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The Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF) was a capability concept of the British Armed Forces from 1999 to 2010. It was a pool of specialised units from all three armed services tasked with rapid deployment worldwide at short notice. The force was intended to be capable of mounting operations up to medium scale warfighting.
The ARRC was created on 1 October 1992 in Bielefeld based on the former I (British) Corps (I (BR) Corps). [2] It was originally created as the rapid reaction corps sized land force of the Reaction Forces Concept that emerged after the end of the Cold War, with a mission to redeploy and reinforce within Allied Command Europe (ACE) and to conduct Petersberg missions out of NATO territory.
As the British Army's rapid response formation, 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team has served in the vanguard of all of the Army's recent operational deployments to Sierra Leone, Macedonia, Iraq and Afghanistan, and is the largest brigade in the Army, with 6,200 personnel.
In 2015, after another defence and security review, called the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, and subsequent Army 2020 Refine, the ARRC is due to be expanded. As part of these changes, the battalion will become a full Gurkha unit. The battalion's current role is to provide enabling and force protection support to the ARRC NATO ...
The United Nations Security Council adopted resolution (S/RES/1325) on women and peace and security on 31 October 2000. The resolution reaffirms the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian response and in post-conflict reconstruction and stresses the importance of their equal participation and full ...
The British Army uniform has sixteen categories, ranging from ceremonial uniforms to combat dress to evening wear. No. 8 Dress, the day-to-day uniform, is known as "Personal Clothing System – Combat Uniform" (PCS-CU) [262] and consists of a Multi-Terrain Pattern (MTP) windproof smock, a lightweight jacket and trousers with ancillary items ...
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Godwin grew up in Devon. [1] She comes from a military family and her grandfather, who served in the British Army, was stationed in Egypt, Gibraltar, and India. [1]She was educated at Elm Grove School in Topsham and Exeter School, where she played field hockey, was an equestrian, and a member of the Combined Cadet Force.