Editing Timor-Leste Defence Force (section)

===Special forces===
Since 2022 the F-FDTL [[special forces]] unit Unidade Falintil has reported directly to the Chief of the General Staff.<ref name="Decreto-Lei n.º 66/2022">{{cite journal |title=Decreto-Lei n.º 66/2022 : Estatuto orgânico da Unidade FALINTIL |journal=Jornal da República |date=31 August 2022 |volume=Série I |issue=35 |pages=1606 |url=https://www.mj.gov.tl/jornal/public/docs/2022/serie_1/SERIE_I_NO_35.pdf |access-date=24 December 2024 |publisher=Publicação Oficial Da República Democrática De Timor - Leste |language=Portuguese |oclc=318389055|ref={{SfnRef|Jornal da República Série I No.35|2022}}| trans-title=Organic statute of Unidade FALINTIL}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Governo timorense aprova criação de unidade para operações especiais nas forças armadas |url=https://observador.pt/2022/07/13/governo-timorense-aprova-criacao-de-unidade-para-operacoes-especiais-nas-forcas-armadas/ |access-date=24 December 2024 |work=[[Observador]] |agency=[[Lusa News Agency]] |date=13 July 2022 |language=Portuguese|trans-title=Timorese government approves creation of unit for special operations in the armed forces}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FALINTIL Unit – Special Forces|url=https://f-fdtl.mil.tl/en/componentffdtl/land/falintil-special-unit-commander |website=[[Timor-Leste Defence Force]] |date=4 December 2024 |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> The unit's size is equivalent to a [[Company (military unit)|company]] with an authorised strength of 162 personnel who wear a green [[beret]].{{sfn|Jornal da República Série I No.35|2022|pp=1607, 1611-1612}}