[1] However, it is from 2013 that most of the current units were created following the reorganization of the GIN wanted by the command of the national gendarmerie, their mission panel was thus enlarged and their organization was modified.
[citation needed] The SSI and GIN units are quite similar in terms of equipment and are easily confused by the population, however their mission panels are quite different from each other.
[1] The GIN's mission is: GIN members are recruited directly into IG units or directly into gendarmerie brigades, they are therefore trained at the level of the special intervention detachment (DSI) in combat sports, shooting, combat in urban and semi-urban areas.
[2] Some members are also trained in parachuting at the level of the Higher School for Special Troops (ESTS) in Biskra as well as in commando techniques at the Commando Training and Parachuting Initiation School (EFCIP) in Boghar.
In addition, every year a large-scale exercise is held in each military region where these are evaluated.