History
of Paskal or Pasukan Khas Laut began in
1975, when The Royal Malaysian Navy saw
a need for a security regiment trained in
modern maritime warfare. It's main purpose
is to protect naval bases all over Malaysia.
At that time, the RMN main base was still
at KD Malaya (Woodlands, Singapore).
The
first batch of 30 officers and men were
sent to Surabaya, Indonesia and they were
initially trained by instructors from KOPASKA
(TNI-AL / Indonesian Navy Underwater Combat
Unit ).
On
1st October 1980, Paskal was officially
established when the Government started
to enforced the EEZ (Exclusive Economic
Zone) on Malaysian waters. Other than that,
there was also a requirement to protect
Malaysian offshore stations near the islands
of dispute, Spratly. Paskal was actually
the first team sent to occupy Layang-Layang
atoll on behalf of the Government.
"Sentiasa
Terbaik"
