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Commander Field Army is a senior British Army officer who has responsibility for generating and preparing forces for current and contingency operations. He reports to the Chief of the General Staff who has executive responsibility for the higher command of the British Army. The responsibilities of the postholder were exercised through HQ Land Command from 1 April 1995 to 1 April 2008. From 1 April 2008, HQ Land Command, with elements of HQ Adjutant-General, became HQ Land Forces. From 1 November 2011, HQ Land Forces was subsumed within the new formation known as Army Headquarters. On 23 November 2015, it was announced that the post of Commander Land Forces would be renamed as Commander Field Army as part of the Army Command Review. ==History and prospects== The headquarters was formed from Southern Command at Erskine Barracks near Fugglestone in 1968 and was initially referred to as HQ Army Strategic Command. In 1972 it became HQ UK Land Forces and in 1995 it was renamed HQ Land Command. HQ Land Command assumed control of almost all British Army combat and combat support troops on 1 April 1995.〔Jane's Defence Weekly article in 1995 on Land Command〕 Three major exceptions were British Forces Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, and HQ Northern Ireland. In the last of those, the General Officer commanding reported to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for operations in support of the civil power. HQ Northern Ireland was reduced in status to 38th (Irish) Brigade on 1 January 2009. On 1 April 2008 HQ Land Command amalgamated with HQ Adjutant General under 'Project Hyperion' and became HQ Land Forces.〔(HQ Land Forces on the move ) Drumbeat, June 2008〕 It moved from Erskine Barracks to the former RAF Andover site now known as Marlborough Lines on 23 June 2010.〔(Andover becomes HQ Land Forces on 23 June ) Andover Advertiser, 29 April 2010〕 Commander-in-Chief Land Forces (CINCLAND) also became the Standing Joint Commander (UK) or SJC(UK), responsible for overall command to Ministry of Defence contributions to national crisis response activities within the United Kingdom (excluding Northern Ireland).〔Interim Joint Doctrine Publication 2〕 Under a major army command reorganisation effective 1 November 2011 the Chief of the General Staff took direct command of the Army through a new structure, based at Andover〔(Correspondence from Army Secretariat )〕 and known as "Army Headquarters".〔(Army Command reorganization ) Defence Marketing Intelligence, 10 November 2011〕〔(Higher Command )〕 Within this new organisation, the rank of Commander, Land Forces was shifted to that of a three-star instead of the former four-star rank.〔(Higher Command ) Ministry of Defence〕 The post of Commander-in-Chief ceased to exist.〔 Following the Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2010, the government announced significant changes to the structure of the formations under Land Forces that would be implemented in the years up to 2020:〔(Defence equipment budget rises as Future Force takes shape ) - MOD, 18/07/11〕 *Field Army: By 2020, the total withdrawal of British forces stationed in Germany will be complete, and the Army's operational structure will be formed around a total of five multi-role brigades (MRB); these will be taken from the two brigades currently stationed in Germany under 1st Armoured Division, and three of the four in the UK under 3rd Mechanised Division. To ensure costs are kept down, the MOD's proposal will be to station units as close as possible to training areas. Therefore, it is planned that 19 (Light) Brigade, stationed in Northern Ireland, will be disbanded. *Regional Forces: While the regional forces elements have been retained at brigade level, with all ten regional brigades remaining as they are, the regional divisional HQs (2nd Division, 4th Division and 5th Division) were replaced with a single 2-star regional headquarters at Aldershot known as Support Command from Spring 2012. This has been updated in the future plan commonly known as Army 2020. On 23 November 2015, it was announced that the post of Commander Land Forces would be renamed as Commander Field Army as part of the Army Command Review.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Flag raised to signal new HQ Field Army )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Commander Field Army」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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