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Armed Forces - a3a2 - British Army - Formations - 1st UK Division The Adaptable Force - HQ 4th Infantry Brigade, HQ 7th Infantry Brigade, HQ 11th Infantry Brigade, HQ 38th Irish, HQ 42nd Infantry. HQ 51st Infantry, HQ 160 Infantry, HQ 102 Logistics
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1ST (UNITED KINGDOM) DIVISION -
THE ADAPTABLE FORCE
The Adaptable Force – 1st (United
Kingdom) Division: This formation comprises a pool of Regular
and Reserve units organised during peace under eight regionally based
infantry brigades for training and administrative purposes. For a
given operation, force package could be selected from across the
pool of Adaptable Force units. In addition to providing forces for
operational tasks when required, the Adaptable Force will deliver
the elements required for the Standing Commitments in areas such as
Cyprus, Brunei and the Falkland Islands plus Ceremonial Duties in
the UK and for UN commitments as they occur.
The Adaptable Force will also be capable of undertaking the
following tasks:
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Overseas military capacity building
- training and developing indigenous armies in order to
strengthen their national defence capability and prevent future
conflict.
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Military support to homeland
resilience - this would include maintaining a contingent
capability to deal with natural disasters and other tasks.
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Providing follow-on forces for
future enduring operations. This would require the Adaptable
Force to maintain institutional readiness at an appropriate
level of training.
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There are 7 x Brigades in the Adaptable
Force (1 UK Division). This division has the responsibility of providing
2 x deployable brigades to supplement the 3 x operational brigades in
the Reaction Force (3 UK Division). Therefore 3 x brigades in the
Adaptable Force are intended to be kept up to strength and at a
reasonably high level of readiness, as they are intended to combine to
deliver 2 x deployable brigades. This structure will serve to achieve
deployable brigades necessary to support an enduring operation overseas.
These three brigades earmarked for higher readiness are believed to be 4
(Catterick), 7 (Chilwell) and 51 (Edinburgh). The other 4 x brigades in
the Adaptable Force will be at a lower state of readiness.
1ST (UNITED KINGDOM DIVISION) - BRIGADES
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HQ 4th Infantry Brigade & HQ
North East (Catterick) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
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The Light Dragoons |
Light Cavalry |
Catterick |
The Queens Own
Yeomanry (R) (Newcastle) |
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2nd Bn The
Yorkshire Regiment |
Light
Protected Mobility |
Catterick |
4th Bn The
Yorkshire Regiment (R) (York) |
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(R) Denotes a Reserve unit |
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HQ 7th Infantry Brigade & HQ East
(Chilwell) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
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1st Queen's Dragoon
Guards |
Light Cavalry |
Swanton Morley |
The Royal Yeomanry (R)
(London) |
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2nd Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Light Protected Mobility |
Cottesmore |
3rd
Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment (R) (Bury St Edmunds) |
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1st Bn The Royal Irish Regiment |
Light Protected Mobility |
Tern Hill |
2nd Bn The Royal Irish Regiment (R)
(Lisburn) |
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1st
Bn The Royal Anglian Regiment |
Light Role Infantry |
Woolwich |
3rd Bn The Princess of
Wales's Royal Regiment (R) (Canterbury) |
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HQ 11th Infantry Brigade & HQ
South East (Aldershot) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
| 1st Bn
The Welsh Guards |
Light Protected Mobility |
Pirbright |
3rd Bn
The Royal Welsh (R) (Cardiff) |
| 1st Bn
The Grenadier Guards |
Light Role Infantry |
Aldershot |
The London Regiment (R) (Westminster) |
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1st Bn The Royal Gurkha Rifles |
Light Role Infantry |
Shorncliffe |
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HQ 38th Irish Brigade (Lisburn) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
| 1st Bn
The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Light Role Infantry |
Belfast |
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| 2nd Bn
The Rifles |
Light Role Infantry |
Ballykinler |
7th Bn
The Rifles (R) (Reading) |
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HQ 42nd Infantry Brigade & HQ
North West (Preston) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
| 2nd Bn
The Mercian Regiment |
Light Role Infantry |
Chester |
4th Bn The Mercian Regiment (R) (Wolverhampton) |
| 2nd Bn
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment |
Light Role Infantry |
Weeton |
4th Bn
The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (R) (Preston) |
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HQ 51st Infantry Brigade & HQ
Scotland (Edinburgh) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
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The Royal Scots
Dragoon Guards |
Light Cavalry |
Leuchars |
The Royal Lancastrian
and Mercian Yeomanry (R) (Edinburgh) |
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3rd Bn The Rifles |
Light Protected Mobility |
Edinburgh |
5th Bn The Royal
Regiment of Fusiliers
(R) (Newcastle) |
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3rd Bn The Royal
Regiment of Scotland |
Light Protected Mobility |
Fort George |
7th Bn The Royal
Regiment of Scotland (R) (Perth) |
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2nd Bn The Royal
Regiment of Scotland |
Light Role Infantry |
Edinburgh |
6th Bn The Royal
Regiment of Scotland (R) (Glasgow) |
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HQ 160th Infantry Brigade (Brecon) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
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1st Bn The Rifles |
Light Role Infantry |
Chepstow |
6th Bn The Rifles (R)
(Exeter) |
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HQ
102 Logistic Brigade (Grantham) |
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Unit |
Role |
Location |
Affiliated Reserve Unit |
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6 Regiment RLC |
Force Logistic
Regiment |
Dishforth |
150 Transport Regiment
(R) (Hull) |
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7 Regiment RLC |
Force Logistic
Regiment |
Cottesmore |
158 Transport Regiment
(R) (Peterborough) |
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159 Supple Regiment
RLC (R) |
Reserve Supply
Regiment |
Coventry |
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2 Medical Regiment
RAMC |
Hybrid Regiment |
North Luffenham |
Comprises Reserves and
Regulars |
| 3
Medical Regiment RAMC |
Hybrid
Regiment |
Preston |
Comprises Reserves and Regulars |
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225 (Scottish) Medical Regiment RAMc (R) |
Reserve Medical Regiment |
Dundee |
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| 254
(East of England) Medical Regiment RAMC (R) |
Reserve Medical Regiment |
Cambridge |
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| 1
Close Support Battalion REME |
Close
Support |
Catterick |
102 Bn
REME (R) (Newton Aycliffe) |
| 2
Close Support Battalion REME |
Close
Support |
Leuchars |
106 Bn
REME (R) (Glasgow) |
| 104
Battalion REME (R) |
Reserve Equipment Support |
Northampton |
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