Combat Applications Cadre

The Joint Special Warfare Cadre of the MRD, commonly known by its founding name Combat Applications Cadre, is the tier-one special warfare unit of the Armed Forces of the UASR, under the direct command of the Main Reconnaissance Directorate of the Stavka. The force was founded in the early years of the World Revolutionary War to coordinate commando actions and integration into the partisan movement in the German-occupied territory of the Soviet Union. Its role expanded to support communist-aligned partisans globally and to conduct highly politically sensitive sabotage and assassination work against Axis-aligned groups and individuals in neutral territories. After the war, the previously Army aligned unit was transferred to become directly subordinate to the foreign intelligence service MRD, and assumed its present Joint Army/Navy status on 11 August 1955.

The Cadre's role expanded in the Cold War to serve as the tier-one special warfare service, tasked with special reconnaissance and clandestine direct-action attacks, as well as the neutralization of enemy special warfare groups. Personnel are almost exclusively recruited from within special warfare units such as the Army Rangers, Navy Frogmen, and Marine Force Recon.