Editing Ulster Volunteer Force (section)

==Affiliated groups==
*The [[Red Hand Commando]] (RHC) is an organisation that was established in 1972 and is closely linked with the UVF. It also allowed other groups to claim attacks under its name.<ref>{{Citation |title=Red Hand Commando |date=2024-08-24 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hand_Commando |access-date=2024-09-28 |language=en}}</ref>
*The [[Young Citizen Volunteers (1972)|Young Citizen Volunteers]] (YCV) is the youth section of the UVF. It was initially a youth group akin to the [[Scouting Ireland|Scouts]], but became the youth wing of the UVF during the Home Rule crisis.
*The [[Progressive Unionist Party]] (PUP) is the political wing of the UVF.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4244082.stm |title=Northern Ireland &#124; What is the UVF? |publisher=BBC News |date=14 September 2005 |access-date=29 July 2009 |archive-date=22 December 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222150309/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4244082.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2010, its sole member in the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]], party leader [[Dawn Purvis]], resigned from the PUP over the UVF being accused of involvement in the Moffett murder.
* The [[Protestant Action Force]] (PAF) was a cover name used by the UVF to avoid directly claiming responsibility for killings and other acts of violence. The names were first used during the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/organ/porgan.htm |title=CAIN: Abstracts of Organisations |publisher=Cain.ulst.ac.uk |access-date=29 July 2009 |archive-date=17 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217154305/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/organ/porgan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>