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Basic Training, which is often referred to as Phase 1 training, follows a standard syllabus for all new recruits. For other ranks, this is the Common Military Syllabus (Recruits) (CMSR). CMSR covers the skills and fitness needed to survive and operate in a field environment, and seeks to imbue the ethos and principles of the British Army.
As from 2020/2021 a new set of fitness tests, the Role Fitness Test, have been introduced, which cover a broader range of physical performance but have the disadvantage of requiring equipment such as a hex bar for deadlifts, a pull up bar for pull ups, power-bags to lift and carry, and weighted bag (simulating a casualty) to drag.
The British Army will be reduced in establishment, to 72,500 regular personnel by 2025, with no change in reserves. [7] This was later changed to 73,000 — an increase of 500 personnel — in November 2021. [8] Deploying army forces will be reorganised into five new 'brigade combat teams': [9] one 'Deep Recce Strike' (with the Ajax armoured ...
Future Soldier is a reform of the British Army resulting from the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy ("Global Britain in a Competitive Age") published in March 2021. The aim of the reform is to create a more lethal, agile and expeditionary force, able to fight and win wars and to operate in the grey-zone ...
A Coldstream Guards poster from World War I British Volunteer recruits in London, August 1914, who would form Kitchener's New Army. At the start of 1914, the British Army had a reported strength of 710,000 men including reserves, of which 247,432 were regular troops, also including 80,000 regular troops formed as the British Expeditionary Force ...
— British Army, Army Special Operations Brigade Initially, the regiment is planned to be "based on four Infantry Battalions but selecting personnel from across the Army". The regiment's task will be as follows: "[It will be] designed to support and conduct special operations discreetly in high-risk environments". [ 10 ]
Army Training Regiment Grantham (ATR G) located at Prince William of Gloucester Barracks, Grantham - scheduled to close by 2028 [7] Army Training Centre Pirbright (ATC P) located at Alexander Barracks, Pirbright [8] Under Future Soldier, a new British Army Soldier Academy will be
Military Provost Staff (MPS) [34] Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) [35] Royal Corps of Army Music - 14 + 20 bands [36] Royal Army Chaplains' Department - approx. 150 [37] Small Arms School Corps [38] Royal Army Physical Training Corps [39] General Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Service - 9 + 15 units [40] Royal Army Veterinary Corps - 2 ...