CRF Guards

Description

Guards man visible perimeter sentries at terrorist objective holding DEA hostages. They form hostile security barrier Delta Force must subdue during extraction. Positioned to defend against U.S. assault (20-man perimeter secure, six-man snatch, CIA wet team) in 47-minute window post-Bartlet 'Go' order. Antagonist force obstructing rescue amid kinetic shift from containment.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

1 events

S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Order Given: Task Force Dawn Sky Deploys

CRF Guards are the hostile sentries and visible guards that the assault must subdue; they function as the immediate antagonists whose presence shapes force composition and the decision to include lethal elements.

Active Representation

Referenced in Fitzwallace's briefing as the enemy force that will be engaged and subdued by the assault.

Power Dynamics

Local, on-the-ground opposition that the U.S. assault force must overpower; they hold tactical control of the immediate objective until the assault.

Institutional Impact

Their presence necessitates an escalated U.S. response and justifies use of force; they are the proximate cause of the mission's risk calculus.

Internal Dynamics

Likely varied in training and capability; organized enough to warrant coordinated suppression but not central to the larger strategic hierarchy.

Organizational Goals

Maintain control of the barracks and prevent hostage escape or rescue. Resist the assault to protect the captors' position and leverage.

Influence Mechanisms

Physical control of terrain and use of visible sentries. Potential use of force and local knowledge to complicate rescue efforts.