Field Army Troops

Field Army Troops is a formation of the British Army under direct control of Headquarters, Field Army. Its purpose is to "centrally command high-demand, low-volume capabilities."

Field Army Troops Land Forces Troops
Active	1 April 2008 – 2012 2022 – Present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Part of	Field Army
Field Army HQ	Marlborough Lines, Andover

2019 reorganisation

In 2019, under the Field Army Reorganisation Plan (FARP), the role of Deputy Commander, Field Army was expanded with the moving of several commands and formations (by 2021) coming under direct control of CFA. Those units included the following:^[1]

• Land Operations Command, at Trenchard Lines, Upavon^[2][3]
• Land Warfare Centre, HQ at Waterloo Lines, Warminster Garrison^[4]
• 16th Air Assault Brigade, HQ at Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison^[5][6][7][8]
• Collective Training Group (also Training Branch, Field Army)^[a],^[9] at Warminster Garrison^[10]
• Field Training Unit^[b]

Future Soldier reorganisation

On 25 November 2021, the Future Soldier programme was announced, which is due to be completed by 2030 and will reorganise the British Army from bottom to top. The role of "Field Army Troops" has been described as follows: "Field Army Troops – will centrally command high-demand, low-volume capabilities."

Under the new programme, the name 'Field Army Troops' was re-established.

16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team formerly came under Field Army Troops until 2023, when it was re-subordinated to the command of 1st (UK) Division, under Future Soldier.^[11]

Current structure

Headquarters, Field Army Troops

Source:^[12]

• Surveillance Group
• Understand Group^[13]
• Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group
• Cyber and Electro-Magnetic Activities Effects Group^[14]
• Land Warfare Centre
• Army Special Operations Brigade
• 77 Brigade
• 2nd Medical Group
• 11th Brigade^[15]

Footnotes

Notes

1. The Collective Training Group is a 1-star command (Brigade-sized) which provides collective training for Commander Field Army.
2. The Field Training Unit is a 1-star command (brigade equivalent) which provides training for the Field Army's light and mechanised battlegroups

Citations

1. Ministry of Defence (September 2020). "How Defence Works (Version 6.0)" (PDF). Parliamentary publishings. p. 30. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
2. "FOI(A) regarding Land Operations Command" (PDF). What do they know?. 12 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
3. "Future Soldier". www.army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. "Head of Programmes for the Land Warfare Centre - Gov.uk". p. 3. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
5. British Army Review Winter 2021, p. 56.
6. Allwood, Greg. "Know Your Army – Weapons And Organisation". Forces Network. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
7. "Parachute Regiment Marks 50 Years In Aldershot". Forces Network. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
8. "Google Earth". earth.google.com. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
9. "Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament". questions-statements.parliament.uk. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
10. "Training Readiness in The British Army: Designing, managing, and evaluating objective based training" (PDF). 4C Strategies. March 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
11. 60 Second Update | November | British Army, retrieved 7 November 2023
12. "Field Army Troops | The British Army". 11 November 2024.
13. "Understand Group | The British Army". 11 November 2024.
14. "Cyber and Electro Magnetic Activities Effects Group | The British Army". 11 November 2024.
15. "SOLDIER - December 2024". edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk. p. 15. Retrieved 2 December 2024.