Howling Commandos

The Howling Commandos is a fictional military unit featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. They were first seen as the main support group featured in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #1 in May, 1963.

Overview
The original Howling Commandos was a military squad of the United States Army formed during World War II. Led by Sergeant Nick Fury, they participated in the European theater of operations. The group disbanded at the end of the war, with many of its members going to become key figures in the international spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D..

Years later, a special adjunct of S.H.I.E.L.D. was formed, which consisted of super-powered agents, many of which bore monstrous physical characteristics. Based out of Area 13 in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, this new group of Howling Commandos was sent to Afghanistan to stop a deal between the Lords of the Living Lightning and terrorists.

When S.H.I.E.L.D. was compromised following the "Secret Invasion", it was re-organized under new leadership and a new name - H.A.M.M.E.R.. Nick Fury saw the writing on the wall with this shifting change in wind and went underground. He formed his own cadre of "secret warriors", which became known as the Howling Commandos Private Military Company.