Special Operations and Airbourne Force

Special Operations and Airbourne Force
SOAF Shoulder Patch
Active	18 January 1996 - 9 April 2010 (Active) 9 April 2010 - 14 March 2015 (Reserve)
Country	United Kingdom Gallia-Bruhl Erebonian Empire Rubrum Zanarkand New Akiba Nihhon-koku Basel-Ebel Rhodeia Jutland-Gimli Taoyuan Esthar and Balamb
Type	Specialized Infantry
Role	Technical surveillance counter-measures Counter espionage Special operations Reconnaissance Competitive intelligence Counter surveillance
Engagements	The Troubles of 1998 Second Lucis Civil War

The Special Operations and Airbourne Force or the SOAF was a multinational special operations unit composing of members from different Lucis Commonwealth nations as well as operatives from Taoyuan and Esthar and Balamb. The SOAF was the successor to Task Force 131 following the creation of localised special operations task forces in different Non-Lucis Commonwealth allied nations. Although there were still Taoyuanese, Estharian, and Balambian personnel, their numbers were too small as opposed to Lucis Commonwealth members, which the force majorily consisted of.

The SOAF was activated in 1996 following the need of the Allied High Command for another multinational special operations unit. Created by then-Brigadier Kiriya Kitagawa, the SOAF consisted mostly of members from the old Task Force 131 who came from Commonwealth countries. The SOAF was deployed in several peacekeeping operations, notable of which was during The Troubles of 1998 and the Second Lucis Civil War. The force was delegated to reserve at Fort Daidoji Kitagawa in 2010 until its disbandment in 2015 to give way for the present Task Force 141 and its recruit force, Task Force 142.

Notable Members

Original Roster

Senior Officers

• Brigadier Kiriya Kitagawa
• Colonel Carl Regnitz
• Colonel Yukio Kushineda III
• Colonel Richard O'Connelly
• Major David Keith
• Major Frank John Brennan
• Major Gerald Alexander Fegelein
• Major Martin Berg
• Major Erwin Neithardt
• Major Victor Arseid
• Captain Donald S. Cassidy
• Captain Lee Jun Ming
• Captain Vicente Celeste
• Captain Aarno Rokka
• Captain Eraldo Quasimondo

Other Members

• Peter O'Brian, Lucian; 2nd Lt.
• William Hendrickson, Lucian; WO1
• Eric Carlyle, Lucian; WO1
• Eleanor Varrot, Gallian; Sgt.
• Largo Potter, Gallian; Cpl.
• Manfred Sanderson, Zanarkian; Lt.
• Shizuma Izumi, New Akibander; Lt.
• Ukyo Samonji, New Akibander; Sgt.
• Sho Yamanami, New Akibander; Lt.
• Cameron Hazaford, New Akibander; Lt.
• Drake Henderson, Zanarkian; Sgt.
• John Humeray, Zanarkian; Sgt.
• Oliver Teira, New Akibander; Sgt.
• Goro Atsushi, Rubrumian; Sgt-Maj.
• Nate Weber, Rubrumian, Sgt-Maj.
• Adam Tremblay, Rubrumian, Sgt.
• Heikki Albarea, Erebonian; Sgt-Maj.
• Samuel Valestine, Erebonian; NCO-Lt.
• Oliver Crawford, Erebonian; 2nd Lt.
• Harri Claussell, Erebonian; WO1.
• Alexander Voss, Rhodeian, 1st Lt.
• Michael Voss, Rhodeian, Sgt.
• David Englemann, Jutlandish; Lt.
• Martin Paul Blumentritt, Jutlandish; Lt.
• Ernst Sigtuna, Jutlandish; Sgt-Maj.
• Xu Jun De, Taoyuanese; Lt.
• Zhao Jia Sheng, Taoyuanese; TSgt.
• Leung Chang, Taoyuanese; WO1.
• Vessa Rahikainen, Balambian; Lt.
• Daavid Hietanen, Balambian; Lt.

SLCW Roster

The members listed below are the final group of SOAF personnel that joined and fought during the Second Lucis Civil War and in the SOAF's reserve assignment.

Senior Officers

• Brigadier Kiriya Kitagawa
• Colonel Carl Regnitz
• Colonel Yukio Kushineda III
• Colonel Richard O'Connelly
• Major David Keith
• Major Eraldo Quasimondo
• Major Frank John Brennan
• Major Gerald Alexander Fegelein
• Major Martin Berg
• Major Erwin Neithardt
• Major Shizuma Izumi
• Major Ukyo Samonji
• Captain Donald S. Cassidy
• Captain Lee Jun Ming
• Captain Vicente Celeste
• Captain Aarno Rokka
• Captain Herbert Harris

Other Members

• Tudor Brynn Williams, Lucian; Sgt-Maj.
• Yamato Kitagawa, Lucian; Sgt.
• Reiko Sugiyama, Lucian; Sgt.
• Tatsumi Sugiyama, Lucian; LCpl.
• Oliver Hendrickson, Lucian; Cpl.
• Darzana Magbaredge, Lucian; Cpl.
• Aria Suzukaze, Lucian; LCpl.
• Eleanor Varrot, Gallian; Lt.
• Largo Potter, Gallian; Sgt.
• Teletha Testarossa, Rubrumian; TSgt.
• Emrick Brennan, Rubrumian; Cpl.
• James Layton, Rubrumian; T5.
• Hans Proctor, Erebonian; Sgt.
• Frank Mauser, Erebonian; Lt.
• Waldemar Fegelein, Erebonian; Cpl.
• Edward 'EJ' Blazkowicz, Erebonian; Cpl.
• Alan Kish, Erebonian; LCpl.
• Richard Philip Todd, Zanarkian; Sgt.
• Klankain Auchinleck IV, Zanarkian; Sgt.
• Claude John Auchinleck, Zanarkian; Sgt.
• Cameron Starcevich, Zanarkian; LCpl.
• Thomas Evans, New Akibander; Sgt.
• Yoko Wakana, Nihhonese; Cpl.
• Taletha Tsukimi, Nihhonese; T5.