the Brazilian Navy. Their main attributions include tasks such as reconnaissance, sabotage, hostage rescue and the elimination of targets of strategic value in maritime and riverine environments.

Subordinate to the Submarine Force Command, GRUMEC teams can be deployed from one of the Navy's vessels as well as via rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft, mini-submarines, kayaks, via diving or in inflatable boats that can be launched from the submarine while it is still under water.

A member of the force is known as a "MEC", which is an abbreviation of "mergulhador de combate", meaning "combat diver".

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