British Army takes the lead in Nato's new Allied Reaction Force

The British Army's 1st (UK) Division is now the lead of the land component of Nato's new Allied Reaction Force (ARF).

Under the command of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the ARF will respond to anything from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to security operations and warfighting.

The ARF is Nato's response to the diverse range of evolving global security challenges.

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[Turn-the-light-off]

Happy Canada Day everyone 🇨🇦 🇬🇧. I'll raise a glass to you all! 🍺🍺🍺. Take care and God bless 🙏

[SNOWDONTRYFAN]

Had some good exercises with the old one Allied command Europe mobile Force (AMF) which the British Infantry and logistics force of the AMF (L) was based in Bulford Wilts, Jan -Mar out in Norway, and the summer down in Sardinia / Italy/Turkey

[DDD]

British Army should take lead in the nuclear deterrent. With constant threats from russia, and uncertainty in the US, Europe should clearly show that even without US support, Europe still be lethal to russia in case of any nuclear incident. With only UK and France having nuclear weapons in Europe, we all depending on you.

[whyandaccount]

There's not much point getting there "first" and just being a speed bump for the opposition.
You need combat power to defend/delay.

[howardkingston]

Back in the Days AMF(L) North/South 'no problem Norway-Turkey'

[colinbarnard]

Tom Clancy called this 'Rainbow'. Give the man his due!

[peterstubbs]

Parachute Regiment spearhead battalion/s. RTM in 24 hours. You cant get quicker.

[steveh]

The Jackle crew and gunners. Are so vulnerable. Too small arms and drones

[juliarowe]

God bless you and keep you safe sir's

[DarrenLine-kj]

Hardcore. Goodluck God's speed to you all.❤

[penguinoutrage]

British army need to mind it’s business

[frankthompson]

Listen put a small force in the front line.
We need the bigger force to protect our own country.
Second world war middle eastern front and France all our soldiers on the front line of other countries fighting.
If all NATO countries put a percentage of their armed forces with other nations armed forces.
Then NATO countries would be strong enough to fight any aggressive behaviour from countries outside NATO 31 countries.

[joseph]

Random thought. All those war hungry lords and lads we seen in the old movies. They werent a warning of the failures of the past. It was a glimpse into our own futures. Seem strokes different folks. I wonder when the happy MATRIX kicks in. Ill give it another go.

[JeffBilkins]

Austerity hasn't been kind, so good luck.

[merle]

All we see nowadays are these jackals no protection from drones they were only good in afghan

[bobbates]

If all this was left up to me I would insist that each nation in NATO minus Turkey who I do not trust would have a massive effort to develop a system to see all types of drones flying ones and those that are on the ground . Next most importantly would be having the equipment to bring down any type of enemy drone. He that controls the skies wins. The big air battle now is with drones some of which are very tiny . I heard one person from the USA who said he was in some part of the ground forces of the USA and he said they had drones with a camera on them that could fly into those mud dung houses people live in and fly around unnoticed as the houses have no windows and are fully of fly's. So they could see room by room who and what was in a house before going near it. So the tech . needed to detect and knock down all drones will have to be able to handle any drone regardless of size

[mikewinston]

ONE division…..that’s the total. ONLY one division. That is now our total fighting British army. Fact. Putin is laughing.

[ConradAinger]

When did the British Army last have combat experience?

[TennesseeHomesteadUSA]

Without adequate forces or equipment to do so...

[springer]

I thought the Germans said we did not have the capability for this.
Sour grapes from the crouts
I hope the battlegroup has met its dei targets