7th Armoured Brigade will lead the next group of UK Armed Forces personnel deployed to Afghanistan.The next roulement, or transition, of UK forces in Afghanistan is due to take place in October 2013.As the Prime Minister announced in December 2012, the UK’s conventional force levels in Afghanistan will draw down to around 5,200 by the end of 2013, from the current level of around 7,900.As part of this drawdown, there will be around 6,000 personnel in Afghanistan from Autumn 2013. However, this figure may fluctuate and occasionally exceed this total due to ‘relief-in-place’ (where all or part of a unit is replaced in an area by an incoming unit) and additional surges into theatre.Around half of these units will form Task Force Helmand under the command of 7th Armoured Brigade. The remainder will deploy within Helmand province and also to other locations in Afghanistan, particularly Kandahar and Kabul, as part of the UK’s overall contribution.In addition to the list of formed units, individual augmentees from each of the Services will continue to deploy as part of this integrated force package. In total MOD expects around 1,119 individual augmentees to deploy on operations.These will be comprised of 246 Royal Navy personnel, 370 Army personnel and 503 Royal Air Force personnel. The Royal Air Force currently provides the command element of Headquarters Joint Force Support (Afghanistan), with the wider headquarters manned by individual augmentees from all three Services. 101 Logistic Brigade will deploy in November to take on this role.Call-out noticesVolunteer and ex-regular members of the Reserve Forces will continue to deploy to Afghanistan as part of this integrated force package, and we expect to issue around 400 call-out notices.On completion of their mobilisation procedures, the reservists will undertake a period of training and, where applicable, integration with their respective receiving units.The majority will serve on operations for around six months although a small proportion of any force which is stood down due to force level reductions is likely to be reservist.As announced by the Defence Secretary Philip Hammond on 14 May 2013, some elements of 7th Armoured Brigade will deploy on Op Herrick 19 for up to 8 months. This will remove the requirement to train and deploy an extra brigade, at greatly reduced scale, to cover the final months of 2014.It will also align tours to key milestones in the transition process, such as the Afghan presidential elections in Spring 2014. A small number of reservists may voluntarily serve 8 months.20th Armoured Brigade is currently training to relieve 7th Armoured Brigade in 2014.The forces deploying include:7th Armoured Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (207)Headquarters 101 Logistic Brigade3rd Regiment Royal Horse ArtilleryThe Royal Scots Dragoon Guards9th/12th Royal LancersElements of The Queen’s Own YeomanryElements of 5th Regiment Royal ArtilleryElements of 14th Regiment Royal ArtilleryElements of 16th Regiment Royal ArtilleryElements of 32nd Regiment Royal ArtilleryElements of 39th Regiment Royal ArtilleryElements of 47th Regiment Royal Artillery32 Engineer Regiment63 Works Group Royal EngineersElements of 36 Engineer Regiment (Search)Elements of 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic)Elements of 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)Elements of 10th Signal RegimentElements of 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare)Elements of 15th Signal Regiment (Information Support)Elements of 21st Signal Regiment (Air Support)Elements of 30th Signal RegimentElements of 39th (Skinners) Signal Regiment1st Battalion Coldstream Guards4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment3rd Battalion The Mercian RegimentElements of 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian RegimentElements of 3rd Battalion The Royal WelshElements of 4 Regiment Army Air CorpsElements of 9 Regiment Army Air Corps2 Logistic Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps27 Theatre Logistic Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 7 Theatre Logistic Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 29 Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 151 (London) Transport Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 158 (Royal Anglian) Transport Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 162 Movement Control Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 159 Supply Regiment The Royal Logistic CorpsElements of 148 (Expeditionary Forces Institute) Squadron The Royal Logistic Corps2 Medical Regiment202 (Midlands) Field Hospital203 (Welsh) Field Hospital2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersElements of 7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersElements of 101 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersElements of 103 (Hybrid) Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers111 Provost Company Royal Military PoliceElements of 114 Provost Company Royal Military PoliceElements of Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military PoliceElements of The Military Provost Staff CorpsElements of 1st Military Working Dog RegimentElements of 1 Military Intelligence BattalionElements of 2 Military Intelligence (Exploitation) Battalion
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:14:13 +0000
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