[7][8] At the end of December 2021, in accordance with the combat training plan for 2021, special tactical exercises were held in the commando units.
Military personnel serving in commando units receive instruction in various skills, including assault climber, combat and patrolling techniques in urban areas, combat and reconnaissance in river basin, commando style raids, CQB/CQC, defusing and disposal of bombs and land mines, desert warfare, fast tactical shooting, field intelligence gathering, hand-to-hand combat, HUMINT, infiltrate and exfil the area with a helicopter, irrgular warfare, marksmanship, NBCR on operations in contaminated environments, parachuting, physical conditioning, reading a map and use compass for requesting artillery fire support and airstrike, SERE, special reconnaissance, skiing, sniper, support counterterrorism, and tactical first aid.
Verdiyev emphasizes that the formation of commando brigades holds significance in terms of aligning the Azerbaijani and Turkish armies and facilitating coordinated command structures.
[3] According to Russian military expert Igor Korotchenko, the creation of commando brigades is a new stage in the development of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and increasing their combat effectiveness.
Korotchenko also considers the creation of such brigades as Azerbaijan's military response to the continued presence of the Armenian Army in Karabakh.