{"id":4279,"date":"2025-02-17T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/https-brigatafolgore-net-185rrao-emerald-warrior-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T12:05:27","slug":"gli-acquisitori-del-185-rrao-folgore-nel-deserto-dellarizona-alla-emerald-warrior-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/the-185-rrao-folgores-acquirers-in-the-emerald-warrior-2025-in-the-desert-of-larizona\/","title":{"rendered":"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at EMERALD WARRIOR 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 14 February 2025, the exercise ended in Arizona, USA. <strong>Emerald Warrior 2025<\/strong>which saw the participation of an Operational Detachment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/185-folgore-reconnaissance-and-target-acquisition-regiment\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/185-reggimento-ricognizione-e-acquisizione-obiettivi-folgore\/\">185th Parachute Reconnaissance and Target Acquisition Regiment Folgore<\/a>together with the staff of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/17th-raiding-wing\/\">17th Air Force Wing.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/463490ff-845e-4fd8-95ad-d149f30a52d6-1000x665.jpg.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at the EMERALD WARRIOR 2025 - brigatafolgore.net\" src=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/463490ff-845e-4fd8-95ad-d149f30a52d6-1000x665.jpg\" alt=\"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at the EMERALD WARRIOR 2025 - brigatafolgore.net\" class=\"wp-image-12479 webpexpress-processed\"><\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The exercise of the <strong>Air Force Special Operations Command<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, organised by the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afsoc.af.mil\/\" rel=\"noopener\">AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations Command)<\/a>The aim was to integrate Special Forces with air assets. In particular, the operators of the <strong>RRAO<\/strong> conducted trainings on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Free Fall Technique (TCL)<\/strong> for aviation;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fire activity with A-10 aircraft<\/strong> of the US Air Force;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Terminal Guidance Operations (TGO)<\/strong> with the support of <strong>JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller)<\/strong> Italians;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Treatment and evacuation of combat casualties<\/strong>thanks to the collaboration between the <strong>SOCM (Special Operations Combat Medic)<\/strong> and a US set-up <strong>SOST (Special Operations Surgical Team)<\/strong>. The latter managed the evacuation of the injured aboard a <strong>C-130J<\/strong> of <strong>46th Pisa Airborne Brigade<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The training took place in the typical desert setting of Arizona, an environment that is difficult to replicate in Europe, offering a training opportunity of the highest level. In addition, shooting sessions were conducted with the 185th RAO's portable weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exercise was also attended by special units from<strong> United States, France and Romania<\/strong>with the aim of strengthening cooperation between NATO Special Forces, making them more effective in facing future operational challenges in complex international contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" title=\"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at the EMERALD WARRIOR 2025 - brigatafolgore.net\" src=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000w_q952.webp\" alt=\"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at the EMERALD WARRIOR 2025 - brigatafolgore.net\" class=\"wp-image-12474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000w_q952.webp 1000w, https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000w_q952-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1000w_q952-768x511.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 185th Parachute Regiment Goal Acquisition Reconnaissance Folgore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 185th Parachute Reconnaissance and Target Acquisition Regiment Folgore<\/strong>\u00a0(abbreviated to 185th RRAO) is a unit of the Italian Army, since\u00a0<strong>2018<\/strong>\u00a0included in the special forces, composed of specifically selected and trained personnel, trained and equipped to conduct the full spectrum of tasks typical of the <em>Special Operations<\/em>and specialised in the conduct of <em>Special reconnaissance<\/em> e <em>Terminal fire driving operations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 185th RRAO Regiment has a distinctly intelligence-oriented vocation and specialises in direct actions involving the engagement of targets at a distance (i.e. with <em>stand-off)<\/em> utilising the armament provided and all land, air and naval fire platforms. The RRAO normally operates by infiltrating operational detachments equipped and trained to operate beyond enemy lines, at a great distance from friendly forces and in complete tactical isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operational component of the regiment is made up of officers, non-commissioned officers, graduates and volunteers on permanent duty or in pre-secured service, trained and selected through a training process lasting approximately two years, culminating in the award of the <em>Acquirer Targets<\/em>with operational dependence on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/comfose-army-special-forces-command\/\">Inter-Agency Special Forces Operations Command<\/a>and is stationed in Livorno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007-768x511.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" title=\"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at the EMERALD WARRIOR 2025 - brigatafolgore.net\" src=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007.jpg\" alt=\"The 185th RRAO Folgore Acquisitors in the Arizona desert at the EMERALD WARRIOR 2025 - brigatafolgore.net\" class=\"wp-image-12491 webpexpress-processed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brigatafolgore.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/emerald2025_00007-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/picture><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, 14 February 2025 saw the end of the Emerald Warrior 2025 exercise in Arizona, USA, which saw the participation of an Operational Detachment of the 185th Parachute Reconnaissance and Target Acquisition Regiment Folgore, together with personnel from the 17th Air Force Wing. The Air Force Special Operations Command exercise The event, organised by AFSOC (Air Force Special Operations [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3045],"tags":[293,197,101],"sgg_keywords":[],"class_list":["post-4279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forze-speciali","tag-185-rrao-2","tag-afsoc","tag-forze-speciali"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4279"},{"taxonomy":"sgg_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigatafolgore.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sgg_keywords?post=4279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}