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==Operación Cimitarra== | ==Operación Cimitarra== | ||
===Galauenda Raid=== | ===Galauenda Raid=== | ||
[[File:Australia’s Special Operations Task Group mentors Provincial Response Company – Uruzgan 130427-A-FS372-270.jpg|thumb|right|1st RAR engagement route]] | |||
[[File:Australia’s Special Operations Task Group mentors Provincial Response Company – Uruzgan 130427-A-FS372-230.jpg|thumb|right|1st RAR soldier]] | |||
On March 13th, two battalions of the 1st Pioneers Regiment ("Pioneros") and one company of the 1st Rapid Aerial Response Battalion (1st RAR) landed on Akanatoan territory by a swimmer delivery vehicle and inflatable boats under cover of the night. Their mission was to kill or capture Chieftain Galauenda and other 5 of his generals. | |||
The Pioneers were to screen and gather intelligence on the military capacity of the Akanatoan forces around Imahenda and to track the movements of Galauenda, awaiting approval to strike. | |||
On the night of March 31st Operación Cimitarra is green lit and the 1st Battalion of 1st Pioneers engages Galauenda’s escort convoy 30 kilometers away from Imahenda. The Ministry of Defense will later report that 3 members of the High Chieftain of Akanatoa General Staff have been killed during an operation carried by the 1st Rapid Aerial Response Battalion (1st RAR) that has been deployed over the region in advance of Operation Cimitarra. | |||
Afterwards the 1st RAR would be instructed to evade capture and continue to gather intelligence on key strategic objectives such as ammo depots and anti-air positions. While the 1st Pioneers Regiment | |||
===Sea and Air Operations=== | ===Sea and Air Operations=== | ||
===Ground Operation=== | ===Ground Operation=== | ||