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British Army Germany
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Active 2020–present
Country Germany
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Headquarters, British Army Germany
Role Military command, support, and administration
Part of UK Ministry of Defence
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel Mike Foster-Brown

British Army Germany is the superior institution under which the remaining installations of the British Forces Germany are organised after the completion of the withdrawal of the British Forces from Germany in February 2020. Apart from the Alpine Training Centre Bavaria in Oberstdorf, which is in Bavaria, British Army Germany is entirely based in North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

British Army Germany was formed in 2020 to administer the remaining service personnel, UK civil servants, and dependents (family members) based in Germany.

Composition

The installations consist of:

Normandy Barracks, Paderborn
  • Headquarters, British Army Germany:
    • Commander British Army Germany;
    • Germany Enabling Office (GEO);
    • Germany Support Unit.
  • Sennelager Training Centre
    • Command and Staff Trainer;
    • Combined Arms Tactical Trainer;
    • Combat Ready Training Centre.
  • 23 Amphibious Engineer Squadron, Royal Engineers (also located in Minden).
  • Exercising troops accommodation.
Athlone Barracks, Paderborn
  • Land Readiness Fleet (Sennelager) — which provides and maintains a pool of military vehicles for units in training at Sennelager; thus units in training do not need to bring their own vehicles for the time of the exercise;
  • Exercising troops technical accommodation.
Ayrshire Barracks, Mönchengladbach
  • Store Equipment Fleet (Germany) — store of vehicles and other equipment for exercises and operations around Europe.
Wulfen
  • Munitions storage facility

Oberstdorf

  • Alpine Training Centre Bavaria
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