The British Army Guide: 2016-2017

338 Pages·2015·13.33 MB·English

by  Heyman

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Front Cover: T Hawk UAV clearing a route of improvised explosive devices as part of the ‘Talisman’ route
clearance system. (Copyright MoD 2015)
Rear Cover: Soldier manning a .50 cal heavy machine gun mounted on a Jackal 2 All Terrain Vehicle.
(Copyright MoD 2015)
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 – Overview
General Information
Government
Military Tasks and Defence Planning Assumptions of the UK’s Armed Forces
Future Force 2020
Current Force Levels
British Army Equipment Summary
Ministry of Defence (MoD)
Defence Committees
MoD Head Office
Chief of the Defence Staff
General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC Gen
Chain of Command
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)
The United Kingdom and Defence Finance
UK Defence Expenditure
UK – Top Level Budgets
The Defence Equipment Plan
British Army Statistics
Chapter 2 – Army Organisations
The Army Board
Chief of the General Staff – General Sir Nicholas Carter
Army Chain-of-Command
Staff Branches
Commander Land Forces (CLF)
3rd (United Kingdom) Division – The Reaction Force
1st (United Kingdom) Division – The Adaptable Force
Force Troops Command
Support Command
Land Equipment (LE)
Armoured Infantry Brigade Organisation
The Battlegroup
Company Groups/Task Group
British Forces Germany (BFG)
Northern Ireland
Chapter 3 – International Commitments
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
SACEUR – General Philip M. Breedlove
NATO Commands
Deployable NATO Response Forces available
Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF)
The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)
Allied Command Transformation (ACT)
European Union
CSDP Objectives – EU Helsinki Headline Goal 2010
European Union Military Committee (EUMC)
Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy
European Union Military Staff (EUMS)
Director General of the EU Military Staff
Current Major EU Military Operations (mid 2015)
European Defence Agency
EU Defence Expenditure
Overview EU Force Levels
EU Military Structures
Eurocorps
EU Battlegroups
European Rapid Reaction Force
EU Relationship with NATO
French – United Kingdom Defence Co-operation
Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF)
Afghanistan
Chapter 4 – Joint Forces Command and Joint Service Organisations
Joint Forces Command
General Sir Richard Barrons CBE – Chief of Joint Operations
JFC Structure
Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ)
Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF)
Special Forces
Joint Helicopter Command (JHC)
Defence Medical Services (DMS)
Defence Equipment and Support
Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence
Joint Services Signal Organisation (JSSO)
Skynet
Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency
Military Corrective Training Centre (MCTC)
Chapter 5 – Units of the Regular Army (During 2015)
The Services
Chapter 6 – Reserve Forces
Overview
Army Reserve Major Units and Sub-Unit Locations from 2016.
Organisation
Types of Army Reserve Units
Officers
Mobilisation and Call Out
Reimbursement
Management
Cadets
Chapter 7 – The Household Cavalry and the Royal Armoured Corps
Overview
The Armoured Cavalry Regiment
Light Cavalry Regiment
Armoured Regiment (Type 56)
Armour in the 21st Century
Chapter 8 – Armoured and Protected Vehicles
Armoured vehicles
Protected Vehicles
Chapter 9 – Infantry
Regiments and Battalions
Infantry Structure
Provisional Infantry Battalion Strengths (Army 2020)
Infantry Battalions (Listed by Role)
Infantry – Army Reserve Battalions
Infantry Strength
Operational Units
Armoured Infantry Battalion (Provisional Outline Army 2020)
Heavy Protected Mobility Battalion (Provisional Outline Army 2020)
Light Protected Mobility Battalion (Provisional Outline Army 2020)
Light Role Infantry Battalion (Provisional Outline Army 2020)
Platoon Organisation
Infantry Weapons and Systems
The Right Stuff
Chapter 10 – Army Aviation and Aviation Support
Army Air Corps
Force Structure
The Aviation Mission
AAC Attack Regiment Organisation
Army Aviation Training
AAC Aircraft
RAF Support
RAF Transport Aircraft
Chapter 11 – Artillery and Fire Support
Overview
Current Organisation
Reserve Artillery
Artillery Fire Support
Artillery Fire Missions
Air Defence
Artillery Systems
Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV)
UAV Operated by the Royal Air Force
Chapter 12 – Engineers
Overview
Force Structure
8 Engineer Brigade
Combat Engineering Roles
Close Support Engineer Regiment
Combat Engineer Training
Combat Engineering Vehicles and Equipment
Chapter 13 – Communications
Overview
Force Structure
Roles of Military Communications
Royal Signals Operational Missions
Order of Battle
Multi Role Signal Regiments (MRSR)
Training
Equipment
Chapter 14 – Combat Service Support
Logistic Overview
Logistic Brigades
The Royal Logistic Corps
Logistic Support Regiments
Vehicles
Roles, Functions and Trades in the RLC
Daily Messing Rates
The Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers – REME
Army Medical Services (AMS)
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
The Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC)
Royal Army Dental Corps (RADC)
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps (RAVC)
The Adjutant General’s Corps (AGC)
The Role of SPS Branch
The Royal Military Police (RMP)
The Military Provost Staff (MPS)
The Military Provost Guard Services (MPGS)
Smaller Corps
Chapter 15 – Recruiting, Selection, Training
Overview
Army Recruitment and Training Division
Recruiting
Soldier Selection
Phase 1 Basic Training for Recruits
School of Infantry, Catterick
Gurkhas
Army Technical Foundation College – Winchester
Phase 2 Special to Arm Recruit Training
Conditions of Service – Soldiers and Officers
Officer Commissions
Officer Selection and Sandhurst (RMAS)
Phase 3 In-Service Training
The Joint Services Command and Staff College (JSCSC)
Training Areas outside the UK and Europe
Fitness Requirements
Chapter 16 – Miscellaneous
The Services Hierarchy
UK Armed Forces Pay 2015–2016
Modes of Address
Regimental Head-Dress
The Mod’s Civilian Staff
The United Kingdom Defence Industry
QinetiQ
Codewords and Nicknames
Dates and Timings
Phonetic Alphabet
The Royal Marines
RAF Regiment
Operation Banner – Northern Ireland
UK Armed Forces – Fatal Casualties since 1945
Honours and Awards
Major Army Charities
Centre for Defence Enterprise (CDE)
Some Unusual British Officers
Quotations
Extracts from Officer’s Annual Confidential Reports
Extracts from the Devils Dictionary 1911
Abbreviations
Charles Heyman (Editor)
CHAPTER 1 – OVERVIEW
GENERAL INFORMATION
Population – European Union – Top Five Nations
(2015 Official national estimates)
Germany 81.1 million
France 64.3 million
United Kingdom 64.5 million
Italy 61.0 million
Spain 46.3 million
Total European Union population is estimated at 507 million. For comparison
other population estimates include: China 1,350 million; India 1,250 million;
United States 321 million and Russia 144 million.
Finance – European Union – Top Five Nations (2015 IMF Estimates) In
billions of US$; Euros and UK £
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is an annual figure that values all of the goods
and services produced by a country in that year. GDP is a very simple indicator
of national wealth.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections for GDP in 2019 will be
approximately: European Union 22,328; United States 22,149; China 15,519;
Japan 5,433; Germany 4,558; United Kingdom 3,704; France 3,393; India 3,182.
(Figures are in billions of US$)