Members of the unit receive extensive training at the Jandarma School at Foça and also from selected Turkish Armed Forces instructors.

[6] Unit members are in the 16-week training rooms at the Gendarmerie Commando Terrorist Operations School Command in Foça.

All kinds of light weapons, mortar use, rocket launcher training, maneuvering under fire, destroying targets, mountaineering, GPS, long distance navigation, camouflage, being able to withstand fatigue and insomnia, making the right decision under stress, adaptation to different climate and geographical situations, fighting in urban areas, explosive recognition and detection, helicopter evacuation, basic helicopter steering, transition through waterways, basic diving, melee combat,[7] survival, boat operations.

At the end of the training, the student will have the ability to plan and conduct special operations in buildings, land, air and railway vehicles in all kinds of terrain and climatic conditions at home and abroad.

In Combat Physical Education classes, basic movements such as pull-ups, sit-ups and push-ups are performed.

The reason behind for being outside of the conflict area is Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front or DHKP-C Insurgency [10][11] [13] There is EfeMonument in Barracks [14] [15][16] Badge : [17]