Structure of the British Armed Forces

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This is the structure of the British Armed Forces.

• Ministry of Defence, at Main Building, Whitehall^[1]
  • Secretary of State for Defence
    • Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry
    • Minister of State for Defence
    • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
    • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans
  • Defence Council of the United Kingdom^[2]
    • Defence Board
    • Admiralty Board
    • Army Board
    • Air Force Board
  • Chiefs of Staff Committee
    • Chief of the Defence Staff
      • Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations)
      • Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability)
      • Chief of Defence People
    • Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff
    • First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
    • Chief of the General Staff
    • Chief of the Air Staff
    • Commander Strategic Command

• Headquarters, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, at DMS Whittington^[3]
  • Ministry of Defence Guard Service^[4]
  • Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
  • Defence Fire and Rescue Service, at Marlborough Lines^[5]
  • Defence Training Estate, at Waterloo Lines
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate Wales & West Midlands, at Sennybridge Training Area^[6]
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate South East, at Hythe^[7]
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate South West, at Wyvern Barracks^[8]
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate North East, at Wathgill Camp^[9]
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate North West, at Warcop Training Area^[10]
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate East, at West Tofts Camp^[11]
    • Headquarters, Defence Training Estate Scotland, at Forthside Barracks^[12]
    • Headquarters, Salisbury Plain Training Area, at Westdown Camp

• Headquarters, Defence Equipment and Support, at MoD Abbey Wood^[13]
  • British Forces Post Office, at RAF Northolt^[14]
  • Defence Equipment Sales Authority, at MoD Bicester^[15]
  • Defence Standardization, at Kentigern House, Glasgow
  • Defence Munitions^[16]
    • RNAD Coulport^[17]
    • DM Crombie
    • DM Beith
    • DM Plymouth^[18]
    • DM Glen Douglas
    • DM Gosport
    • DM Kineton

• Headquarters, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, at Porton Down^[19]
  • DSTL Portsdown West^[20]
    • Defence Wargaming Centre^[21]
  • DSTL Alverstoke^[22]
  • DSTL Newcastle^[23]

• Headquarters, Ministry of Defence Police, at RAF Wyton^[24]
  • Criminal Investigation Department
  • Nuclear Guard Force
  • Special Escort Group, at AWE Aldermaston
  • Operational Support Units
    • Operational Support Unit North
    • Operational Support Unit South
  • Central Support Groups
    • Central Support Group Aldershot
    • Central Support Group Bicester
    • Central Support Group Menwith Hill

• Headquarters, Defence Safety Authority, at Main Building, Whitehall^[25][26]
  • Military Aviation Authority, at MoD Abbey Wood^[27]
  • Military Air Accident Investigation Branch
  • Land Accident Prevention and Investigation Team
  • Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator
  • Defence Maritime Regulator
  • Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator
  • Defence Land Systems Safety Regulator
    • Land Systems Safety Regulator
    • Defence Movement and Transport Safety Regulator
    • Defence Fuel and Gas Safety Regulator
    • Defence Fire Safety Regulator

• Headquarters, Defence Nuclear Organisation, at Main Building, Whitehall^[28]
  • Warhead Directorate

• Headquarters, Defence Business Services, at MoD Abbey Wood^[29]
  • DBS Civilian HR

• Headquarters, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, at MoD Sealand^[30][31]

• Headquarters, Oil and Pipelines Agency, at Petty France, Westminster^[32][33]
  • Campbeltown Oil Fuel Depot
  • Garelochhead Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Clyde
  • Gosport Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Portsmouth
  • Loch Ewe Oil Fuel Depot
  • Loch Striven Oil Fuel Depot
  • Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Devonport
  • Plumley and Cape of Good Hope (oil storage)

• Headquarters, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, at Taunton^[34]

• Headquarters, Submarine Delivery Agency, at MOD Abbey Wood^[35]

• Headquarters, Service Prosecuting Authority, at RAF Northolt^[36]

• Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
• Single Source Regulations Office, at Finlaison House, London
• Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
• Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
• Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
• Independent Medical Expert Group
• Nuclear Research Advisory Council
• Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
• Defence Science Expert Committee
• Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
• Advisory Group on Military Medicine
• Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee
• Service Complaints Ombudsman
• United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association
• National Army Museum, at Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea
• National Museum of the Royal Navy
  • National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, at Jackson Dock, Hartlepool
  • National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, at HMNB Portsmouth
  • Royal Marines Museum, at HMNB Portsmouth
  • Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport
  • Fleet Air Arm Museum, at RNAS Yeovilton
  • Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, at Gosport
• Royal Air Force Museum
  • Royal Air Force Museum London, at Hendon Aerodrome
  • Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, at RAF Cosford

• East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Greater London Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Highland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Northern Ireland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• North of England Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• North West of England and Isle of Man Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• South East Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Wales Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• West Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
• Yorkshire and the Humber Reserve Forces and Cadets Association

• Headquarters, Strategic Command, at Northwood Headquarters, Eastbury^[39]
  • Defence Digital, at MoD Corsham^[40]
    • ISS Boddington
  • Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, at RAF Henlow^[41]
  • Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, at MoD Shrivenham^[42]

• British Forces Cyprus^[43]
  • Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus), at Ayios Nikolaos Station^[44]
  • Cyprus Communications Unit, at RAF Akrotiri^[45]
  • Cyprus Operations Support Unit, at RAF Akrotiri^[46]
  • Cyprus Joint Police Unit, at Episkopi Cantonment^[47]
  • Joint Services Health Unit, at RAF Akrotiri^[48]
  • No. 84 Squadron RAF, at RAF Akrotiri^[49] (Search and Rescue)
  • Roulement Infantry Battalion
  • Roulement Infantry Battalion
  • Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop, at Episkopi Cantonment^[50]
  • Sovereign Base Areas Police, HQ at Episkopi Cantonment^[51]
• British Forces South Atlantic Islands, at RAF Mount Pleasant^[52]
  • Naval Party 2010, at Mare Harbour
  • HMS Forth, at Mare Harbour^[53]
  • Roulement Infantry Company (RIC)
  • Resident Sky Sabre Battery (RSSB)
  • Falkland Islands Joint Logistics Unit^[54]
  • Resident Engineer Unit
  • Falkland Islands Support Unit^[54]
  • Joint Communications Unit Falkland Islands^[54]
  • Joint Services Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit^[55]
  • Joint Services Provost and Security Unit^[54]
  • Joint Services Signals Unit^[54]
  • No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF^[56]
    • No. 1312 Flight RAF, (A400M Atlas, Voyager KC2)^[57]
    • No. 1435 Flight RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)^[58]
• British Forces Gibraltar
  • Royal Gibraltar Regiment, at Devil's Tower Camp^[59]
  • Gibraltar Squadron, RN, at Port of Gibraltar^[60]
  • RAF Gibraltar^[61]
  • Joint Provost and Security Unit, at Gibdock^[62]
  • Gibraltar Defence Police, at Gibdock^[63]
• British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories, at Diego Garcia^[64]
  • Naval Party 1002, at Diego Garcia^[65]

• Headquarters, Defence Intelligence, at Main Building, Whitehall,
  • Joint Forces Cyber Group
    • Joint Cyber Unit (Reserve), at Northwood Headquarters^[66]
      • Reserve Cyber Unit, Royal Naval Reserve^[67]
      • No. 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF, at RAF Northolt^[68]
      • No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAuxAF, at Cardiff^[69]
      • Land Information Assurance Group, (British Army), at MoD Corsham^[70]
  • Joint Forces Intelligence Group, at RAF Wyton^[71]
    • Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre, at RAF Wyton^[72]
    • National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence, at RAF Wyton^[73]
    • Defence Geographic Centre, at MoD Feltham^[74]
    • Joint Services Signals Organisation, at RAF Digby^[75]
    • Defence HUMINT Unit^[76]
    • Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation, at RAF Wyton^[77]
    • No. 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit^[78]
  • Joint Intelligence Training Group, at RAF Chicksands^[79]
    • Defence College of Intelligence, at RAF Chicksands^[80]
    • Defence School of Photography, at RAF Cosford^[81]
    • Royal School of Military Survey, at Denison Barracks^[82]

• Headquarters, Defence Medical Services, at DMS Whittington
  • Surgeon-General of the UK Armed Forces
  • Director of Medical Personnel and Training
    • Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham^[83]
      • Defence School of Healthcare Education, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham^[84]
      • Defence Medical Academy, at DMS Whittington^[85]
  • Director Healthcare Delivery and Training
    • Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, at Stanford Hall^[86]
    • Defence Primary Healthcare
  • Joint Hospital Group
    • James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
    • John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
    • Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
    • Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley
    • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
    • Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
    • Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

• Headquarters, Joint Capability^[87]

• Headquarters, Joint Warfare^[88]
  • Joint Information Activities Group, at RAF Halton^[89]

• Headquarters, Resources and Policy

• Headquarters, Defence Logistics and Support

• Headquarters, United Kingdom Special Forces, at Main Building, Whitehall^[90]
  • Special Boat Service, at RM Poole^[91]
  • 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), at Regent's Park Barracks^[92]
  • 22 Special Air Service Regiment, at Stirling Lines^[93]
  • 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve), at Birmingham^[94]
  • Special Reconnaissance Regiment, at Stirling Lines^[95]
  • Special Forces Support Group, at MOD St Athan^[96]
  • 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, at Stirling Lines^[97]
  • Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, at RAF Odiham^[98]
    • No. 7 Squadron RAF, at RAF Odiham, (Chinook HC6)^[99]
    • No. 658 Squadron, AAC, at Stirling Lines, (AS365 Dauphin)^[100]
    • Special Forces Flight, No. 47 Squadron RAF, at RAF Brize Norton

• Headquarters, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, at MoD Shrivenham^[101]
  • Royal College of Defence Studies, at Seaford House^[102]
  • Joint Services Command and Staff College, at Watchfield^[103]
  • Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, at Beckett House^[104]
  • Defence Centre of Training Support, at MOD Shrivenham
  • Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme^[105]
    • Taurus Squadron, at Birmingham, (Aston, Birmingham, and Oxford Universities)
    • Thunderer Squadron, at Southampton, (Southampton and Portsmouth Universities, and Imperial College London)
    • Trojan Squadron, at Newcastle upon Tyne, (Newcastle, Northumbria, and Strathclyde Universities)
    • Typhoon Squadron, at Loughborough, (Loughborough, and Cambridge Universities)^[106]
  • Defence Engagement School, at MoD Shrivenham^[107]
    • Defence Centre for Languages and Culture, at MoD Shrivenham^[108]
    • Defence Attaché and Loan Service Centre, at MoD Shrivenham^[109]
  • Nuclear Department, at HMS Sultan^[110]
  • Technology School, at MoD Shrivenham^[111]
  • Defence Leadership Centre, at MoD Shrivenham
  • Business Skills College, at MoD Shrivenham^[112]
  • Centre of Air Safety Training^[113]

• Permanent Joint Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters^[114]
  • Standing Joint Force Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters^[115]
    • Standing Joint Force Logistics Component Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters^[116]

• Headquarters, Navy Command, at HMS Excellent, Whale Island^[117]
  • First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
    • Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
    • Fleet Commander
    • Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
    • Finance Director (Navy)
    • Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy

• Army Headquarters, at Marlborough Lines^[118]
  • Chief of the General Staff
    • Deputy Chief of the General Staff
    • Commander Field Army
    • Commander Home Command
    • Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
    • Army Sergeant Major

• Royal Air Force, at RAF High Wycombe^[119]
  • Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal
    • Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
    • Deputy Commander (Operations)
    • Deputy Commander (Capability)
    • Air Member for Materiel and Chief of Materiel
    • Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force