Sungai Udang Camp was certified as the ‘Home
of the Commandos’. Its achievements attracted
many volunteers from other corps. Lieutenant
Colonel Borhan bin Ahmad was the 
first
administrator of MSSG responsible for expanding
the Special Operations Forces. Various activities
including sports and other Army activities
were organized to get the SOF involved. Joint
programs are conducted with other countries
such as Britain, New Zealand, Australia and
the United States of America to improve knowledge
and get new experiences in special aspects
of SOF operations.
In the Third
Malaysia Plan and the expansion of the Armed
Forces, Special Warfare Training Centre
(SWTC) was established on 1 August 1976.
The function is to fulfill the training
requirements for the Special Forces Team.
After the establishment of SWTC, the Second
Regiment of Special Service was established
on 1 January 1977. All the three units were
based in Sungai Udang, Melaka. In 1979,
SWTC was fully established with Colonel
Borhan bin Ahmad as the Commandant
The Special
Forces Directorate was established in the
Ministry of Defense on 4 April 1980. Further
to this, in January 1981, Markas Grup Gerak
Khas was established in Imphal Camp, Kuala
Lumpur. The establishment of the Special
Operations Forces group also involved other
elements such as the combat support units
and service support units. At the same time
the names of the commando units were redesignated
to 21st Regiment Para Commando and 22nd
Regiment Para Commando.
The 11st and
12nd Special Service Regiment were established
in Sungai Udang Camp on 1 April 1981. The
two regiments were to assist in commando
duties. In line with the Armed Forces organization,
the 12nd Special Service Regiment was disbanded
and its members were deployed to other combat
units. Further to this development, the
the designation for the Para Commando Regiment
was changed to the Commando Regiment. In
1983, 22nd Commando Regiment moved to Kuala
Kubu Baru due to insufficient facilities
in Sungai Udang Camp. All
three as well as the Royal Malaysian Navy's
Paskal will be soon moving out to the new
SOF base in Mersing, facing the South China
Sea unlike the Sungai Udang which is facing
the very busy waterway of the Straits of
Malacca. Sungai Udang Camp is very small
and lacking in many facilities for a good
SOF base and training centre. It is also
near a massive oil refinery and countless
condominium projects which make it no good
for security and practical reasons.
