Areas of the Army

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Royal Engineers
Roles and Responsibilities

Areas of expertise are summarised as follows:

Basic Field Engineering - Knots & lashings, field machines, basic structures, hand & power tools, construction techniques. Water Supply - The production and distribution of drinkable water. Demolitions - The use of explosives Force Protection - The construction of protective structures and defensive obstacles. Waterman ship - The safe operation of military assault craft and outboard motors. Mine Warfare - The location and clearance of explosive devices. Bridging - The construction of purpose-made and improvised bridges to overcome wet and dry gap obstacles.

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Recent Deployment
The most recent deployment has been of 6 High Threat Search Teams as part of the Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) Task Force to Afghanistan. The Regiment will also have 100 members of 69 Gurkha Field Squadron Op HERRICK as part of Op BAM, a reconstruction task force to upgrade the infrastructure, which provides life support to those in theatre. Personnel from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment went on a sixmonth tour in Afghanistan on the 28th September 2011.

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Royal Engineers

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Roles and Responsibilities

The Corps of Royal Engineers is unique with all our "Sappers" being multi skilled soldiers, combat engineers and tradesmen working alongside all parts of the Army we play a vital role in the effectiveness of the British Army and the United Kingdom in both peacetime and on Opertations.

Combat Engineering is the generic term given to the military engineering techniques and procedures used primarily - but not exclusively - on the battlefield,to edit Master subtitle style Click by the Royal Engineers. This expertise is common to all sappers and provides the foundation skills and knowledge used on all engineering tasks.

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Royal Logistic corps

Roles and Responsibilities
The Royal Logistic Corps makes up over 16% of the Army and wherever the Army is deployed you can guarantee that soldiers and officers of The Royal Logistic Corps will be close by supplying, moving and coordinating supplies to keep the modern Army running smoothly. Whilst soldiers of the Royal Logistic Corps are trained in a primary specialist role, they are soldiers first and specialists second, because success on the battlefield relies on our soldiers carrying out their trade, no matter how hostile the conditions become. The Regiment is grouped into 5 main areas. Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) 27 Headquarters Squadron (27 HQ Sqn) 22 Close Support Squadron (22 CS Sqn) 45 Close Support Squadron (45 CS Sqn) 76 General Support Squadron (76 GS Sqn)

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Recent Deployments
In recent years each squadron in the regiment has deployed complete on operations to places such as Bosnia and Kosovo as well as sending personnel to Northern Ireland, Kenya and the Falkland Islands.

Afghanistan - In November 2001 the United Kingdom, as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom with the United States, invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban. The 3rd Division were deployed in Kabul, to assist in the liberation of the troubled capital. Iraq - In 2003, the United Kingdom was a major contributor to the United States-led invasion of Iraq. There was major disagreement amongst the domestic populace but the House of Commons voted for the conflict, sending a force that would reach 46,000 military personnel. Pakistan - 24 instructors from the British Army along with 6 American Army personnel will be training Pakistans paramilitary Frontier Corps over a period of 3 years. This was between 2009 and 2012. Kenya - The Army has a training centre in Kenya, under agreement with the Kenyan government. It provides training facilities for three infantry battalions per year. This was in 2010. 7/2/12