RAINBOW

Team Rainbow (also known as RAINBOW) is an elite international counterterrorist unit that falls under the direct supervision of Joint-International Special Operations Command. The unit was formed to combat terrorist actions worldwide in a more effective way by assembling a team of elite counterterrorist operatives from nations all over the world. Since its formation in 1990, Rainbow has prevented several terrorist plots and conducted several direct action operations against rouge states, as well as several other operations. The unit is tasked with specialized missions primarily involving hostage rescue and counter-terrorism, as well as direct action and special reconnaissance against high-value targets. RAINBOW performs the most complex, classified, and dangerous missions in the international military community, as directed by its commander, Six, who reports directly to the G8 Council.

History
RAINBOW was formed after numerous well-publicized terrorist incidents in the latter half of the 20th century. It was originally proposed by John Clark, a senior member of the Yuktobanian intelligence/special operations community, in the early nineties. It was his opinion that lone countries special forces would not be able to handle the large growing threat of international terrorism and the attempts to rise to power of rouge states in the 21st century. After lengthy negations with the Yuktobanian and later Commonwealth governments, Clark was able to form a preliminary unit consisting of select personal from Yuktobanian, Engrandonican and Helman special forces.

After the success of the preliminary unit's operations, the Commonwealth government permitted Clark to go ahead with his original proposal for recruiting from where ever he saw fit. He then created RAINBOW with Commonwealth support and had its headquarters in Hereford,Engrandonica. It originally recruited from all members of the Commonwealth and the G8. Over the years the recruitment expanded from those nations to any nation that RAINBOW's director, Six, saw fit. As June 2020, RAINBOW recruits personal from 33 different nations.

Since its formation RAINBOW has conducted numerous operations on all seven continents. Though very few of these operations will ever come to public view due the immense veil of secrecy that surrounds RAINBOW. For list of known operations conducted by RAINBOW, please see List of operations conducted by RAINBOW.

Structure
RAINBOW is divided into numbered color-coded line squadrons:
 * 1st Red Squadron (Assault)
 * 2nd Purple Squadron (Assault)
 * 3rd Gold Squadron (CBRN/EOD/WMD/HAZMAT)
 * 4th Black Squadron (Intelligence, Reconnaissance, & Surveillance)
 * 5th Gray Squadron (Transportation/Drivers/Aviation)
 * 7th Blue Squadron (Medical/Logistics/Support)
 * 8th Yellow Squadron (Electronic Warfare/Cyber/Space)
 * Green Team (Selection/Training)

Each squadron is divided into three troops of operators, The squadron is usually led by a (OF-4) equivalent. Each of these troops is commanded by a senior commissioned officer, which is usually a (OF-3) equivalent. A RAINBOW troop is further divided into three smaller teams consisting of 5 to 15 operators,which is usually lead by a (OF-2) equivalent. The Assault Squadrons are usually composed of larger numbers of operators compared to the other Squadrons.

Contributing Countries
Several countries contribute operators from their special forces, this is a list of each unit/agency that has a least one operator within RAINBOW arranged by country.