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Disbandment of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and Royal Air Force Germany (RAFG) in 1994, following the end of the Cold War and the Options for Change defence review in the early 1990s, reduced the strength of the British Armed Forces in Germany by almost 30,000 with just one division (1st Armoured) remaining by the late 1990s, [7 ...
British Army Germany (BAG) is the superior institution under which the remaining installations of the former British Forces Germany (BFG) are organised after the completion of the withdrawal of the British Armed Forces from Germany in February 2020.
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the Ministry of Defence, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.As of 1 July 2024, the British Army comprises 74,296 regular full-time personnel, 4,244 Gurkhas, 25,934 volunteer reserve personnel and 4,612 "other personnel", for a total of 109,086.
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The British Army retains a presence at a small number of installations primarily in the North Rhine-Westphalia area of Germany as part of what is now known as British Army Germany. [ 4 ] Overseas military bases enable the British Army to conduct expeditionary warfare , "maintain a persistent forward presence", "deter potential adversaries", and ...
[46] [47] [48] Today, the British Army is the only Home British military force (unless the Army Cadet Force and the Combined Cadet Force are considered), including both the regular army and the forces it absorbed, though British military units organised on Territorial lines remain in British Overseas Territories that are still not considered ...
British Army Germany, Sennelager [64] Land Training Fleet (Sennelager), at Athlone Barracks, Sennelager [65] British Army (Germany) Maintenance Detachment, at Ayrshire Barracks South, Mönchengladbach [66] Includes 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron RE in Minden; Dorsten Ammunition Depot [67] Alpine Training Centre Hubertushaus, in Oberstdorf [68]
The Sennelager Training Area (German: Truppenübungsplatz Senne) is a military training area in Germany, under the control of British Forces based in Paderborn Garrison. It covers an area of 116 square kilometres (45 square miles), and belongs to the German Government, which discharges its responsibility through its Institute for Federal Real Estate.