Alpinisti

Alpinisti
Active	1875- present
Country	Temuair
Branch	Imperial Army of Temuair
Type	Light infantry
Role	Special operations, mountain warfare, arctic warfare
Size	~ 18,000
Colors	Green and gold
Commanders
Current commander	Tenente Xeneral Vitor Farina
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The Imperial Army Alpinoes, sometimes simply referred to as the Alpinoes are a special operations capable light infantry force considered to be part of the Imperial Army's special forces command, and is the oldest special operations force within the Imperial military, dating back to the Royal Alpine Forces established by he Kingdom of Temuair in 1875. The Alpinoes specialize in combat operations taking place in mountainous and arctic climates. The Alpinoes consist of four active duty brigades and two reserve brigade.

As part of the Imperial Army's special forces command, the Alpinoes are entitled to wear berets bearing their distinctive unit color. Alpinoes units can be identified by their tan berets.

History

During the 1974 counteroffensive, Alpinoes brigades were temporarily reorganized, with the parachute trained battalions being combined to form a two ad-hoc brigades, the 1st and 2nd Alpino Parachute Brigade. These forces, along with supporting mountain artillery and engineers, were attacked the the Licana Army for offensive operations into the <> Mountains. These units, along with several battalions of parachute-trained Cazadores were tasked with a variety of missions, most notably the capture of a Transnapastaini forward air base which was hosting a large number of tactical strike and air superiority aircraft.

Following the conclusion of operations, the First and Second Alpino Parachute Brigades were disbanded and the units were sent to rejoin their formally assigned brigades.

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