Army Ranger Wing (cork)

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The Army Ranger Wing is the special operations branch of the Corkonian Army, it was established in the Corkonian Armed Forces 2024 Re-Organisation Act in which a call for a team tasked with special operations, such as sabotage, infiltration, airborne and counter terrorism would be needed.

History

Previous Special Forces

An old decommissioned "Training Area" for the C.P.G

A Cork Presidential Guard Uniform

In Cork during the 2020-2022 period the main special operations unit was the "Cork Presidential Guard" (C.P.G) of which their goal was too protect and serve the Ceannaire directly. This unit though was extremely ineffective, disorganised and was eventually decommissioned when it proved incapable of performing its duties of which were not even needed. The C.P.G was one of many S.O.F (Special Operations Forces) units within the Corkonian Army, others included the "Men In Black" and the previous airborne troops however they were removed from the special forces designation.

The Corkonian Presidential Guard served as an example of what not too do with special forces, throughout Cork's history from 2022 onwards there were no attempts to re-establish a special forces unit. However, this did not ensure the Corkonian Army did not have units designated for special tasks, the Airborne and Marine corps were designated too be Special Operations Forces with their goals being infiltration and specialised assaults on enemies.

During the Dalmatian Offensive the Corkonian Army detached the 1st Foreign Response Company, this in itself was seen as the first attempt since the Cork Presidential Guard too create a special operations forces and one that can be deployed across the European continent at will. The 1st Foreign Response Company itself was not special forces however it was not a part of the regular army, it was an independent company that was haste fully thrown together consisting of troops from existing units,

Overtime as Cork's position on the world stage dwindled and its army becoming less deployed the need for special operation units diminished and so the Special Operations Forces were completely removed in favour of regular infantry. There was a period in the Corkonian Army in which there was airborne and marine troops, additionally it was proposed numerous times too establish new special forces with the Corkonian Government announcing plans four times for new special forces.

Creation

Under "Future Warfare" Section §1.F Corkonian Armed Forces 2024 Re-Organisation Act it states that the Corkonian Army would established a Battalion sized unit tasked with cross-world special operations and explicitly purposed to be designed around the Celtic Union's own Army Ranger Wing. The creation was ordered by the King of Cork grandhappy who stated "With our position in the world, both geographically, historically and geopolitcally, with previous threats such as the The Incursion, the Cork-Lietuvan War and numerous other conflicts, we need a force that can deploy across the world in three days or less, a force that can project our ideals and protect our sovereignty in lands not considered home."

Roles

The Army Ranger Wing roles are divided between "wartime" operations ("Green Role") and anti-terrorism ("Black Role"), the latter known formally as military Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP). All taskforces are trained in both Black and Green roles.

Military Tasks

• securing of vital objectives
• long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP)
• razzias (raids)
• ambushes
• sabotage
• capture of key personnel
• diversionary operations
• intelligence gathering
• VIP protection
• counter-insurgency
• training in and conduct of specialist operations
• delay operations

Aid to the civil power tasks (Black Role)

• anti-hijack operations

hostage rescue operations airborne and seaborne interventions search operations - specialist tasks on land or sea pursuit operations recapture of terrorist-held objectives VIP security operations/close protection of VIPs contingency planning to counter terrorist/subversive threats