6th Donegal Guards

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Sixth Donegal Guards RCT
Disbanded Prior to 3079
Nickname Connaught Rangers (2765)[1]
White Hawks (3067)
Affiliation Lyran Commonwealth
Parent Command Donegal Guards

The Sixth Donegal Guards were one of the longest-serving Lyran Commonwealth regiments until they were disbanded during the Jihad.

History[edit]

The Sixth Donegal Guards were stationed on Gram in 2765.[1]

Clan Invasion[edit]

The Sixth had spent many of their Clan Invasion years stationed on the Free Worlds League's borders and at times conducting raids into the League.

On 5 January 3059 the relatively inexperienced Sixth relieved the Eridani Light Horse of their garrison duty on the worlds Kikuyu and Mogyorod.[2] The Sixth was given a warning prior to ELH brigades leaving for Task Force Serpent that if anything should happen to their families and dependents, they would return for revenge. Strong bonds grew between the Guards and the families of the Eridani Light Horse as the years of garrison duty past. When the SLDF reassigned the entire ELH brigade base to Dieron in 3062, the Guards were saddened by their departure.

FedCom Civil War[edit]

In 3064 they were assigned to Kikuyu where they were supported by The Dioscuri. There they faced Delta Galaxy during the Jade Falcon Incursion and managed to hold their ground for two weeks despite the unit being badly mauled before most of the Sixth was ordered to redeploy elsewhere.[3][4][5] Later the Sixth participated in the battle on Melissia, where the regiment kept under General Sharon Bryan's direct command before being released to Adam Steiner for a flanking assault against the Falcons.[6] After the battle the Sixth was reported as being effectively destroyed, though some survivors escaped with Adam Steiner to Chapultepec.[7][8]

By the Civil War's aftermath in late 3067 the Sixth Donegal had been reduced to barely ten percent of its establishment strength and was posted on Melissia.[9]

The Guard's aide Colonel Gertrude Mostue, a Rasalhague-born Lyran officer with ties to the Democracy Now political faction, was investigated by LIC for possible terrorist activities. However, Leutnant-General Urbanick prevented her transfer to another unit.[10]

In an effort to shore up the White Hawks defensive abilities, Lt. General Urbanick began an extensive training program with the mercenary unit Storm's Metal Thunder. This was mutually beneficial to both units and saw a good relationship build with the mercenary outfit.[citation needed]

Jihad[edit]

By 3079 the badly understrength Sixth had been merged with the Seventh Donegal Guards.[11]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the Sixth Donegal Guards
Marshal Seamus Kinnell 3025 - 3059[12][13][14]
Leutnant-General Paul Urbanick 3058 - 3062[10]

Tactics[edit]

The Sixth employs a broad spectrum of tactics, but excel defensively since their intensive training. The unit has learned to be break down into smaller formations in order to disrupt and isolate elements of the enemy force.[15]

Composition History[edit]

2765[edit]

6th Donegal Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[1]

  • Due to a database filter error, during this time the unit was composed largely of women, with men only occupying seventeen positions in the unit. The LCAF High Command declined to commit personnel transfers to correct the imbalance.[16]

2786 - 2821[edit]

6th Donegal Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[17]

Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on Buckminster. In 2821 the command was reduced to 38 percent of its strength and was deployed on Camlann.[17]

2830[edit]

6th Donegal Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[18]

Note: At this point in time the heavy-weight unit was stationed on Camlann with an operational readiness of 66 percent.[18]

2864[edit]

6th Donegal Guards (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[18]

Note: At this point in time the medium-weight unit was stationed on Camlann with an operational readiness of 11 percent.[18]

3025[edit]

6th Donegal Guards (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[12]

  • CO: Colonel Seamus Kinneil
Note: At this point in time the unit was stationed on Denebola V.

3040[edit]

6th Donegal Guards RCT (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[19]

Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Cavanaugh II.[19]

3050[edit]

6th Donegal Guards RCT (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[20]

  • CO: Marshal Seamus Kinnell[20]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Cavanaugh II.[20]

3054[edit]

6th Donegal Guards RCT (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[21]

  • CO: Marshal Seamus Kinnell[21]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Cavanaugh II.[21]

3062[edit]

6th Donegal Guards (1 Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[10]
CO: Leutnant-General Paul Urbanick
Aide: Colonel Gertrude Mostue

6th Donegal Guards Aerospace Brigade (2 Wings)[10]
CO: Kaptain Paul Cattermole
- 83rd Donegal Guards Wing
- 1112th Donegal Guards Wing

6th Donegal Guards Armor Brigade (3 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[10]
CO: Colonel Zdanka Osner
Aide: Leutnant Colonel Lilac Harsant
- 91st Donegal Panzer Regiment: Colonel Stephen Glen
- 27th Donegal Heavy Armor Regiment: Colonel Gordon Swaine
- 14th Donegal Light Tank: Colonel Maurice Krausz

6th Donegal Guards Infantry Brigade (5 Regiments/Regular/Reliable)[10]
CO: Colonel Dee Waugh
Aide: Leutnant Colonel Weaver Mayo
- 621st Donegal Heavy Infantry Regiment: Colonel Frederick Hook
- 623rd Donegal Heavy Infantry Regiment: Colonel Keanu Danceny
- 197th Donegal Light Infantry Regiment: Colonel Michelle Tourval
- 222nd Donegal Mechanized Infantry: Colonel John Valmont
- 17th Donegal Military Police Regiment: Colonel Uma Volanges

3067[edit]

6th Donegal Guards RCT (Regiment/Veteran/Reliable)[9]
Note: At this point in time the command was stationed on Melissia and was at 10% of its authorized strength.[9]
CO: Leutnant-General Paul Urbanick

6th Donegal Guards Aerospace(Regular/Reliable)[9]
CO: Kaptain Paul Cattermole

6th Donegal Guards Armor Brigade (Veteran/Reliable)[9]
CO: Colonel Zdanka Osner

6th Donegal Guards Infantry Brigade (Regular/Reliable)[9]
CO: Colonel Dee Waugh

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status
  2. The Hunters, pp. 46–47
  3. Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised, p. 60
  4. FedCom Civil War, p. 115: "Kikuyu"
  5. Operation Audacity, ch. 4 (PDF version)
  6. Operation Audacity, ch. 7 (PDF version)
  7. FedCom Civil War, p. 116: "Melissia"
  8. Operation Audacity, ch. 8 (PDF version)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Field Manual: Updates, p. 178
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 67: "Officers information and unit profile"
  11. Field Report: LAAF, p. 11
  12. 12.0 12.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 119 (PDF version): "Unit Deployment Table"
  13. Objective Raids, p. 20: "Deployment Table"
  14. The Hunters, ch. 6
  15. Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 87: "6th Donegal Guards" - Tactics
  16. Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 10
  17. 17.0 17.1 First Succession War, p. 139
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Second Succession War, p. 99
  19. 19.0 19.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 137
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20 Year Update, p. 28
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 Objective Raids, p. 20

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