Armed Forces
(asked on 30th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment is of HQ Field Army by (a) rank and (b) responsibility.
HQ Field Army is established for 236 military posts, which includes 188 Regular, 12 Reservists, 6 RAF/exchange posts (EXI) and 30 Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS). The tables below show breakdown by rank.
Regular Army |
|
Lieutenant General | 1 |
Major General | 1 |
Brigadier | 4 |
Colonel | 13 |
Lieutenant Colonel | 42 |
Major | 76 |
Captain | 16 |
Warrant Officer 1 | 9 |
Warrant Officer 2 | 11 |
Staff Sergeant | 5 |
Sergeant | 5 |
Corporal | 4 |
Lance Corporal | 1 |
Total | 188 |
Reserve |
|
Major General | 1 |
Lieutenant Colonel | 2 |
Major | 5 |
Captain | 2 |
Warrant Officer 1 | 2 |
Total | 12 |
RAF/ EXI |
|
Colonel | 2 |
Lieutenant Colonel | 1 |
Major | 1 |
Wing Commander | 1 |
Squadron Leader | 1 |
Total | 6 |
FTRS |
|
Lieutenant Colonel | 6 |
Major | 21 |
Warrant Officer 1 | 2 |
Warrant Officer 2 | 1 |
Total | 30 |
The HQ is broken into the following areas of responsibility:
Commander Field Army (CFA). CFA, Deputy CFA and Chief Of Staff Field Army Outer Offices (Establishment 11);
Command Plans: Responsible for financial planning/programming, reserve planning, organisational structures, Command Secretariat and legal (Establishment 29);
Support Branch: Responsible for the delivery of medical, personnel, logistic and equipment support (Establishment 68);
Commitments branch: Responsible for the force generation of capability for operations and exercises (Establishment 29);
Training Branch: Responsible for supporting Land Forces force generation through the provision of collective training capability and mission specific training (Establishment 47);
Warfare Branch: Responsible for the development and communication of the Army’s doctrine, as well as contributing to the development of NATO and joint doctrine (Establishment 52).