| Special Forces Support Group |
Insignia of the Special Forces Support Group | | Active: | 3 April 2006- | | Country: | United Kingdom | | Allegiance: | {{{allegiance}}} | | Branch: | Tri-Service | | Type: | Light Infantry (Special Operations) | | Role: | Special Forces Support/Counter-Terrorism | | Size: | One battalion | | Command structure: | UK Special Forces | | Current commander: | | | Garrison/HQ: | RAF St Athan | | Ceremonial chief: | {{{ceremonial_chief}}} | | Colonel of the Regiment: | | | Nickname: | | | Patron: | {{{patron}}} | | Motto: | | | Colors: | | | Identification symbol: | {{{identification_symbol}}} | | March: | | | Mascot: | | | Notable battles or wars: | | | Notable commanders: | | | Anniversaries: | | | Decorations: | | | Battle honours: | | The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a unit of the United Kingdom Special Forces. Its primary task is to provide large scale Infantry support for the SAS and the SBS. It has been reported to have become an active unit in early April 2006 according to The Sunday Times, and its creation has been announced officially by the then Secretary of State for Defence John Reid in Parliament on Thursday 20 April 2006. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (800x744, 41 KB) Summary Official seal of the Special Forces Support Group, United Kingdom. ...
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The unit's creation stems from the need to provide Infantry support to the Special Forces. This was done on an ad hoc basis by various élite units of the Royal Marines and the British Army, including the Parachute Regiment and Royal Gurkha Rifles. The defence review of 2004 identified a need for a dedicated unit to perform this role. Because of the initial similarity to the US Army Rangers, the unit was dubbed as the British Rangers. Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means for this [purpose]. It generally signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose, such as a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol, and specific-purpose equation and things like that. ...
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The unit includes Royal Marines commandos, Paratroopers (the core of the unit is 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment) and a small part of the RAF Regiment. According to the Sunday Times article, the unit is believed to be 1,200 strong. However, according to a recent article in The Daily Telegraph, the unit will be only around 700 strong, approximately the size of a standard infantry battalion. Her Majestys Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines (RM), are the United Kingdoms amphibious force and Naval Infantry. ...
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The unit was established to support the SAS and SBS in battle, but will also support police when dealing with terrorist attacks. Although the unit is to provide support to UK Special Forces operations, it will be trained for counter-insurgency and Counter-Terrorist operations at short notice. All those selected for the SFSG have to have passed either the Royal Marines Commando course, the Airborne Forces Selection course run by The Parachute Regiment or the RAF Pre-Parachute Selection course. On operations, the unit may encompass such roles as providing diversionary attacks, cordons, fire support, force protection, and supporting training tasks. The Parachute Regiments display team, the Red Devils at an American airshow The Parachute Regiment is the main body of elite airborne troops of the British Army. ...
The members of the unit will continue to wear their own cap badge. They will in addition wear a new shoulder emblem that depicts a silver dagger on a green background, with a red-lined black flash of lightning running through it.
The unit is reported to be based at RAF Saint Athan near Cardiff. RAF Saint Athan is a Royal Air Force station in the Vale of Glamorgan, southern Wales. ...
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Formation
The announcement of the Special Forces Support Group (informally known at that time as British Rangers or British Forces Rangers) came in December 2004 as part of the forces' restructuring. Intended to operate along the lines of the US Army Rangers, details at the time of the initial announcement were sketchy: 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Official force name 75th Ranger Regiment Rangers Other names Airborne Rangers Army Rangers Task Force Ranger U.S. Army Rangers Branch U.S. Army Chain of Command USASOC Description Special Operations Force, rapidly deployable light infantry force. ...
- It would act as support to the UKSF
- It would be based at St Athan barracks in South Wales, close to the Hereford home of the SAS.
Although intended as a tri-service formation, with personnel from the British Army, Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, it was announced that the initial core would be formed from the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment. As a result of this, 1 PARA became one of the four infantry battalions to be cut from the line infantry. The United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF) is an umbrella directorate overseeing the Special Forces units of the British Armed Forces. ...
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References - Daily Telegraph report of April 17, 2005
- The Sunday Times article of April 16, 2006
- The Daily Telegraph article of April 24, 2006
- MoD article detailing the SFSG
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