Structure of the British Armed Forces

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This is the structure of the British Armed Forces.

## Ministry of Defence

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* 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

### Defence Infrastructure Organisation

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* 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

### Defence Equipment and Support

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* 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

### Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

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

### Ministry of Defence Police

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Main article: List of Ministry of Defence Police locations

* 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

### Defence Safety Authority

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* 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

### Defence Nuclear Organisation

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

### Defence Business Services

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

### Defence Electronics and Components Agency

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

### Oil and Pipelines Agency

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* 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)

### United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

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* Headquarters, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, at Taunton[34]

### Submarine Delivery Agency

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

### Service Prosecuting Authority

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* Headquarters, Service Prosecuting Authority, at RAF Northolt[36]

### Non-departmental Organisations[37]

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* 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

### Reserve Forces and Cadets Association[38]

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* 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

## Strategic Command

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* 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]

### Permanent Joint Operating Bases

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* 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]

### Defence Intelligence

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* 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]

### Defence Medical Services

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* 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

### Directorate of Joint Capability

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* Headquarters, Joint Capability[87]

### Directorate of Joint Warfare

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

### Directorate of Resources and Policy

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* Headquarters, Resources and Policy

### Directorate Defence Logistics and Support

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* Headquarters, Defence Logistics and Support

### Directorate of Special Forces

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* 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

### Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

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* 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, Shrivenham[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 and Business Group, at MoD Shrivenham[112]
* Centre of Air Safety Training[113]

### Permanent Joint Headquarters

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* 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]

## Royal Navy

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Main article: Structure of the Royal Navy

*   * 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

## British Army

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Main article: Structure of the British Army

*   * 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

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Main article: Structure of the Royal Air Force

*   * 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

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Ministry of Defence

Headquarters: Main Building, Whitehall

Armed Forces|

| Service branches|

* Naval Service
* Royal Navy
* Royal Marines
* British Army
* Royal Air Force

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By nation|

* Scotland
* Wales
* the Irish

Defence Council|

| Political|

* Secretary of State for Defence
* Minister of State for the Armed Forces
* Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry
* Minister of State for Defence (House of Lords)
* Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Veterans and People

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Military|

* Chief of the Defence Staff
* Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff
* First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
* Chief of the General Staff
* Chief of the Air Staff
* Commander Strategic Command
* Chief of Defence People

Civil Service|

* Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
* Chief Scientific Adviser
* Director-General Finance
* Director-General Head Office and Commissioning Services
* Director-General Nuclear
* Director-General Security Policy
* Lead Non-Executive Board Member
* Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the People Committee
* Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Audit Committee
* Non-Executive Defence Board Member and Chair of the Defence Equipment and Support Board

Service boards|

* Admiralty Board (Navy Board)
* Army Board
* Air Force Board

Service commands|

* Navy Command
* Army Command
* Air Command
* Strategic Command

Arm's-length bodies|

* Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)
* Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
* Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA)
* United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

Top-level budget agencies
managed on an arm's-length basis|

* Defence Business Services (DBS)
* Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
* Defence Digital
* Defence Nuclear Organisation
* Ministry of Defence Police

Regulatory organisations|

* Defence Safety Authority
* Single Source Regulations Office

Intelligence|

* Defence Intelligence (under Strategic Command)
* Defence Secretariat 19 (defunct)

Non-departmental
public bodies|

* National Army Museum
* National Museum of the Royal Navy
* Royal Air Force Museum

Public corporations|

* Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA)
* Sheffield Forgemasters

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