The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond)
The next roulement of UK armed forces in Afghanistan is due to take place in June 2014. As HQ Task Force Helmand will have integrated into Regional Command (South West) on 1 April 2014, around half of the units deploying will come under Command of a UK one star within the United States Marine Corps Commanded Headquarters. The remainder will deploy elsewhere within Camp Bastion and in Kandahar and Kabul as part of the UK’s overall contribution. The forces deploying include1:
Elements of 20th Armoured Brigade Headquarters |
Headquarters 102 Logistic Brigade |
854 Naval Air Squadron |
Elements of 845 Naval Air Squadron |
1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards |
Elements of The Queen’s Royal Hussars (The Queen’s Own and Royal Irish) |
Elements of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery |
26th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Elements of 39th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Elements of 47th Regiment Royal Artillery |
Elements of 33 Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) |
Elements of 35 Engineer Regiment |
Elements of 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographical) |
64 Works Group Royal Engineers |
1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division Headquarters and Signal Regiment |
Elements of 10th Signal Regiment |
Elements of 14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) |
Elements of 15th Signal Regiment (Information Support) |
Elements of 30th Signal Regiment |
Elements of 1st Battalion The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queen’s and Royal Hampshires) |
2nd Battalion The Rifles |
5th Battalion The Rifles |
Elements of 3 Regiment Army Air Corps |
1 Logistic Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of 6 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of 7 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of 13 Air Assault Support Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of 29 Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
1 Medical Regiment |
34 Field Hospital |
3 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Elements of 102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
Elements of 1st Regiment Royal Military Police |
Elements of Special Investigation Branch (United Kingdom) Royal Military Police |
Elements of Close Protection Unit Royal Military Police |
Elements of The Military Provost Staff Corps |
Elements of 1st Military Working Dog Regiment |
Elements of 1 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Elements of 2 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Elements of 4 Military Intelligence Battalion |
Elements of 7th Battalion The Rifles |
Elements of 150 (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of 159 Supply Regiment The Royal Logistic Corps |
2 Operational Support Group The Royal Logistic Corps |
Elements of Headquarters Expeditionary Forces Institute and 148 (Expeditionary Forces Institute) Squadron The Royal Logistic Corps |
31 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
IX (Bomber) Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Number 7 Royal Air Force Protection Wing Headquarters |
Number 15 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment |
Number 34 Squadron Royal Air Force Regiment |
Number 2 Tactical Police Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Number 609 Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment |
Elements of 47 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 30 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 32 (The Royal) Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 13 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 101 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 27 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 18(B) Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 33 (Engineering) Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 90 Signals Unit, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 1 Air Mobility Wing, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 2 Mechanical Transport Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of 93 (Expeditionary Armaments) Squadron, Royal Air Force |
Elements of Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing, Royal Air Force |
Elements of Tactical Medical Wing, Royal Air Force |
Elements of Tactical Supply Wing, Royal Air Force |
Elements of Air Port of Embarkation Wing, RAF Brize Norton |
Elements of Base Support Wing, RAF Brize Norton |
Elements of Engineering and Logistics Wing, RAF Brize Norton |
Elements of Forward Engineering Wing, RAF Brize Norton |
Elements of Operations Wing, RAF Brize Norton |
Elements of Tornado Engineering Flight (TEF), Royal Air Force Marham |
Elements of Engineering and Logistics Wing, Royal Air Force Odiham |
Elements of Joint Helicopter Support Squadron, Royal Air Force Odiham |
Elements of Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit Northallerton |
Elements of Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit Frimley Park |
Elements of Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit Peterborough |
Elements of Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit Portsmouth |
Elements of Royal Centre for Defence Medicine |
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 we expect around 762 individual augmentees to deploy2. This will be comprised of 67 Royal Navy personnel, 320 Army personnel and 375 Royal Air Force personnel3. The Army will provide the command element of Headquarters Joint Force Support (Afghanistan); 102 Logistic Brigade will deploy in this role with the wider headquarters manned by individual augmentees from all three services.
Volunteer 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 250 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.
This will be the final phase of Op Herrick and will see UK armed forces ending combat operations by 31 December 2014.
1 Where the contribution is 10 personnel or more.
2 With a number of exceptions, notably Force Protection Force Elements, the RN and RAF deploy outside of the numbered Herrick iterations. For the purposes of this document. Op Herrick 20 is assumed to run from 1 June 2014 to 31 December 2014. The listed units and elements thereof will all deploy within the 1 June 2014 to 31 December 2014 window.
3 Contained within the Royal Air Force Individual augmentee figures is the Tactical Operations Air Traffic Management Team.