42 nd Infantry Brigade and HQ North West. Colonel Phil Harrison DComd 42 Inf Bde. 22 Sep 16

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1 42 nd Infantry Brigade and HQ North West Colonel Phil Harrison DComd 42 Inf Bde 22 Sep 16

2 Core purposes of the Army Being ready for Operations wherever necessary Defence Engagement and building capacity 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.

3 The Army 2020 Structure Adaptable Force Reactive Force x x x x x x Force Troops x x x x x x x SAG

4 Six Areas of Work Defence Engagement Training to be ready Standing Commitments UK Resilience Civil Engagement Real Life Support

5 One of the Regional Points of Command

6 The North West Carlisle UK s 3rd most densely populated Region: 11% / 7,100,000 2 x major cities Rural swathe Main Supply Routes 160 miles Carlisle to Crewe 6% of total UK area 41 Local Authorities and IoM Govt Isle of Man X Barrow Blackpool Liverpool Lake District Lancaster Merseyside Chester Cumbria Lancashire Bolton Preston Manchester Cheshire Oldham Greater Manchester

7 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

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

9 Our Units x OPERATIONAL COMMAND 42 2 LANCS 4 LANCS 2 MERCIAN 4 MERCIAN OPERATIONAL CONTROL 3 6 MI B&C 125 & 127 QOY H H MP 116 4

10 Defence Engagement Upstream Capacity Building

11 Directorate for Operations and Contingencies OFFICIAL -SENSITIVE Regional Alignment Defence Engagement Regional Alignment Eastern Europe and Central Asia North Africa South Asia Belize West Africa Middle East South East Asia East Africa 42 Inf Brigade Southern Africa

12 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

13 Standing Commitments and Force Readiness Preparation & Deployment

14 Commitments 2016/17 2 LANCS/ 2 MERCIAN Troops on stand by to support UK in times of crisis 2 MERCIAN Exercise in Poland 4 LANCS / 4 MERCIAN Operations in Cyprus 2 LANCS/ 2 MERCIAN Operations in Iraq 2 MERCIAN Joint NATO exercises with Spain 2 LANCS 2 LANCS Operations in Kenya Jungle Exercise 42 Inf Bde 2 LANCS/ 2 MERCIAN Exercise in the Falklands Islands Training delivered to East Africa nations

15 UK Resilience Contributing to public safety and security

16 UK Resilience Operations Directed operations, including those related to National Resilience, will trump all where circumstances demand.

17 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

18 Engagement Our relationship with the community, authorities, and business

19 Aims of Engagement Effectiveness of service providers Homeland security & resilience Support recruiting The Nation s understanding of the Army The Army s understanding of the Nation Wider Government initiatives Veterans & interest groups All activities support Defence outputs Ensures we remain focussed on core business Inform overseas engagement

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

21 Real Life Support Looking after our soldiers Enabling business to be conducted

22 Personnel Supporting soldiers and their families Employment Education Housing Health Welfare Transition into civilian life

23 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:

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