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The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of five Regular and two Reserve battalions, plus a number of companies in other Army Reserve battalions. Each battalion of The Rifles was formerly an individual battalion of one of the two large regiments of the Light Division (with the exception of the 1st Battalion, which is an amalgamation of two individual regiments). Since formation the regiment has been involved in combat operations, first in the later stages of the Iraq War and in the War in Afghanistan. ==History== The Rifles was created as a result of the Future Army Structure. Under the original announcement, the Light Division would have remained essentially unchanged, with the exception of the Light Infantry gaining a new battalion through the amalgamation of two other regiments, and both gaining a reserve battalion from within the Territorial Army (TA) as it was then called. However, on 24 November 2005, the Ministry of Defence announced that the four regiments would amalgamate into a single five-battalion regiment. The Rifles was formed on 1 February 2007 by the amalgamation of the four Light Infantry and Rifle Regiments of the Light Division:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of the Light Infantry )〕 *The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry *The Light Infantry *The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry *The Royal Green Jackets The Rifles was formed to serve as the county regiment of the following counties: *Berkshire *Buckinghamshire *Cornwall *Devon *Dorset *Durham *Gloucestershire *Herefordshire *Oxfordshire *Shropshire *Somerset *South Yorkshire *Wiltshire The 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion and the 4th Battalion were all deployed in Basra in Iraq during some of the worst fighting of the Iraq War including the withdrawal from Basra Palace in September 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Care for Casualties )〕 The 1st Battalion undertook a tour in Afghanistan between October 2008 and April 2009 mentoring the Afghan National Army in Helmand Province.〔 In May 2009 the 5th Battalion was one of the last British Army units to leave Iraq.〔 In Summer 2009 the 4th Battalion provide reinforcement cover for the elections in Afghanistan and to took part in Operation Panther's Claw.〔 At the same time the 2nd Battalion was deployed to Sangin and was relieved in due course by the 3rd Battalion.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rifles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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