Field force

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A field force in British, Indian Army and Tanzanian military parlance is a combined arms land force operating under actual or assumed combat circumstances,[1] usually for the length of a specific military campaign. It is used by other nations, but can have a different meaning.

United Kingdom

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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:

Australian

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In Australia, a field force comprises the units required to meet operational commitments.[2]

Canadian

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The Canadian Expeditionary Force was considered as a field force created to participate in World War I.

Other Canadian field forces in history include:

United States

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In the United States, during the Vietnam War the term came to stand for a corps-sized organization with other functions and responsibilities. To avoid confusion with the corps designations used by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and to allow for a flexible organization, MACV and General William Westmoreland developed the "field force" such as I Field Force and II 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 and civil affairs functions and was flexible enough to have many subordinate units assigned to it.[5]

Police field forces

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In counterinsurgency type campaigns, select and specially trained units of police armed and equipped as light infantry have been designated as police field forces who perform paramilitary type patrols and ambushes whilst retaining their police powers in areas that were highly dangerous.[6]

Police Field Forces, Paramilitary and Counter-Insurgency Units

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A

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File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

B

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File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

C

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File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
File:Flag of Independent State of Croatia.svg Independent State of Croatia 1941 - 1945

D

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File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

E

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File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia

F

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File:Flag of France (1794–1958).svg Vichy France

G and H

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File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia
File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany

I

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File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
File:Flag of India.svg India
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italian Social Republic

J and K

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File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya

L

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File:Flag of Laos (1952-1975).svg Kingdom of Laos
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania

M

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File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
United Kingdom Mandatory Palestine
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar

N

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File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway

O and P

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File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal

Q and R

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File:Flag of Rhodesia (1968–1979).svg Rhodesia
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia

S

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File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
File:Flag of South Vietnam.svg South Vietnam
File:Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg South West Africa
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka
File:Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria

T

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File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

U

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File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine

V

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File:Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg Vatican City
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam

W, X and Y

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Z

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File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ https://www.metismuseum.ca/resource.php/12340
  4. ^ https://qormuseum.org/history/timeline-1856-1899/northwest-rebellion-1885/
  5. ^ Eckhard, George S. Vietnam Studies: Command and Control 1950-1969. Washington, DC: Department of the Army, 1991 p. 53. Online [1]
  6. ^ p.Davies, Bruce & McKay, Gary The Men Who Persevered:The AATTV 2005 Bruce & Unwin
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