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- ↑ "RDF Training in Touwsriver" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-03.
- ↑ "Exercise Xena testing Maritime Reaction Squadron". DefenceWeb. 2009-11-26. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "SA Navy to commission Maritime Reaction Squadron". DefenceWeb. 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ↑ "SADF.info".
- ↑ Rottman, G; Pitta, R (27 May 1993). South African Special Forces. Elite. p. 31. ISBN 9781855322943.
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