- Source: Field force
A field force in British, Indian Army and Tanzanian military parlance is a combined arms land force operating under actual or assumed combat circumstances, usually for the length of a specific military campaign. It is used by other nations, but can have a different meaning.
United Kingdom use
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:
Kurram Field Force, 1878
Peshawar Valley Field Force, 1878
Kabul Field Force, 1879–1880
Kabul-Kandahar Field Force, 1880
Natal Field Force, 1881
Zhob Field Force, 1890
Mashonaland Field Force, 1896
Malakand Field Force, 1896
Tirah Field Force, 1897
Yukon Field Force, 1898
West African Frontier Force, 1900
Australian use
In Australia, a field force comprises the units required to meet operational commitments.
Canadian use
The Canadian Expeditionary Force was considered as a field force created to participate in World War I.
United States use
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.
Police field forces
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.
Police Field Forces, Paramilitary and Counter-Insurgency Units
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Albania
Royal Albanian Army 1928 - 1939
Royal Albanian Gendarmerie 1913 - 1939
Royal Border Guard (Albania) 1928 - 1939
Afghanistan
Afghan Army
Afghan Border Force
Afghan National Civil Order Force 2006 - 2020
Defense of the Revolution 1978 - 1980
Sarandoy 1978 - 1992
Algeria
Garde communale 1996 - 2012, (Algerian Civil War)
= B
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Bangladesh
Bangladesh Ansar
Belgium
Flemish Guard 1941 - 1944, (German occupation of Belgium during World War II)
Walloon Guard 1941 - 1944
Belarus
Byelorussian Auxiliary Police 1941 - 1944, (Byelorussian collaboration with Nazi Germany)
13th Belarusian Police (SD) Battalion 1943 -1944, (German occupation of Byelorussia during World War II)
Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling 1944 only
Brazil
Brazilian Army
Military Police (Brazil)
National Public Security Force
Military Police of Acre State
Military Police of Espirito Santo State
Military Police of Goiás State
Military Police of Minas Gerais State
Military Police of Parana State
Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State
Military Police of São Paulo State
Public Forces (Brazil) 1880s - 1960s
= C
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People's Republic of China
Paramilitary forces of China
People's Armed Police
Colombia
National Police of Colombia
Directorate of Carabineers and Rural Security
Mobile Carabinier Squadrons
Independent State of Croatia 1941 - 1945
German-Croatian Police 1941 - 1944
= D
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Denmark
HIPO Corps 1944 - 1945
Lorenzen Group 1944 - 1945, (Denmark in World War II)
= E
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Estonia
Estonian Auxiliary Police 1941 - 1944, (German occupation of Estonia during World War II)
36th Estonian Police Battalion 1943 - 1944 (German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II)
Schutzmannschaft Battalion 33
= F
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Vichy France
French National Police
Special Brigades
Groupe mobile de réserve 1941 -1944
Milice 1943 - 1944
Franc-Garde 1943 - 1944
= G and H
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Gambia
British Army
Gambia Regiment 1901 - 1958
Gambia Police Force
Field Force,
East Germany
Volkspolizei 1945 - 1990
Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft 1955 - 1990
Nazi Germany
Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) 1936 - 1945, (Police forces of Nazi Germany)
Police Regiment Centre 1941 -1942 (Bandenbekampfung)
Police Battalion 307 1941 - 1942
Police Battalion 316 1941 - 1942
Police Battalion 322 1941 - 1942
Police Regiment North 1941 - 1942
Police Regiment South 1941 - 1942
Police Battalion 45 1941 - 1942
Police Battalion 303 1941 - 1942
Police Battalion 314 1941 - 1942
Order Police battalions
Police Battalion 306 1941 - 1942
Police Battalion 309 1941 - 1945
Police Battalion 320 1941 - 1942
Reserve Police Battalion 33 1941 - 1943
Reserve Police Battalion 101 1940 - 1943
SS Police Regiment Bozen 1943 - 1945
SS Police Regiment Brixen 1944 - 1945
Schutzmannschaft 1941 - 1945
Forest Protection Command 1939 -
Schutzstaffel (SS) 1925 - 1945
1st SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1945
2nd SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1943
3rd SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1943
4th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1943
5th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
6th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1945
7th SS Police Regiment 1943 only
8th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1945
9th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1945
10th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
11th SS Police Regiment 1942 -1944
12th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
13th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
14th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
15th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
16th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
17th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
18th SS Mountain Police Regiment 1942
19th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
20th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
21st SS Police Regiment 1942 -
22nd SS Police Regiment 1942 -
23rd SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1945
24th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
25th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
26th SS Police Regiment 1942 - 1944
27th SS Police Regiment 1942 -
28th SS Police Regiment Todt 1942 -
Allgemeine SS 1934 - 1945
Postschutz 1933 - 1945
Waffen-SS 1933 - 1945
4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division 1939 - 1945
Kaminski Brigade 1941 - 1944
Zollgrenzschutz 1918 - 1945
= I
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Indonesia
Indonesian National Police
Mobile Brigade Corps
India
Paramilitary forces of India
Home Guard (India)
National Security Guards
51 Special Action Group
Railway Protection Force
Special Protection Group
Research and Analysis Wing
Special Frontier Force
Special Group (India)
Central Armed Police Force
Border Security Force
Central Industrial Security Force
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (Water Wing)
Sashastra Seema Bal
Central Reserve Police Force
Bastariya Battalion
Commando Battalion for Resolute Action
Indian Army
Assam Rifles
Rashtriya Rifles
State Armed Police Forces
Andhra Pradesh Police
Greyhounds
Jammu and Kashmir Police
Special Operations Group
Kerala Police
Kerala Thunderbolts
Mizoram Armed Police
Odisha Police
Special Operation Group (Odisha)
Telangana Police
Greyhounds (police)
Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary
West Bengal Police
Counter Insurgency Force
Eastern Frontier Rifles
Iran
Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Border Guard Command (Iran)
Iraq
Wolf Brigade (Iraq)
Ireland
Royal Irish Constabulary 1822 - 1922
Auxiliary Division 1920 - 1922, (irish War of Independence)
Black and Tans 1920 -1922, (Irish War of Independence)
Garda Síochána (Irish Police)
Criminal Investigation Department (Ireland) 1921 - 1923, (Irish Civil War)
Israel
Israel Police
Israel Border Police
Italian Social Republic
Blackshirts 1923 -1943
Battaglioni M 1941 - 1943
Black Brigades 1944 - 1945
Border Militia 1926 - 1943
Forestry Militia 1926 - 1948
Maritime Artillery Militia 1939 - 1943
Port Militia 1924 -
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Kenya
Kenya Police
General Service Unit (Mau Mau Uprising)
Administration Police
= L
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Kingdom of Laos
Royal Lao Police 1955 - 1975
Directorate of National Coordination 1960 - 1965, (Laotian Civil War)
Latvia
Latvian Auxiliary Police 1941 - 1944, (German occupation of Latvia during World War II)
Lithuania
Lithuanian TDA Battalion 1941 only, (German occupation of Lithuania during World War II)
Lithuanian Auxiliary Police 1941 - 1945 (German occupation of the Baltic states during World War II)
10th Lithuanian Police Battalion 1941 - 1945
256th Lithuanian Police Battalion 1943 - 1944
258th Lithuanian Police Battalion 1944 only
259th Lithuanian Police Battalion 1944 only
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Malaysia
Royal Malaysian Police
General Operations Force, (Malayan Emergency)
Senoi Praaq
Marine Operations Force, (Malayan Emergency)
Mandatory Palestine
British Gendarmerie 1922 - 1926
Special Night Squads 1938 - 1939
Mauritius
Mauritius Police Force
Special Mobile Force
Mexico
Mexican Army
Rurales
Moldova
Moldovan Police
Special Forces Brigade "Fulger"
Myanmar
Myanmar Army
Border Guard Forces
Myanmar Police Force
Border Guard Police
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Namibia
Namibian Police Force
Special Field Force
Nigeria
Nigerian Police Force
Nigerian Mobile Police
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
Norway
Statspolitiet 1941 - 1945, (German occupation of Norway)
= O and P
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Pakistan
Civil Armed Forces - (Paramilitary forces of Pakistan)
Frontier Corps
Frontier Corps Balochistan (North)
Kurram Militia
Zhob Militia
Frontier Corps Balochistan (South)
Chagai Militia
Dalbandin Rifles
Kharan Rifles
Taftan Rifles
Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North)
Bajaur Scouts
Bara Rifles
Chitral Scouts
Dir Scouts
Khyber Rifles
Mahsud Scouts
Mohmand Rifles
Orakzai Scouts
Shawal Rifles
Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (South)
Kurram Militia
Zhob Militia
Frontier Constabulary
Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts
Pakistan Rangers
Punjab Rangers
Sindh Rangers
Pakistan Army
Pakistan Coast Guard
National Guard (Pakistan)
Janbaz Force
Mujahid Force
Pakistan Levies
Balochistan Levies
Dir Levies
Malakand Levies
Pakistan Navy
Pakistan Maritime Security Agency
Former Paramilitary Forces
Azad Kashmir Regular Force 1947 - 1972
Federal Security Force (Pakistan) 1972 - 1977
Gilgit Scouts 1913 - 1975
Khasadar 1892 - 2019
Mehran Force 1942 - 1995
Peru
National Police of Peru
Sinchis - Internal conflict in Peru
Philippines
Philippine National Police
Special Action Force
Portugal
Provincial organization of volunteers and civil defence
= Q and R
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Rhodesia
British South African Police 1889 - 1980
Police Anti-Terrorist Unit 1966 - 1980, (Rhodesian Bush War) 1964 - 1979
Police Support Unit
INTAF 1962 - 1979
Grey's Scouts 1975 - 1986, (Rhodesian Bush War) 1964 - 1979
Guard Force (Rhodesia) 1976 - 1980
Security Force Auxiliaries 1978 - 1979 (Rhodesian Bush War 1964 - 1979
Russia
Internal Troops of Russia 1991 - 2016
Rus (special forces) 1994 -2008
Vityaz (MVD) 1991 - 2008
Zubr (special police force)
= S
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Solomon Islands
Royal Solomon Islands Police Force
Police Field Force
South Africa
South African Army
Commando System (South Africa)
South Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam National Police 1955 - 1975
Republic of Vietnam National Police Field Force 1966 - 1975, (Vietnam War)
Republic of Vietnam River and Coastal Police 1965 - 1975, (Vietnam War)
South West Africa
South West African Police 1920 - 1990
Koevoet 1979 - 1989
Sri Lanka
Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka Civil Security Force
Sri Lanka Coast Guard
Sri Lanka Police
Special Task Force (Sri Lankan Civil War)
Syria
Syrian Special Mission Forces
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Tanzania
Police Field Force (Zanzibar Revolution)
Thailand
Royal Thai Police
Border Patrol Police
Thahan Phran
Village Scouts
Volunteer Defense Corps (Thailand)
Turkey
Gendarmerie General Command
Village guard system
= U
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Ukraine
National Guard of Ukraine
Ukrainian People's Militsiya 1941 only, (Ukrainian collaboration with Nazi Germany)
Ukrainian Auxiliary Police 1941 - 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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Vatican City
Swiss Guard
Vanuatu
Vanuatu Police Force
Vanuatu Mobile Force
Vietnam
Vietnam People's Public Security
Mobile Police Command
= W, X and Y
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= Z
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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Republic Police
Police Support Unit
List of Intelligence Agencies, Secret Police Field Forces and Paramilitary Units
Armenia
National Security Service (Armenia)
Armenian Border Guard
Australia
Department of Home Affairs (Australia)
Australian Border Force
Marine Unit (Australian Border Force)
East Germany
Stasi 1950 - 1990
Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment 1954 - 1990
Kyrgyzstan
State Committee for National Security (Kyrgyzstan)
State Border Guard Service (Kyrgyzstan)
Poland
Ministry of Public Security (Poland) 1956 - 1990
Internal Security Corps 1945 - 1965
Russia
Federal Security Service
Border Service of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
Coast Guard (Russia)
Kremlin Regiment
Ministry of Internal Affairs (Russia)
Internal Troops (Russia) 1991 - 2016
National Guard of Russia
Federal State Unitary Enterprise Guard (Russia)
Kadyrovites
National Guard Forces Command
50th Separate Operational Brigade
National Guard Naval Service Corps
OMON
Separate Operational Purpose Division
Soviet Union
NKVD 1934 -1946
Destruction battalions 1941 - 1954
NKVD special groups
KGB 1954 -1991
KGB Security Troops
Soviet Border Troops 1918 - 1991
Syria
Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria)
Forces of the Fighters of the Tribes
Military Security Shield Forces
Taiwan
Coast Guard Administration
Tajikistan
State Committee for National Security (Tajikistan)
Tajik Border Troops
United Kingdom
Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom), British Army
Special Reconnaissance Unit 1972 - 2005, (The Troubles) late 1960s - 1998
Force Research Unit 1982 - 2007, (The Troubles) late 1960s - 1998
Joint Support Group
United States of America
United States Department of Homeland Security
United States Coast Guard
Uzbekistan
State Security Service (Uzbekistan)
Border Troops of the State Security Service (Uzbekistan)
Uzbek River Force
See also
List of gendarmeries
List of police tactical units
References
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