ranges, kill houses and various urban and rural settings. The main facility is known as "Tac Town", based in the Curragh. Other ranges are located in County Wicklow. These facilities are also made available to the ERU. The ARW has trained with other military and law enforcement special operations forces, including; – Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) & 2nd Commando Regiment(2 CDO) – Special Forces Group (SFG) – Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) & Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) – GIGN & RPIMa – GSG 9 & KSK – GIS & COMSUBIN – UIM – New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) – JW GROM – SOG & FJS – Special Air Service (SAS) – 75th Ranger Regiment, Delta Force, Navy SEALs & Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance The ARW and ERU train specifically for marauding terrorist firearms/explosive attacks. In 2015, the Irish Defence Forces signed agreements with their British counterparts to deepen joint special forces peacekeeping co-operation, extending from previous deployments with British special forces in a number of combat zones. Notable missions Rangers have seen active service in a number of peacekeeping missions around the world with the United Nations, European Union (EU) and Partnership for Peace (PfP) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (the Republic of Ireland is not a member of NATO, due to its policy of military neutrality). Individual deployments include Lebanon, Bosnia, Cyprus, Iraq and Western Sahara. Somalia The ARW's first deployment overseas was in Somalia in 1993 as part of UNOSOM II where a number of teams joined the United States-led peacekeeping coalition tasked with imposing a ceasefire in the Baidoa region. Over 100 Irish troops took part in the mission, during which the ARW wore US military uniforms to blend in with American troops. On one regular return journey, from protecting a food convoy/supply run to Mogadishu, Irish and Indian UN troops were ambushed by insurgents. Following an intense firefight, there were more than 10 enemies killed with no Irish or Indian fatalities reported. Following this, the Irish contingent was supplied with armoured vehicles as they had previously been relying on soft-skinned vehicles mounted with heavy calibre machine guns. East Timor In October 1999, No 1 IRCON (Irish Contingent), an ARW platoon of 30 Rangers deployed to East Timor as part of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) to restore peace and security following the independence referendum in August. The Australian-led mission had