British Forces Gibraltar
British Forces Gibraltar is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Gibraltar is used primarily as a training area, thanks to its good climate and rocky terrain, and as a stopover for aircraft and ships en route to and from deployments East of Suez or Africa.
Permanent units
A handful of units are permanently based in Gibraltar for its territorial defence:
- HQ, British Forces Gibraltar
- Royal Gibraltar Regiment - the territory's permanently based light infantry battalion, consisting of both regular and reserve elements.
- Joint Provost and Security Unit
- Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron - two Scimitar class patrol boats, HMS Scimitar and HMS Sabre, and three Pacific 24 RHIBs
- RAF Gibraltar - Gibraltar's military airfield has no resident units, but is utilised as and when required by aircraft on deployment or exercise.
- Gibraltar Defence Police - a civilian police force responsible for enforcing civil law on MoD property in Gibraltar, and is responsible to Commander, British Forces Gibraltar.
Commanders
Commanders have included:[1]
- Rear Admiral Jeremy Sanders (April 1992 – December 1994)
- Major-General Simon Pack (December 1994 – April 1997)
- Commodore Alastair Taylor (April 1997 – June 1999)
- Commodore Andrew Willmett (June 1999 – December 2001)
- Commodore Richard Clapp (December 2001 – May 2004)
- Commodore David White (May 2004 – 8 January 2005)[2]
- Commodore Allan Adair (19 January 2005 – 1 May 2007)[3]
- Commodore Matthew Parr (1 May 2007 – February 2009)[4]
- Commodore Adrian Bell (February 2009 – September 2010)[5]
- Commodore Tom Karsten (September 2010 – November 2012)[6]
- Commodore John Clink (November 2012 – August 2014)[7]
- Commodore Ian McGhrie (August 2014 – Present)[8]
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