Ringerike Army (Ringerike Hær)

Overview
The Ringerike army is the principal ground warfare force of the His Majesty's Armed Forces (Ringerike). Consisting of the full-time Army, the part time volunteer reserve and Home Guard. The army is responsible for ground based warfare, and also maintaining a limited organic aviation capability. The majority of infantry regiments contains multiple regular and reserve battalions. Modern infantry have diverse capabilities and this is reflected in the varied roles assigned to them. There are seven operational roles that infantry battalions can fulfil: Parachute infantry, air assault, armoured infantry, mechanised infantry, mountain infantry and light role infantry. Some units also perform specialist secondary duties, such as 33 Mountain Jeger Regiment (33. Fjelljegerregiment), which provides a national mountain rescue service. Regiments and battalions e.g.: the Life Guards Regiment, exist within every corps of the Army, functioning as administrative or tactical formations.

Arms and support units are also formed into similar collectives organised around specific purposes, such as the Corps of Engineers and the Logistics Corps.

Operational Organisation
The Ringerike army is operationally grouped around six divisional commands and several smaller independent brigades and regiments, these are:

1 Armored Division
1 Armored Division provides the backbone of Ringerike's armored combat power, maintained as a rapidly deployable heavy spearhead force for Home Defense and Expeditionary Combat Operations, it consists of the following units and is stationed at the Stavanger Garrison:


 * The Guards Armored Brigade
 * 51 Armored Brigade
 * 43 Armored Brigade
 * 14 Artillery Brigade
 * 105 Logistics Brigade
 * 7 Air Defense Group
 * 25 Engineer Group

2 Mechanized Division
2 Mechanized Division provides bolsters Ringerike's deployable combat power, as well as providing a flexible strategic reserve, capable of conducting all manners of combat and non-combat tasks, it consists of the following units and is stationed at the Thuyishavn Garrison:


 * 67 Mechanized Brigade
 * 89 Mechanized Brigade
 * 87 Mechanized Brigade
 * 19 Artillery Brigade
 * 121 Logistics Brigade
 * 18 Air Defense Group
 * 24 Engineer Group

3 Mechanized Division
3 Mechanized division uses it's fleet of primarily wheeled vehicles, capable of long self sustained road moves, as a rapidly mobile force intended to bolster the reaction forces, it consists of the following units and is stationed at the Alta Garrison:


 * 77 Mechanized Brigade
 * 4 Mechanized Brigade
 * 3 Light Brigade
 * 12 Artillery Brigade
 * 131 Logistics Brigade
 * 22 Air Defense Group
 * 20 Engineer Group

6 Division
6 Division provides forces for tasks such as asymmetric warfare, intelligence, counter-intelligence, cyber warfare and unconventional fighting, as well as specialist formations that are not required to be attached to other commands. It consists of the following units, some of whom are attached onto the division from the Joint Support Service (Felles støttetjeneste) and is stationed at the Boldo Garrison:


 * 1 Intelligence Brigade
 * 81 Signals Brigade
 * 66 Signals Brigade
 * Infantry Advisory Group
 * 101 (Independent) Recconnaissance Company
 * 1 Medical Brigade
 * 8 Engineer Brigade
 * 12 Engineer Brigade
 * 1 Military Police Brigade
 * 104 Logistics Support Brigade

15 Airborne Brigade
15 Airborne Brigade is the Ringerike Army's premier rapid reaction force, providing a short notice forced entry, or international reinforcement capability to the Ringerike Government, within the 15 Airborne Jeger Regimental Group have passed the All-Arms Jeger School. Also contained within the Brigade is the HSK, the Army's Special Forces, which most often operates outside of the Brigade's command structure. The Brigade consists of the following:


 * 15 Airborne Jeger Regiment
 * HSK (Hærens Spesialkommando)
 * 3 Special Aviation Regiment

33 Mountain Brigade
33 Mountain Brigade provides the Army's mountain and extreme cold weather warfare specialists, as well as a national specialist Mountain Rescue capability during peacetime, all troops within the Brigade have passed the All-Arms Jeger School before specializing in Mountain Warfare.

24 Airmobile Brigade
24 Airmobile Brigade provides the Army with a robust airmobile infantry force specializing in anti armor warfare, with a larger number of ATGM firing posts per battalion and two specialized anti-armor aviation regiments, equipped with a variant of them Helikopter 10, fitted with ATGMs.

62 Coastal Artillery Brigade
62 Coastal Artillery Brigade is a hybrid Regular-Reserve formation that manages Ringerike's coastal artillery installations and other defensive systems, most of the gun crews are reservists, however much of the command and maintenance staff is comprised of regulars.

1 Border Security Brigade
1 Border Security Brigade provides an administrative structure for the Border regiments which, during peacetime, specialize in border security and patrolling, serving as second line light infantry units during full scale mobilization.

Home Guard
The Home Guard is broken into the Standing Reserve, composed of actively participating reservists and the Secondary Reserve, a pool of unassigned manpower composed of former serving troops regular and reserve who are committed to as little as 5 days a year. The Standing Reserve is Organized into two Divisions, North and South, these divisions are almost solely on Home Defense, however smaller reserve units exist within the wider structure of the armed forces. Functionally the Home Guard is formed around a core of full time reservists, seconded from the regular army and full time conscripts, once their service period is complete they are moved to the secondary reserve or can volunteer to remain in the standing reserve.

Home Guard North
 * The Nordland Brigade
 * The Boldo Brigade
 * The Herøy Brigade
 * The Ulstein Brigade
 * 30 Engineer Group
 * 142 Logistics Brigade
 * 100 Artillery Brigade
 * 54 Air Defence Group

Home Guard South
 * The Hustadvika Brigade
 * The Hå Brigade
 * The Kvitsøy Brigade
 * The Larvik Brigade
 * 70 Engineer Group
 * 145 Logistics Brigade
 * 120 Artillery Brigade
 * 58 Air Defence Group

The Brigade Of Guards
The Brigade of Guards is formed of the Units attached for ceremonial purposes to the Royal Household of The Kingdom of Ringerike, including the infantry battalions of the Life Guards Regiment, and the cavalry of the Royal Dragoon Guards, as well as the various Earl's Companies, reserve formations which are the Full Time Reserve units, employed by select members of the nobility, and primarily ceremonial in nature, however meet the limited training demands of the Army Reserve as light infantry.

Numbering System
A particular regiment may have have multiple numbered versions, each with several battalions, due to their regimental history and regional ties, for example, the name 2/6 Rifle Regiment (Crown Prince's Own) correlates to the second battalion of the sixth rifle regiment, which has the honorary battalion designation of Crown Prince's Own.

Regiments and Corps of the Ringerike Army
Infantry Regiments
 * 15 Airborne Jeger Regiment
 * 33 Mountain Jeger Regiment
 * The Life Guards Regiment
 * The Kings Own Rifle Regiment
 * 1st Rifle Regiment
 * 2nd Rifle Regiment
 * 3rd Rifle Regiment
 * 4th Rifle Regiment
 * 5th Rifle Regiment
 * 6th Rifle Regiment
 * 1st Grenadier Regiment
 * 2nd Grenadier Regiment
 * 3rd Grenadier Regiment
 * 4th Grenadier Regiment
 * 5th Grenadier Regiment
 * Nordland Highlanders
 * Herøy Rifles
 * Boldo Rifles
 * Ulstein Rifles
 * Hustadvika Rifles
 * Kvitsøy Rifles
 * Hå Grenadiers
 * Larvik Grenadiers
 * The Border Regiment

Cavalry Regiments
 * Royal Dragoon Guards
 * 1st Armored Regiment
 * 2nd Armored Regiment
 * 1st Cavalry Regiment
 * 2nd Cavalry Regiment
 * Crown Yeomanry Regiment
 * Nordland Yeomanry
 * Herøy Yeomanry
 * Boldo Yeomanry
 * Ulstein Yeomanry
 * Hustadvika Yeomanry
 * Kvitsøy Yeomanry
 * Hå Yeomanry
 * Larvik Yeomanry

Combat Support Arms
 * The Royal Artillery
 * The Royal Horse Artillery
 * Army Air Corps
 * The Corps Of Royal Engineers

Combat Service Support Arms
 * The Royal Corps Of Signals
 * The Logistics Corps
 * The Army Medical Corps
 * The Royal Military Police
 * The Intelligence Corps
 * The Staff Corps