It consists of: Soon after Lithuania re-established its independence from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990, the need arose to form armed units.

After the 9/11 terror attacks, the main tasks of the Special Mission Unit became counter-terrorism, terrorist liquidation and hostage rescue.

[5] Members of the Special Mission Unit are called Žaliukai, meaning green-men and were named after the Forest Brothers.

After a 2007 reorganization, the Combat Divers Unit was established, whose main task became special underwater and surface operations.

The first public acknowledgment of the existence of Specialiųjų Operacijų Junginys (SOJ) "Aitvaras" (Special Operations Unit "Cockatrice") was in 2000, when Lithuanian sailors were captured in Guinea.