The bases serve as forward bases for deployments in the Middle East | Belize's neighbour, claimed the territory and there were numerous border disputes |
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1704—1991 One infantry battalion, Joint Provost and Security Unit as a part of British Army garrison is provided by an indigenous regiment, the , which has been on the Army regular establishment since the last British battalion left in 1991 | 7 Flight Army Air Corps provides helicopter support to both the Gurkha battalion and the TTB |
Principal facilities are Alexander Barracks at Dhekelia and Salamanca Barracks at Episkopi.
24The Training Team Brunei TTB is the Army's jungle warfare school, while the small number of garrison troops support the battalion | Currently, under , the Army maintains troops in Camp Souter, and a brigade on 6-monthly rotation in the southern province of , mostly based in and forward operating bases |
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1972— and A training centre in the prairie which is provided for the use of British Army and under agreement with the | Three regional brigades, one air assault brigade and |
1982— An infantry company group and an Engineer Squadron Previously a platoon-sized Naval Party acted as the military presence.
271982— An infantry company group and an Engineer Squadron Previously a platoon-sized Naval Party acted as the military presence | At the request of the Belizean government, British troops remained in Belize after independence in 1981 to provide a defence force |
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1945—2020 1st UK Armoured Division as part of British forces remained in Germany after the end of the | Troops remain in the region to provide military support and training to the Sierra Leonean government |
In 2009, the then announced British troop numbers in Afghanistan to increase by 500 to a new high of more than 9,500 by late 2009.
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