Field force
Afield forceinBritish,Indian Armyand Tanzanian militaryparlanceis a combined arms land force operating under actual or assumed combat circumstances,[1]usually for the length of a specificmilitary campaign.It is used by other nations, but can have a different meaning.
United Kingdom use
[edit]A field force would be created from the various units in an area of military operations and be named for the geographical area. Examples are:
- KurramField Force, 1878
- Peshawar Valley Field Force,1878
- Kabul Field Force,1879–1880
- Kabul-Kandahar Field Force,1880
- Natal Field Force,1881
- ZhobField Force, 1890
- MashonalandField Force, 1896
- MalakandField Force, 1896
- TirahField Force, 1897
- Yukon Field Force,1898
- Royal West African Frontier Force,1900
Australian use
[edit]In Australia, a field force comprises the units required to meet operational commitments.[2]
Canadian use
[edit]TheCanadian Expeditionary Forcewas considered as a field force created to participate inWorld War I.
United States use
[edit]In the United States, during theVietnam Warthe term came to stand for a corps-sized organization with other functions and responsibilities. To avoid confusion with thecorpsdesignations used by theArmy of the Republic of Vietnamand to allow for a flexible organization, MACV and GeneralWilliam Westmorelanddeveloped the "field force" such asI Field ForceandII Field Force.Unlike an Army corps, which had a size and structure fixed by Army doctrine, the field force could expand as needed and had other functions such as liaison with South Vietnamese andcivil affairsfunctions and was flexible enough to have many subordinate units assigned to it.[3]
Police field forces
[edit]Incounterinsurgencytype campaigns, select and specially trained units of police armed and equipped aslight infantryhave been designated as police field forces who performparamilitarytype patrols and ambushes whilst retaining their police powers in areas that were highly dangerous.[4]
List of Police Field Forces, Paramilitary and Counter-Insurgency Units
[edit]A
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- Royal Albanian Army1928 - 1939
- Royal Albanian Gendarmerie1913 - 1939
- Royal Border Guard (Albania)1928 - 1939
- Afghan Army
- Defense of the Revolution1978 - 1980
- Sarandoy1978 - 1992
- Garde communale1996 - 2012, (Algerian Civil War)
B
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- Flemish Guard1941 - 1944, (German occupation of Belgium during World War II)
- Walloon Guard1941 - 1944
- Brazilian Army
- Public Forces (Brazil)1880s - 1960s
C
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Independent State of Croatia1941 - 1945
- German-Croatian Police1941 - 1944
D
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- HIPO Corps1944 - 1945
- Lorenzen Group1944 - 1945, (Denmark in World War II)
E
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F
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- French National Police
- Groupe mobile de réserve1941 -1944
- Milice1943 - 1944
- Franc-Garde1943 - 1944
G and H
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- British Army
- Gambia Regiment1901 - 1958
- Gambia Police Force
- Field Force,
- Volkspolizei1945 - 1990
- Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft1955 - 1990
- Ordnungspolizei(Order Police) 1936 - 1945, (Police forces of Nazi Germany)
- Police Regiment Centre1941 -1942 (Bandenbekampfung)
- Police Battalion 3071941 - 1942
- Police Battalion 3161941 - 1942
- Police Battalion 3221941 - 1942
- Police Regiment North1941 - 1942
- Police Regiment South1941 - 1942
- Police Battalion 451941 - 1942
- Police Battalion 3031941 - 1942
- Police Battalion 3141941 - 1942
- Order Police battalions
- Police Battalion 3061941 - 1942
- Police Battalion 3091941 - 1945
- Police Battalion 3201941 - 1942
- Reserve Police Battalion 331941 - 1943
- Reserve Police Battalion 1011940 - 1943
- SS Police Regiment Bozen1943 - 1945
- SS Police Regiment Brixen1944 - 1945
- Schutzmannschaft1941 - 1945
- Police Regiment Centre1941 -1942 (Bandenbekampfung)
- Forest Protection Command1939 -
- Schutzstaffel(SS) 1925 - 1945
- 1st SS Police Regiment1942 - 1945
- 2nd SS Police Regiment1942 - 1943
- 3rd SS Police Regiment1942 - 1943
- 4th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1943
- 5th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 6th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1945
- 7th SS Police Regiment1943 only
- 8th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1945
- 9th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1945
- 10th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 11th SS Police Regiment1942 -1944
- 12th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 13th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 14th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 15th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 16th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 17th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 18th SS Mountain Police Regiment1942
- 19th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 20th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 21st SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 22nd SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 23rd SS Police Regiment1942 - 1945
- 24th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 25th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 26th SS Police Regiment1942 - 1944
- 27th SS Police Regiment1942 -
- 28th SS Police Regiment Todt1942 -
- Allgemeine SS1934 - 1945
- Postschutz1933 - 1945
- Waffen-SS1933 - 1945
- 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division1939 - 1945
- Kaminski Brigade1941 - 1944
- Zollgrenzschutz1918 - 1945
I
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- Paramilitary forces of India
- Research and Analysis Wing
- Central Armed Police Force
- Indian Army
- State Armed Police Forces
- Royal Irish Constabulary1822 - 1922
- Auxiliary Division1920 - 1922, (irish War of Independence)
- Black and Tans1920 -1922, (Irish War of Independence)
- Garda Síochána(Irish Police)
- Criminal Investigation Department (Ireland)1921 - 1923, (Irish Civil War)
- Blackshirts1923 -1943
- Battaglioni M1941 - 1943
- Black Brigades1944 - 1945
- Border Militia1926 - 1943
- Forestry Militia1926 - 1948
- Maritime Artillery Militia1939 - 1943
- Port Militia1924 -
J and K
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L
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- Royal Lao Police1955 - 1975
- Directorate of National Coordination1960 - 1965, (Laotian Civil War)
- Lithuanian TDA Battalion1941 only, (German occupation of Lithuania during World War II)
- Lithuanian Auxiliary Police1941 - 1945 (German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II)
- 10th Lithuanian Police Battalion1941 - 1945
- 256th Lithuanian Police Battalion1943 - 1944
- 258th Lithuanian Police Battalion1944 only
- 259th Lithuanian Police Battalion1944 only
M
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- British Gendarmerie1922 - 1926
- Special Night Squads1938 - 1939
N
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- Statspolitiet1941 - 1945, (German occupation of Norway)
O and P
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- Civil Armed Forces- (Paramilitary forces of Pakistan)
- Pakistan Rangers
- Pakistan Army
- Pakistan Levies
- Pakistan Navy
- Former Paramilitary Forces
- Azad Kashmir Regular Force1947 - 1972
- Federal Security Force (Pakistan)1972 - 1977
- Gilgit Scouts1913 - 1975
- Khasadar1892 - 2019
- Mehran Force1942 - 1995
Q and R
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- British South African Police1889 - 1980
- Police Anti-Terrorist Unit1966 - 1980, (Rhodesian Bush War) 1964 - 1979
- Police Support Unit
- INTAF1962 - 1979
- Grey's Scouts1975 - 1986, (Rhodesian Bush War) 1964 - 1979
- Guard Force (Rhodesia)1976 - 1980
- Security Force Auxiliaries1978 - 1979 (Rhodesian Bush War1964 - 1979
- Internal Troops of Russia1991 - 2016
- Rus (special forces)1994 -2008
- Vityaz (MVD)1991 - 2008
- Zubr (special police force)
S
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- Royal Solomon Islands Police Force
- Police Field Force
- Republic of Vietnam National Police1955 - 1975
- Republic of Vietnam National Police Field Force1966 - 1975, (Vietnam War)
- Republic of Vietnam River and Coastal Police1965 - 1975, (Vietnam War)
- South West African Police1920 - 1990
- Koevoet1979 - 1989
T
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- Police Field Force (Zanzibar Revolution)
U
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- National Guard of Ukraine
- Ukrainian People's Militsiya1941 only, (Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi Germany)
- Ukrainian Auxiliary Police1941 - 1944, (Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi Germany)
- Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118,1942 -1944
- Schutzmannschaft Battalion 201,1941 - 1942
- Schutzmannschaft Battalion 204,1943 - 1944
- Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling,1944 only
V
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- Vanuatu Police Force
W, X and Y
[edit]Z
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List of Intelligence Agencies,Secret PoliceField Forces and Paramilitary Units
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- Stasi1950 - 1990
- Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment1954 - 1990
- Ministry of Public Security (Poland)1956 - 1990
- Internal Security Corps1945 - 1965
- NKVD1934 -1946
- Destruction battalions1941 - 1954
- NKVD special groups
- KGB1954 -1991
- KGB Security Troops
- Soviet Border Troops1918 - 1991
- Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom),British Army
- Special Reconnaissance Unit1972 - 2005, (The Troubles) late 1960s - 1998
- Force Research Unit1982 - 2007, (The Troubles) late 1960s - 1998
- Joint Support Group
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^p.88 Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt and Hayes, Grace P. (1986).Dictionary of Military Terms: A Guide to the Language of Warfare and Military Institutions.The H. W. Wilson Company.
- ^"Diggerhistory3.info".
- ^Eckhard, George S.Vietnam Studies: Command and Control 1950-1969.Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1991 p. 53. Onlinehttp:// history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/Comm-Control/index.htmArchived2017-10-19 at theWayback Machine
- ^p.Davies, Bruce & McKay, GaryThe Men Who Persevered:The AATTV2005 Bruce & Unwin