The unit is based on and continually trains with its American counterpart, the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets).

[5] A British businessman, Allan Hyrons, 70, and his wife, Wilma, were rescued by the 2nd Special Forces Battalion with support from the 11th Infantry “Alakdan” Division who found them abandoned at the forested areas of Mt.

Piahan, the boundary of Barangays Silangkan and Kaha in Parang, Sulu in the morning of 25 November 2019.

Upon assignment to the Special Forces, soldiers are made to undergo the Basic Airborne Course.

Upon graduating SFCQC, they will now undergo the Special Forces Assessment and Qualification System (SFAS) which is a two-week course designed to push students to their physical and mental limits.

These include, but is not limited to, training in air assaults, anti-guerilla operations, close quarter combats, counter-insurgency, counter-intelligence, counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, jungle warfare and reconnaissance missions.