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Army Ranger Wing
Summary
The Army Ranger Wing (ARW) (Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm, "SFA") is the special operations force of the Irish Defence Forces, the military of Ireland. A branch of the Irish Army, it also selects personnel from the Naval Service and Air Corps. It serves at the behest of the Defence Forces and Government of Ireland, operating internally and overseas, and reports directly to the Chief of Staff. The ARW was established in 1980 with the primary role of counter terrorism and evolved to both special operations and counter-terrorism roles from 2000 after the end of conflict in Northern Ireland. The unit is based in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare. The 2015 White Paper on Defence announced that the strength of the ARW would be considerably increased due to operational requirements at home and overseas.
The unit has served abroad in a number of international peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions including in Somalia, East Timor, Liberia, Chad, and Mali. The ARW trains with special forces units around the world, particularly in Europe. The ARW in its domestic counter terrorism role trains and deploys with the Garda Síochána (national police) specialist armed intervention unit, the Emergency Response Unit (ERU).
The Army Ranger Wing roles are divided between wartime special operations ("Green Role") and anti-terrorism ("Black Role"), the latter known formally as military Aid to the Civil Power (ATCP):
Offensive operations behind enemy lines
securing of vital objectives
long-range reconnaissance patrol (LRRP)
razzias (raids)
ambushes
sabotage
capture of key personnel
diversionary operations
intelligence gathering
Defensive operations
VIP protection
counter-insurgency
training in and conduct of specialist operations
delay operations
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
In the late 1960s, the Defence Forces established 'Special Assault Groups' (SAG) in the Army to meet security challenges on the border with Northern Ireland.
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