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Land Command (or 'HQ Land') is a military command and part of the structure of the modern British Army. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The Territorial Army ( TA) is the principal and Volunteer reserve force of the British Army, the land armed forces branch of the United Kingdom Cavalry Household Cavalry Household Cavalry Regiment and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment The Life Guards The Blues and The structure of the British Army is broadly similar to that of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, being divided into two Commands as top-level budget The Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General ( AG) is one of the most senior officers in the British Army. HQ Northern Ireland is the command formation responsible for the administration of all British Armed Forces stationed in and around Northern Ireland. British Forces Germany (BFG is the name for British service personnel and civilians based in Germany British Forces Cyprus ( BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK sovereign base areas of Dhekelia and Akrotiri on British Forces Gibraltar is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The British Military Garrison Brunei (BGB is the name given to the British armed forces presence in Brunei. In some cases less is more The purpose of this article is to give an overview This is a list of some of the equipment currently in use by the British Army. The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries and numerous European wars Colonial wars and World wars. 1500-1599 1537 The Overseers of the Fraternity or Guild of St George received a Royal Charter from Henry VIII on 25 August when The British Army came into being with unification of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 This is a list of senior officers of the British Army. See also Commander in Chief of the Forces, Chief of the General Staff, and Chief of the Imperial General Origins In the 17th and 18th centuries rank was generally denoted by the quantity of lace and through other decoration used on uniforms Variants Bombardier/Lance Bombardier are ranks of the Royal Artillery. A command in military use has several meanings In referring to Military organization it is a collection of units or a group of personnel under the The structure of the British Army is broadly similar to that of the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, being divided into two Commands as top-level budget The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces.

It assumed control of virtually all Army combat and combat support troops on 1 April 1995. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Three major exceptions were Cyprus, the Falklands, and Northern Ireland, where the General Officer commanding reports to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for operations in support of the civil power. British Forces Cyprus ( BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK sovereign base areas of Dhekelia and Akrotiri on Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of

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Background

The headquarters is the direct descendent of the late Cold War Headquarters UK Land Forces, which in turn was formed from the disbanding Southern Command. It is located at Erskine Barracks, Wilton, Wiltshire, but in time will amalgamate with Headquarters Adjutant General under 'Project Hyperion' and probably move to the former RAF Andover site, now used by other MOD bodies. The Adjutant-General to the Forces, commonly just referred to as the Adjutant-General ( AG) is one of the most senior officers in the British Army. For both the types of transport aircraft called Andover used by the RAF see Avro Andover (1920s and Hawker Siddeley Andover (1960s-present day. [1] The new HQ will probably be known as Headquarters Land Forces and be active from 1 April 2009. [2]

Commander-in-Chief Land Command (CINCLAND) is also the Standing Joint Commander (UK) or SJC(UK), responsible for overall command to MOD contributions to national crisis response activities with the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland). [3]

Divisions and Districts

Land Command was initially divided up into eight formations, each one commanded by a Major General, and several smaller units including the training units and training support units in Belize, Brunei, Canada (Suffield for armoured battlegroups and Wainwright for infantry units) and Kenya. Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries The British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS is a unit located at the vast training area of Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada. Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, commonly referred to as CFB Wainwright is a Canadian Forces Base located in Denwood, Alberta, adjacent The reduction of army districts announced in December 1998 reduced that to six, with Scotland and London losing their formal district status. While London District was reduced to a Brigade headquarters, with the retention of a Major General commanding and its "District" title, it seems likely that it retains an importance considerably surpassing the normal regional brigade HQ. London District is the name given by the British Army to the area of operations encompassing the Greater London area Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries

Land Command was later divided in 2003, under the LANDmark reorganisation, into two suborganisations, Field Army and Regional Forces, that paralled the Cold War structure of UKLF. [4] Commander Field Army has 2 deployable Divisions (1st Armoured Division, 3rd Mechanised Division), Theatre Troops, Joint Helicopter Command, and DGTS LWC under him, while Commander Regional Forces is responsible for 3 regenerative Divisions (2nd Division, 4th Division, 5th Division), London District, and UK Support Command Germany. In 2007 it was announced that a new deployable divisional HQ would be established until at least 2011 as a means of meeting the UK's commitments to provide divisional HQs on a rotational basis to Regional Command (South) in Afghanistan and as the lead nation of Multi-National Division (South-East) in Iraq. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 2011 ( MMXI) will be a Common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Multi-National Division (South-East (MND(SE is a British commanded division responsible for security in the south east of Iraq. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. This will be based in York and formed around the re-established 6th Division. York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The 6th Infantry Division was established by Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War and was active for most of the period since [5]

HQs 2, 4, and 5 Divisions (originally referred to as Regenerative Divisions), plus the London District effectively act as military districts in the UK itself; the divisions would only be able to generate field formations in the event of a general war. Military districts are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army which are responsible for a certain area of territory UK Support Command Germany forms the district HQ for personnel based in Germany that are not attached to 1st Armoured Division.

London District's most public concern is the administration of ceremonial units and provision of garrisons for such installations as the Tower of London. However, its primary responsibility is to maintain units directly for the defence of the capital. It should be noted that 56 (London) Brigade was disbanded in 1993.

Brigades

The British Army has only eight genuinely operational, deployable brigade groups – the seven incorporated in 1 Armoured Division and 3 Mechanised Division, plus 16 Air Assault Brigade. The 1st Armoured Division is an armoured division of the British Army. The British 3rd Infantry Division, known at various times as the Iron Division, 3rd (Iron Division or as Iron Sides, was originally formed in 1809 3 Commando Brigade, a Naval Service formation formed predominantly by units of the Royal Marines but with significant army support, is under the direct command of the Commander in Chief Fleet (CINCFLEET). 3 Commando Brigade is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces and the main manoeuvre formation of the Royal Marines. The Naval Service is the Naval branch of the British Armed Forces, which includes civilian agencies under the control of the Navy Board. The Royal Marines ( RM) are the marine corps and amphibious Infantry of the United Kingdom and along with the Royal Navy Commander-in-Chief Fleet ( CINCFLEET) is the Admiral responsible for the operation resourcing and training of the ships submarines and aircraft and personnel of In November 2007, the MOD announced the temporary creation of another deployable brigade, designated as 11 Light Brigade, which will command the Operation Herrick rotation between October 2009 and April 2010. November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday Operation Herrick is the codename under which all British operations in the war in Afghanistan have been conducted October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United For the film see 2010 The Year We Make Contact. For the book see 2010 Odyssey Two. [6]

The numerous other ‘brigades’ within 2, 4, and 5 Divisions would be better described as regional districts whose function is to administer all Territorial Army units within their area and to coordinate the provision of support to the civil authority if necessary, as well as home defence tasks. An example was the coordination of military support the regional brigades did during the foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2001. The fourteen new Civil Contingency Response Forces (CCRFs), each parented by a TA infantry battalion, are also linked into this structure. [7] They form force elements which may be called on, alongside regular units, by the established chain of command (Ministry of Defence, Land Command, Divisional HQs and Regional Brigades) in the event of a request for military assistance by the civil authorities. The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters

There are, in addition to those already mentioned, a number of specialist brigades which bring together under a single administrative apparatus several units performing similar functions. There are two logistic brigades that are attached directly to the two ready divisions; 102 Logistic Brigade is assigned to provide support to 1st Armoured Division, while 101 Logistic Brigade supports 3rd Mechanised Division. 104 Logistic Support Brigade operates as the permanent logistic support command attached to Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) at Northwood; for administrative purposes, 104 Brigade comes under the authority of the GOC, Theatre Troops. The Permanent Joint Headquarters ( PJHQ) is the British tri-service Headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled All of the formation reconnaissance regiments not attached to either 1st Armoured Division or 3rd Mechanised Division are grouped together under the administration of 1 Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, while the similarly unattached artillery regiments come under either 1 Artillery Brigade or 7 Air Defence Brigade.

Hierarchy

CINCLAND

Field Army

Structure Theatre Troops
Structure Theatre Troops

Regional Forces

Structure Regional Forces
Structure Regional Forces

Previous Commanders-in-Chief

See Article Commander-in-Chief, Land Command

Northern Ireland

Main Article - HQ Northern Ireland

Headquarters Northern Ireland is not part of Land Command. Gütersloh (ˈgyːtɐsloː is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. ---- Hohne is a little town in Germany, to the north of Braunschweig, about 25km north west of Celle Paderborn (paːdɐˈbɔʁn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. Osnabrück (ɔsnaˈbʁʏk is a City in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due Commander-in-Chief Land Command (CINCLAND formerly Commander-in-Chief Land Forces is a senior officer in the British Army. HQ Northern Ireland is the command formation responsible for the administration of all British Armed Forces stationed in and around Northern Ireland. It is a separate formation whose commander reports to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for operational purposes. The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the chief minister in the Government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland

38th (Irish) Brigade is the single British Army formation under the command of HQNI. The 38th (Irish Infantry Brigade was a British Army unit formed on 13 January 1942 by converting The 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home, a It was formed in 2007 through the amalgamation of two previous formations:

38 Brigade will come under the command of the 2nd Division. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The British 39th Infantry Brigade is a military formation of the British Army that was first established during World War I and reformed in the 1950s The British 2nd Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War. [9]

Notes

Note 1: Although 101 Logistic Brigade and 102 Logistic Brigade provide support directly to the army's two deployable divisions, they fall under the administrative control of HQ Theatre Troops [1]
Note 2: 16 Air Assault Brigade is an independent formation that can be deployed either independently or as part of a higher formation. For administrative purposes, it is part of 5 Division.
Note 3: 42 (North-West) Brigade will be transferred to 5th Division at some point, coinciding with 38 (Irish) Brigade transferring to 2nd Division. No date for this has been set.
Note 4: 52 Infantry Brigade was transferred to 3rd (UK) Division on 1st April 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Note 5: 49 (East) Brigade was transferred to 5th Division on 1st April 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Note 6: 43 (Wessex) Brigade was transferred to 4th Division on 1st April 2007. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

External Links and Sources

References

  1. ^ British Army Rumour Service > > Forums > > Boards by Rank > > Officers > > Project Hyperion
  2. ^ Robert Key MP's website
  3. ^ Interim Joint Doctrine Publication 2
  4. ^ Lt Col Richard Quinlan, R Signals, HQ Theatre Troops, in News From Formations, The Wire, April 2003, p. The Ministry of Defence ( MoD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters 127
  5. ^ Hansard 26th July 2007
  6. ^ 11 Brigade will provide vital support to Afghan operations
  7. ^ Hansard 24/02/03
  8. ^ a b c Senior Officer Appointments
  9. ^ Hansard, 29th Nov 2006
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