Overseas deployments
The Army is currently deployed in over 80 countries around the world.
Deployments vary in strength from single military advisors to full operational deployments. The main countries the British Army is deployed to are outlined in this area of the site.
The British Army presence in Africa is based upon two main elements in Kenya: The British Peace Support Team (BPST) and the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK), and the International Military Assistance Training Team (IMATT (SL)) in Sierra Leone.
The British Army Training Support Unit Belize (BATSUB) was formally established on 1st Oct 1994, to support Land Command exercises. BATSUB's mission is to provide training and training support for the Field Army in order to prepare units for operations.
The Training Team Brunei is the Army's jungle warfare school. It runs a number of courses, ranging from Jungle Warfare instructor Courses to long range patrolling and tracking.
The prairie of Alberta has provided an excellent opportunity for the British Army to train on a large scale since 1972.
The British Army in Cyprus work to a tri-service headquarters and are tasked with protecting the Sovereign Base Areas (SBA) and associated retained sites.
British Forces are stationed in Germany for reasons of national and NATO security with the agreement and support of the German government.
Gibraltar is well situated to observe shipping channels through the Straits and it could dominate the western entrance to the Mediterranean in time of war. Its communication systems, runway facilities and harbour make it an important base for NATO.
After the 1982 conflict, the United Kingdom established a garrison on the Falkland Islands, consisting of naval, land and air elements.