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23/03/2006
Ingram announces TA changes
The government has announced a number of changes to the make-up of the Territorial Army.
The changes will include the introduction of over 1,600 more engineers, 400 more Royal Armoured Corps and 400 more Army Air Corps and more Intelligence Corps.
There will also be 910 fewer infantry and 120 less signallers, while 220 posts would be cut from logistics and 1,600 posts from the volunteer Army Air Corps will also more cut.
However, there would be no more change of the overall size of the TA or its budget.
There would also be enhanced training opportunities and more support for TA recruits. TA units would now work more closely with their regular counterparts, with each TA unit being affiliated with two regular units - one that is expected to join on operations and another with whom it would work for routine training.
The TA infantry will be reorganised to form 14 TA infantry battalions, which will now be named after the regular regiments of which they will form a part, rather than after the regions in which they are based.
Five new regiments will also be formed. These are: an Army Air Corps Regiment to support the Apache Attack Helicopter regiments in the regular army; an Engineer regiment in the North East; a TA Military Intelligence battalion, also in the North East; a new Transport regiment in the South West; and a new Supply Regiment based in Stoke on Trent.
Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said that the changes, part of a broader Army restructuring, would give the TA a clearer role, more support and make it a more integral part of the UK's defence forces. He said: "We said the TA should be the reserve choice for peace-keeping and crisis management world-wide and they have responded magnificently to that. The changes I am announcing today will fit the Territorial Army even better for the security challenges of the 21st Century."
General Sir Mike Jackson, Chief of General Staff, said: "The new structures will give TA soldiers the opportunity to learn new skills in new areas, as well as leading to a Territorial Army even better equipped to work with the Regular Army."
The changes will take place over a number of years.
(KMcA/GB)
The changes will include the introduction of over 1,600 more engineers, 400 more Royal Armoured Corps and 400 more Army Air Corps and more Intelligence Corps.
There will also be 910 fewer infantry and 120 less signallers, while 220 posts would be cut from logistics and 1,600 posts from the volunteer Army Air Corps will also more cut.
However, there would be no more change of the overall size of the TA or its budget.
There would also be enhanced training opportunities and more support for TA recruits. TA units would now work more closely with their regular counterparts, with each TA unit being affiliated with two regular units - one that is expected to join on operations and another with whom it would work for routine training.
The TA infantry will be reorganised to form 14 TA infantry battalions, which will now be named after the regular regiments of which they will form a part, rather than after the regions in which they are based.
Five new regiments will also be formed. These are: an Army Air Corps Regiment to support the Apache Attack Helicopter regiments in the regular army; an Engineer regiment in the North East; a TA Military Intelligence battalion, also in the North East; a new Transport regiment in the South West; and a new Supply Regiment based in Stoke on Trent.
Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram said that the changes, part of a broader Army restructuring, would give the TA a clearer role, more support and make it a more integral part of the UK's defence forces. He said: "We said the TA should be the reserve choice for peace-keeping and crisis management world-wide and they have responded magnificently to that. The changes I am announcing today will fit the Territorial Army even better for the security challenges of the 21st Century."
General Sir Mike Jackson, Chief of General Staff, said: "The new structures will give TA soldiers the opportunity to learn new skills in new areas, as well as leading to a Territorial Army even better equipped to work with the Regular Army."
The changes will take place over a number of years.
(KMcA/GB)
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