Editing 1st Gurkhas

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| Designation  = First Gurkhas
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| Affiliation = [[Mercenary]]<br/>[[Republic of the Sphere]]
| Parent Command = [[Northwind Highlanders]]
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The '''First Gurkhas''' are an elite infantry unit that serves as part of the Northwind Highlanders Brigade.  Among [[mercenary]] units, the First Gurkhas are considered on par with [[DEST]] and [[MI6]] and second only to the [[Wolf's Dragoons]] [[Seventh Kommando]] in their ability to conduct special operations.<ref name=CMM>''Combat Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 58</ref><ref name=MS>''Mercenaries Supplemental'', p. 52</ref>

==History==
The First Gurkhas derived their name from the [[w:Brigade of Gurkhas|Brigade of Gurkhas]] to honor the original unit's fighting prowess.<ref name=MS/>

The unit formed part of the Northwind Highlander's contribution to [[Task Force Serpent]], accompanying the fleet in the invasion of the [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] world of [[Huntress]].<ref>''Twilight of the Clans'', p. 8</ref>

==Officers==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Rank
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name
! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Command
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the First Gurkhas'''
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| [[Lieutenant Colonel]]||[[Michael McPhearson]]||[[3059]]–[[3067]]<ref name=NHsp52/><ref name=MS/>
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| [[Colonel]]||[[Michael Griffin]]||[[3132]]<ref name=ASitHc9>''A Silence in the Heavens'', ch. 9</ref>
|}

==Tactics==
As elite special forces, the First Gurkhas are used judiciously and only at the discretion of the senior Northwind regimental officer.  They also have access to some of the finest equipment available, and by [[3067]] was fully incorporating [[battle armor]].<ref name=MS/>

==Composition History==

===3050===
'''First Gurkhas''' (Battalion)

===3059===
'''First Gurkhas'''<ref name=NHsp52>''Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack)'', p. 52</ref>
*'''First Company''' - Major Charles Ford - Command, Support and Recon Platoons.
*'''Second Company''' - Captain Robert Shay - Command, Support and Recon Platoons.
*'''Third Company''' - Captain Shirley Polk - Command, Support and Recon Jump Platoons.

===3067===
'''First Gurkhas''' (Battalion/Elite/Reliable)<ref name=MS/>
*'''Sixth Comp''' - Major Charles Ford
*'''Seventh Comp''' - Captain Robert Shay
*'''Tenth Comp''' - Captain Julie Stiles

===3132===
'''First Gurkhas'''

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Combat Manual: Mercenaries]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental]]''
* ''[[Northwind Highlanders (scenario pack)]]
* ''[[A Silence in the Heavens]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Twilight of the Clans]]''


[[Category:Mercenary Commands|Northwind Highlanders, Gurkhas, 1st]]
[[Category:Republic of the Sphere Support Commands|Northwind Highlanders, Gurkhas, 1st]]