Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (Hq Arrc)
About Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (Hq Arrc)
Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) is a High Readiness NATO Headquarters based in Gloucester, United Kingdom. Formed in 1992, HQ ARRC is a highly capable mutlinational headquarters designed for rapid worldwide deployment.
Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (Hq Arrc) Description
Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) provides NATO with a well-manned, rapidly deployable, flexible HQ that can act as a Joint, Land or Corps HQ for operations and crisis response. Its European, multi-national ethos, combination of cultures and innovation, strong professional reputation in NATO and proven track record in interoperability are unique among its High Readiness Force (Land) (HRF(L)) peers.
2017 marked the 25th anniversary as HQ ARRC and 200th Anniversary of its antecedent, 1 Corps. Throughout its history the Corps has played a key role in international events. It began its journey fighting under Wellington at Waterloo. In the First World War it fought in France and Belgium, and in the Second World War it was responsible for two of the D-Day beachheads and a number of airborne assaults, as part of the Allied re-entry into Europe. Throughout the Cold War 1 (BR) Corps was the UK’s contribution to NATO’s defence against the Soviet Union.
With the end of the Cold War, HQ ARRC emerged as the first NATO Rapid Reaction Land Force Headquarters. Such was the success of the structure developed by ARRC, in 2002 it was used as the model for the development of other HRF(L) Headquarters. From 1994 until 2010, the ARRC was based in Rheindahlen, Germany. In 2010 the ARRC moved to its current location at, Imjin Barracks, Gloucester.
In line with its operational ethos, ARRC commanded the Land element of NATO's first ever deployment as part of the Implementation Force (IFOR) operation in Bosnia in 1995. It deployed again as the headquarters commanding Land Forces during the Kosovo War in 1999. Other operations have included the formation of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan in 2006 and as ISAF Joint Command in 2011.
Today, the ARRC is the UK’s largest deployable Land HQ. It remains the UK’s contribution to NATO’s HRF(L) structure and is unique amongst all other HRF(L)s by falling under the direct Operational Command of Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR) during peacetime.
Although HQ ARRC’s ‘framework nation’ is the United Kingdom, comprising approximately sixty percent of the overall staff, the ARRC is fully multinational in nature and organisation, with twenty-one NATO and Partner Nations overall contributing personnel. A number of other nations will become part of the ARRC before the end of 2017.
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ICYMI - Here's the full video of the German contingent from the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in Guernsey that appeared on Sky News this week. For more on the story visit the ARRC website https://arrc.nato.int/newsroom/archive/20 18/good-repair - with a full picture gallery to follow...
On The March - Good luck to the team from Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) competing at the #Nijmegen military marches in the Netherlands.
Pictured (left to right): Lance Corporals Tamsin Chisholm, Laura Evans, Emilie Stone and Prajal Gurung, all Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) military clerks.
#WeAreNATO🇬🇧 #WijzijnNAVO🇳🇱
... (Image: Sergeant Jon Bevan RLC)
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Profile: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps - "Inside one of Britain's leading NATO contributions" | 📺 Video via Forces News http://bit.ly/ForcesNews
Forces News reporter Tim Cooper has been given special access to Imjin Barracks in Gloucestershire. His profile piece includes an interview with Colonel Dickie Head from Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC).
Herr we go! - British team from ARRC Support Battalion compete at 35th International Military Competition held in Rheindahlen – the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps’ former base in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The team, led by Lieutenant Nathan Halliday RLC, finished seventh overall out of 24 teams, winning the ‘blue riband’ forced march competition.
#WirSindNATO
Tip from the Top - The British Army’s new Chief of General Staff, General Mark Carleton-Smith CBE, has praised NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps as the ‘tip of the fighting spear’.
Visiting their headquarters in Gloucestershire, General Carleton-Smith said: “The ARRC is the tip of the fighting spear. It is a big responsibility, and I’d like to thank you, wherever you come from.”
General Carleton-Smith was appointed as Chief of General Staff in May, and his visit to the Briti...sh-led NATO headquarters comes during his first few days after taking up the post.
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Tour de Innsworth - The British Army's 'Cycling Road Race Series' comes to our barracks in #Gloucestershire #NousSommesOTAN
Images: Warrant Officer Class 2 (WO2) Tom Robinson RLC / Sergeant Jon Bevan RLC
Welcome to Gloucestershire, Señor!
The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps welcomes the most senior Spanish officer to join the NATO headquarters at its base in Innsworth, near Gloucester.
Brigadier-General Carlos Salgado Romero of the Spanish Army (Ejército de Tierra) comes to HQ ARRC as the Commander of ‘Enabling Command’, with responsibility on the battlefield for the movement of Corps troops and materiel – and says he is “raring to go!”
... The General has over 36 years of experience with the Spanish land forces, and has previously deployed with NATO to Kosovo and Afghanistan.
Usted es muy bienvenido, mi General.
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Troops serving with Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC) have completed an arduous mountaineering expedition in the area of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the First World War.
NATO staff from the United States, United Kingdom and Italy participated in the trek on the Isonzo Front in present-day Slovenia – where a series of fierce battles were fought between the Austro-Hungarian and Italian armies from 1915 to 1917.
The team climbed a number of ‘via ferrata’ (Iron Paths), used during the First World War as routes across the Alps, as well as ascending Mount Prisank with its summit at 2,547 metres above sea level.
We hope you enjoyed our livestream of the Band of the Irish Guards performing a beating retreat at our annual Queen's Birthday Reception here at our Officers' Mess last night.
Check out our photos to see more from the event.
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY RECEPTION 2018
Watch and enjoy the Band of the Irish Guards perform a Beating Retreat at the Imjin Barracks Officers’ Mess.
Our commander, Lt Gen Tim Radford, is joined by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and specially invited guests from the local community to celebrate our community and our multinational headquarters.
With so much going on in 2018, we’re bringing you the next ARRC update early. Watch to learn more about what’s been happening with the headquarters
Ahoy! Twenty-four members of HQ ARRC recently completed Exercise ARRCADE Sail 2018, a week-long Adventure Training programme centred on the use of sailing vessels as well as the teamwork and technical expertise required to employ them. Departing from Gosport, personnel spent approximately eight hours a day at sea training before making port calls at Cowes, Poole, Lymington and Southampton.
HQ ARRC maintains a robust Adventure Training programme and is a major perk of being assigned to our multinational formation.
#WeAreNATO
Recently, our medical branch conducted Exercise ARRCADE AESCALPIUS, a tactical medical wargame designed to explore what the corps' medical concept for supporting warfighting should be, and how the corps can work most effectively in support of subordinate formations.
The exercise was attended by medical and non-medical personnel from across the #NATO force structure and national headquarters units including UK HQ Surgeon General, commander of the UK Maritime Forces, HQ UK Field Army, HQ 1st Canadian Division, 1st German-Netherlands Corps, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, and the RAF Tactical Medical Wing among several others.
For 243 years the Soldiers of the #USArmy have served their nation. For 69 years, they’ve served alongside our #NATO allies and today is no different. This morning our U.S. contingent celebrated the 243rd #ArmyBDay with a cake-cutting ceremony alongside servicemembers of the 22 other NATO nations here at the ARRC.
Watch the technical side of what some members of the headquarters just experienced with our Armáda České republiky partners in the Czech Republic. Exercise YELLOW CROSS 18 was an exercise testing five NATO nations on their ability to react to chemical biological radiological and nuclear threats, ensuring our readiness and our ability to operate in any environment.
This week we were honoured to host HRH The Princess Royal during her visit with the ARRC Support Battalion, which coincided with the 25th anniversary of both the battalion's activation and formation of the The Royal Logistic Corps. (NATO photos by British Army WO2 Tom Robinson)
#WeAreNATO The Royal Family
Elements of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and the ARRC CBRN defence brigade headquarters were in Liberec, Czech Republic for Exercise YELLOW CROSS 18 May 31 - June 8. (NATO photo by British Army Sgt Jon Bevan)
Italian troops celebrate Republic Day 2018 #FestadellaRepubblica at Britain's NATO headquarters in Innsworth, Gloucestershire #WeAreNATO #SiamoNATO | Images: Sergeant Jon Bevan RLC
Hail to the Chief - Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (HQ ARRC)'s Chief of Staff, Major General Will Bramble CBE, awarded US 'Legion of Merit' for service in Kabul #Afghanistan as part of NATO's Resolute Support Mission #WeAreNATO