Army Ranger Wing

[Rhodes]

The Army Ranger Wing in Mali with a H&K 40mm grenade launcher.

[ODIN]

Watched something recently about the organisation of a new USMC orbat for reaction in the Pacific, they've ditched the underslung grenade launcher in favor of stand alone launchers.

[na grohmiti]

I believe the current issue grenade launcher can be used as a stand alone weapon..

[barrybadrinah]

Equipment is vital. UK Commando group have just completed a 5 Day Mission in the Mojave Desert, demonstrating Mission Air Defence while embedded with US Commandos. The Brits had a 53 man unit with High Speed Air defence missiles and other missiles with a view to defending "Their brethren on the ground". Don't be out there without air superiority nor area missile Defence. An ARW Mission??

It'd be a strange one, doesn't take SF to lump a stinger around.

The videos that were made for that exercise were pretty ****ing good though.

[Rocinante]

Unfortunate

[Rhodes]

Army Ranger Wing takes control of cargo ship off Cork coast as part of drug smuggling probe

The boarding is part of the broader investigation in to the beaching of a trawler off Wexford.

ELITE ARMY RANGER Wing soldiers have boarded and taken control of a cargo ship off the Cork/Waterford coast as part of an investigation linked to the stricken fishing boat off Wexford.

The operation was launched as they acted on intelligence they had received, sources said.

The Rangers boarded the cargo ship at sea south of Youghal and sources have said it is linked to an international investigation into drug smuggling.

The commandos assisted by colleagues in the Naval Service and Air Corps boarded the vessel in heavy seas in what is know as “an opposed boarding” operation.

The cargo ship is en route to Cork from Willemstad, Curacao – a Dutch protectorate off the South American coast.

A major security operation has been underway since Sunday after a fishing trawler ran aground off the coast of Wexford, with authorities now attempting to board it to determine whether drugs are on board.

So far, weather has been hampering those attempts. Two people were winched from the deck of that vessel and have been detained for questioning by gardaí.

This latest development relates to a larger cargo ship but the two incidents are believed to be linked.

Authorities are not giving official details of the operation as it is ongoing but speaking at the Oireachtas Joint Defence and Foreign Affairs committee this afternoon, Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces Seán Clancy said the operation had been in the planning phase for a number of weeks.

Race against time to board suspicious vessel in Irish Sea as storm threatens security operation

Security operation underway off Wexford coast as naval service attempt to board stricken trawler
“This is a joint operation – the assets we have employed on it, and it is ongoing, but also it is joint in terms of the cross Government agencies involved.

“It is a multi agency approach that has been conducted over a number of days and weeks and the culmination of which you have seen today.

He added that “sometimes we lose sight of the raison d’etre of the Irish Defence Forces in the complexity of what we do”.

https://www.thejournal.ie/army-ranger-wing-special-forces-boarding-cork-6179188-Sep2023/

[X-RayOne]

Quick "fashion" question for anybody that is in the know......
Every photo currently seems to show any personnel who have a Fianogloch patch wearing the red backing. Once upon a time this indicated an active unit member while everybody else who passed the selection or were ex ARW wore the standard gold edged tab.
I know the whole slection process has been revamped in the past few years so has the awarding of tabs and method of wearing changed also?

[DeV]

Quick "fashion" question for anybody that is in the know......
Every photo currently seems to show any personnel who have a Fianogloch patch wearing the red backing. Once upon a time this indicated an active unit member while everybody else who passed the selection or were ex ARW wore the standard gold edged tab.
I know the whole slection process has been revamped in the past few years so has the awarding of tabs and method of wearing changed also?

Red outline indicates has completed course and has(or is) serving in the Wing

[Truck Driver]

Quick "fashion" question for anybody that is in the know......
Every photo currently seems to show any personnel who have a Fianogloch patch wearing the red backing. Once upon a time this indicated an active unit member while everybody else who passed the selection or were ex ARW wore the standard gold edged tab.
I know the whole slection process has been revamped in the past few years so has the awarding of tabs and method of wearing changed also?

Serving and ex members entitled to wear the red edged version. Two current members of the General Staff sporting these. Method of wear unchanged as far as I know anyway. The version without the red edging is awarded to candidates on completion of initial Selection (SOFQ)

(Sorry Dev, didn't see your reply)