The Special Operations Unit is primarily charged of carrying out special purposes military police missions, execution of protective, combat missions both in peace and in war, especially for overcoming resistance and destroying discovered and surrounding sabotage-terrorist, kidnapping, and rebellious groups. In other words, they are in charge for making secret war without involving the military. Most of the Jinavians who know SOU's existence and true role call them the “Dirty Band”, accusing it of engaging in collective punishment, aimed at intimidating south-eastern civilians. The Special Operations Unit is quite extraneous to the rest of the Armed Forces, and is trained in peculiar contrast to the rest of the Gendarmerie. When unleashed, it could provoke devastating results. When involved