42nd Infantry Brigade and HQ North West

Colonel Phil Harrison DComd 42 Inf Bde

22 Sep 16 Core purposes of the Army

Being ready for Defence Operations – Engagement and wherever building capacity necessary overseas

Playing a full part in UK society and helping deal with crises

The British Army - a professional force, resolving crises abroad, serving the Nation at home, securing Britain in an uncertain world. The Army 2020 Structure

Adaptable Force Reactive Force x x x x x x

Force Troops x x x x x x x

SAG Six Areas of Work

 Defence Engagement  Training to be ready  Standing Commitments  UK Resilience  Civil Engagement  Real Life Support One of the Regional Points of Command The North West

Carlisle

 UK’s 3rd most densely Cumbria populated Region: Lake District  11% / 7,100,000  2 x major cities Barrow  Rural swathe Isle of Man Lancaster X  Main Supply Routes Lancashire Blackpool Preston  160 miles – Carlisle to Bolton Oldham Crewe Manchester Merseyside Greater  6% of total UK area Liverpool Manchester

Chester  41 Local Authorities and Cheshire IoM Govt Population

 20% workless households  Areas of deprivation  Manchester, Liverpool, Cotton Belt  Ethnicity  Up to 85% Muslim in some wards  But still 90% white  Recruiting hits easy targets  Engagement aims at hard targets Regional Laydown

Infantry Cavalry  5 counties and Isle of Man Artillery  42 Local Authorities Logistics Engineers  Recruit 20% of the Army REME Intelligence Police Signals Medical Training Plus: 265 ACF Detachments 18 CCF Detachments 7 Army Careers Centres Our Units

x OPERATIONAL COMMAND

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2 LANCS 4 LANCS 2 MERCIAN 4 MERCIAN

OPERATIONAL CONTROL || || || || || MI 3 6 103 75 156 | | |

125 & B&C 127 33 37 QOY 101 || || … … MP 207 H 208 H 116 4 Defence Engagement

Upstream Capacity Building DefenceRegional Engagement Alignment Regional Alignment

Eastern Europe and Central Asia

North Africa Belize South Asia

South East Asia Middle East West Africa

East Africa

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Southern Africa

Army Directorate for Operations and Contingencies OFFICIAL -SENSITIVE Defence Engagement

 Understanding people and environment  Linguistics & culture  Engaging with diaspora  Identifying needs and opportunities  Stabilising and influencing  Training (ours and theirs)  Construction (mutual benefit)  Values/rule of law Standing Commitments and Force Elements @ Readiness

Preparation & Deployment Commitments 2016/17

2 MERCIAN 2 LANCS/ 2 MERCIAN 4 LANCS / 4 MERCIAN 2 LANCS/ 2 MERCIAN Exercise in Poland Troops on stand by to Operations in Cyprus Operations in Iraq support UK in times of crisis

2 MERCIAN

Joint NATO exercises with Spain

2 LANCS

2 LANCS Operations in Kenya

Jungle Exercise

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2 LANCS/ 2 MERCIAN Training delivered to East Africa nations Exercise in the Falklands Islands UK Resilience

Contributing to public safety and security UK Resilience Operations

“Directed operations, including those related to National Resilience, will trump all where circumstances demand.” Training & Conduct of UK Operations

 Self-contained capability  Command and Control (C2)  We have to be asked and authorised  High profile contributions:  Flood relief  Workington bridge  Fuel tanker cover  Olympic and Commonwealth Games  High threat search  Bomb disposal Engagement

Our relationship with the community, authorities, and business Aims of Engagement

 All activities support

Support Defence outputs recruiting  Ensures we remain Wider Effectiveness of Government focussed on core business service providers The Nation’s initiatives understanding of the Army

The Army’s understanding Homeland security of the Nation Veterans & & resilience interest groups

Inform overseas engagement Target Audiences

 Employers  Don't disbar Reservists  Employ reservists and Service Leavers  Understand the benefits  Communities  Multi-faith groups  Civic & 3rd sector organisations  The alienated youth  Young people  Youth (13-16)  Young adults (18-24)  Service Providers  NHS  Local Authorities  DWP, etc. Real Life Support

Looking after our soldiers Enabling business to be conducted Personnel

 Supporting soldiers and their families  Employment  Education  Housing  Health  Welfare  Transition into civilian life Wounded, Injured and Sick

“More than 9 out of 10 of the public thought it was common for personnel leaving the Forces to have some kind of physical, emotional or mental health problem. Reality is far more positive; the majority of Service Personnel continue to do well after leaving military life & are in full time employment”1

Iverson et al. What happens to UK veterans when they leave the Armed Forces – Eur J Public Health 2005: 15: 175-184