Afghan|stan (combat)

Iraq (combat)
kenya (eacekeep|ng support)
Canada (Defence)
Cyprus (eacekeep|ng)
Germany (eacekeep|ng)
G|bra|tar
1he Ia|k|and Is|and (1err|tory)
8rune|
Georg|a
Lth|op|a
Northern Ire|and
L|ber|a
S|erra Leone
D|ego Garc|a
Ascens|on Is|and
8a|kans
kosovo






Why Lhey are Lhere?
WhaL Lhey are dolng Lhere?
Who are Lhere?
Pow long have Lhey been Lhere?

Canada 1he 8rlLlsh army are ln Canada Lralnlng ln Lhe areas of Lhe AlberLa plaln 1hey have been Lralnlng Lhere slnce 1972
1here are 1000 vehlcles lncludlng a full complemenL of Challenger 2 Lanks and Warrlor lnfanLry llghLlng vehlcles Lach year a 8eglmenL ls senL Lhere for slx
monLhs Lo Lake Lhe parL of Lhe enemy for Lhe oLher 8eglmenLs LhaL are Lhere Lo Lraln each year
Cyprus (eacekeeplng) ln 1960 a LreaLy of esLabllshmenL allowed Cyprus Lo become an lndependenL 8epubllc free from 8rlLlsh conLrol
1he Army presence lncludes Lwo resldenL lnfanLry baLLallons 1he !olnL Servlce Slgnals unlL aL Aylos nlkolaos 62 Cyprus SupporL Squadron 8oyal Lnglneers
and 16 lllghL Army Alr Corps (equlpped wlLh Cazelle hellcopLers) aL uhekella 1here are also a varleLy of supporLlng arms such as Lhe 8oyal LoglsLlcs Corps
8oyal Army Medlcal Corps 8oyal LlecLrlcal and Mechanlcal Lnglneers 8oyal MlllLary ollce and oLhers locaLed ln boLh S8As
1he 8ases whlch cover 98 square mlles enable Lhe uk Lo malnLaln a permanenL mlllLary presence aL a sLraLeglc polnL ln Lhe LasLern MedlLerranean
Northern Ire|and Slnce 2000 Lhe 8aLLallon has helped Lo keep Lhe peace ln norLhern lreland Lhrough numerous operaLlonal Lours ln such places as 8elfasL
Londonderry LasL 1yrone and SouLh Armagh WheLher ln Lhe CounLer1errorlsL or 8loL ConLrol role Lhe 8aLLallon has learnL vlLal skllls we requlre Lo
enforce peace worldwlde
1he 8aLLallon dld noL serve ln norLhern lreland






Afghan|stan 1he 1allban gave safe haven Lo Al Caeda whlch allowed LerrorlsLs Lo plan and carry ouL aLLacks around Lhe world 1haL ls why Lhe unlLed
naLlons auLhorlsed a nA1C/lSAlled mlllLary lnLervenLlon CeLLlng rld of Lhe 1allban reglme and Al Caeda was only Lhe flrsL parL of Lhe [ob 1he second ls Lo
make sure Lhey cannoL reLurn
S|erra Leone ln Lhe currenL crlsls 1000 8rlLlsh Lroops were lnlLlally senL Lo help wlLh Lhe evacuaLlon of forelgn naLlonals buL have gone on Lo provlde
loglsLlcal supporL Lo Lhe beleaguered un operaLlon and Lralnlng for governmenL forces ln May 2000 8rlLlsh Lroops secured Lhe caplLal lreeLown and Lhe
alrporL 1hey were reporLed Lo have confronLed Lhe 8evoluLlonary unlLed lronL (8ul) ln aL leasL one baLLle LhaL lefL close Lo 20 rebels dead
L|ber|a Clvll war ln Llberla and Slerra Leone are for Lhe same Lhlng as Lhese Lwo counLrles are rlghL nexL Lo each oLher 8rlLlsh army are peacekeeplng over
ln Llberla
G|bra|tar 1he 8rlLlsh Cverseas 1errlLory of ClbralLar ls a hlgh rocky headland on Lhe souLhern coasL of Spaln WlLh an area of [usL over 2 square mlles and a
populaLlon of 30000 lLs locaLlon ls aL Lhe wesLern enLrance Lo Lhe MedlLerranean where Lhe SLralLs beLween ClbralLar and Morocco are only 13 mlles
wlde ClbralLar was capLured from Spaln ln 1704 and was formally ceded Lo 8rlLaln ln 1713 by Lhe 1reaLy of uLrechL Slnce Lhen Spaln has lald clalm Lo
ClbralLar on a number of occaslons Powever as was demonsLraLed ln 1967 when an overwhelmlng ma[orlLy voLed Lo reLaln Lhelr llnks wlLh 8rlLaln
ClbralLarlans conslder Lhemselves Lo be 8rlLlsh raLher Lhan Spanlsh
1he Ia|k|and Is|ands ln March 1982 ArgenLlnean scrap meLal merchanLs landed on Lhe lalkland lslands dependency of SouLh Ceorgla and ralsed Lhe
ArgenLlnean flag 1hls was followed by an lnvaslon of Lhe lalkland lslands Lhemselves on 2 Aprll 1982 1he unlLed naLlons SecurlLy Councll condemned Lhe
lnvaslon
1he lalkland lslands are an overseas LerrlLory of Lhe unlLed klngdom and as such rely on Lhe uk for guaranLee of Lhelr securlLy 1he oLher uk LerrlLorles ln
Lhe SouLh ALlanLlc SouLh Ceorgla and Lhe SouLh Sandwlch lslands fall under Lhe proLecLlon of Lhe 8rlLlsh forces on Lhe lalklands (also known as 8rlLlsh
lorces lalkland lslands or 8rlLlsh lorces SouLh ALlanLlc lslands) whlch lncludes commlLmenLs from Lhe 8rlLlsh Army 8oyal Alr lorce and 8oyal navy 1hey
are headed by Lhe Commander of Lhe 8rlLlsh lorces SouLh ALlanLlc lslands






Germany 8rlLlsh lorces are sLaLloned ln Cermany for reasons of naLlonal and nA1C securlLy wlLh Lhe agreemenL and supporL of Lhe Cerman governmenL
1he presence of 8rlLlsh and Amerlcan Lroops provldes muLual securlLy and ls a vlslble dlsplay of Lhe uks supporL for lLs nA1C allles 1he uk has been a
member of Lhe norLh ALlanLlc 1reaLy CrganlsaLlon slnce 1949
8a|kans 1he 8rlLlsh Army was deployed Lo ?ugoslavla ln 1992 lnlLlally Lhls force formed parL of Lhe unlLed naLlons roLecLlon lorce ln 1993 command
was Lransferred Lo llC8 and Lhen Lo SlC8 CurrenLly Lroops are under Lhe command of LulC8 Cver 10000 Lroops were senL
8rlLalns oversLreLched Armed lorces are Lo send as many as 1000 Lroops Lo Lhe 8alkans ln a move LhaL wlll see Lhe mlllLarys lasL remalnlng reserve unlL
deployed on operaLlons 17 Ieb 2008 1he 1e|egraph
kenya Lxerclse C8Anu 8lx ls a regular exerclse ln kenya run by Lhe 8rlLlsh Army 1ralnlng unlL kenya (8A1uk) lLs alm ls Lo Lraln 8aLLle Croups ln an
envlronmenL slmllar Lo AfghanlsLan and lraq kenya provldes Lhe perfecL opporLunlLy for reallsLlc Lralnlng as we deployed wlLh elemenLs of Lhe 8oyal
ArLlllery and 8oyal Lnglneers who wlll be [olnlng us ln AfghanlsLan
kosovo 8rlLaln ls Lo deploy hundreds of Lroops Lo kosovo ln a move llkely Lo revlve clalms LhaL Lhe governmenL ls demandlng Loo much from lLs armed
forces Senlor mlllLary and defence offlclals have agreed Lo a requesL from naLo Lo send a baLLle group based on 2 8lfles a llghL lnfanLry baLLallon of abouL
600 soldlers Lo help malnLaln publlc order ln Lhe newly lndependenL 8alkan sLaLe 1he Guard|an Ir|day 2S Apr|| 2008
Lth|op|a Corps of Army Muslc (CAMuS) deployed a fourmember ShorL 1erm 1ralnlng 1eam (S111) Lo Lhe uemocraLlc 8epubllc of LLhlopla followlng a
requesL by Lhe uefence ALLached (uA) 8rlLlsh Lmbassy and Addls Ababa 1he purpose of lLs deploymenL was Lo glve asslsLance and Lralnlng Lo Lhe
LLhloplan naLlonal uefence lorce 8and (Lnul8)
D|ego Garc|a As a 8rlLlsh LerrlLory all uS clvlllan and mlllLary personnel resldlng on Lhe lsland are governed by 8rlLlsh lndlan Ccean 1errlLory or 8lC1 law
1hese laws ofLen dlffer from Lhose ln Lhe unlLed SLaLes so aLLendlng lsland lndocLrlnaLlon Lo flnd ouL more ls very worLhwhlle AlLhough lL ls a 8rlLlsh
1errlLory Lhere are fewer Lhan 30 8rlLlsh personnel on Lhe lsland 1he ma[orlLy of Lhese people form naval arLy 1002 SpllL beLween 8oyal navy and 8oyal
Marlne personnel Lhe naval arLy performs clvll admlnlsLraLlon on ulego Carcla lLs members are Lasked wlLh elLher pollclng Lhe locallLy or carrylng ouL Lhe
duLles of porL or alrporL cusLoms offlcers ln addlLlon Lhe 8oyal Marlnes form a deLachmenL LhaL provldes securlLy for ulego Carcla and Lhe ouLer lslands






8rune| 1he llrsL 8aLLallon ls currenLly based ln 8runel a small klngdom ln Lhe norLh wesL of Lhe lsland of 8orneo 1he baLLallon forms Lhe largesL parL of a
8rlLlsh Carrlson near Lhe Lown of Serla
1he ma[orlLy of Lhe baLLallons Llme ln 8runel ls devoLed Lo [ungle Lralnlng MosL offlcers and senlor nCCs wlll aLLend Lhe !ungle Warfare course aL some
sLage ln Lhelr careers
1he 8runelan [ungle ls a fanLasLlc Lralnlng ground 1he Lerraln ranges from close Lhlck seL swampy [ungle Lo vlrgln prlmary ralnforesL lnLersecLed by sLeep
mounLaln rldges lL ls Lhe perfecL envlronmenL Lo hone skllls such as Lracklng ambush paLrolllng survlval navlgaLlon and many more
Georg|a 1he unlLed klngdom reacLed by sendlng a 1ask lorce Lo Lhe SouLh ALlanLlc and lmposlng a naval and alr blockade on Lhe large ArgenLlnean
garrlson on Lhe lalkland lslands SouLh Ceorgla was recapLured and a large loglsLlcs and sLaglng posL was seL up on Ascenslon lsland Lo supporL Lhe 1ask
lorce
Iraq ln uecember 2002 Lhe 1sL 8aLLallon recelved a warnlng order Lo prepare for operaLlons ln Lhe Culf wlLh 16 Alr AssaulL 8rlgade An arduous 8aLLallon
level conflrmaLory exerclse was conducLed aL Sennybrldge Wales prlor Lo deploymenL ln mldlebruary 2003 ln lraq we conducLed war flghLlng counLer
lnsurgency peace supporL and humanlLarlan operaLlons and forLunaLely wlLhouL susLalnlng one casualLy from enemy acLlon


Adam Ierr|s