Future Soldier is a reform of the British Army resulting from the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy ("Global Britain in a Competitive Age") published in March 2021. The aim of the reform is to create a more lethal, agile and expeditionary force, able to fight and win wars and to operate in the grey-zone between peace and war. Future Soldier was published on 25 November 2021 and deals with the organizational changes of the British Army, with changes to personnel and equipment were set out in the Defence in a Competitive Age paper published on 22 March 2021.
20-403: RGR can refer to: Royal Gurkha Rifles RGR (gene) Relative growth rate (speed of plant growth)] The stock ticker for Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title RGR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
40-796: A rifle regiment of the British Army , forming part of the Brigade of Gurkhas . Unlike other regiments in the British Army , RGR soldiers are recruited from Nepal , which is neither a dependent territory of the United Kingdom nor a member of the Commonwealth . The regiment was formed as the sole Gurkha infantry regiment of the British Army following the consolidation of the four separate Gurkha regiments in 1994: The amalgamations took place as follows: The 3rd Battalion
60-523: A force of up to 12 Taliban fighters . He fired more than 400 rounds, 17 grenades, and one mine. He resorted to fighting with his machine gun tripod after his ammunition had run out. The battle honours of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are as follows: Future Soldier (British Army) The British Army will be reduced to 73,000 regular personnel by 2025. The reserves will be kept at the current level. The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC)
80-580: A single company sized unit called the Gurkha Staff and Personnel Support Company (GSPS), which was incorporated as part of the Adjutant General's Corps . As with the other Gurkha support units ( Queen's Gurkha Engineers , Queen's Gurkha Signals , Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment ), the GSPS received its own cap badge based on the badge of its parent corps. Upon joining the British Army
100-478: Is a high readiness corps -level command tasked to lead NATO ’s Response Force (NRF). 1st Signal Brigade provides communications elements to Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), Joint Task Force HQ (JTFHQ), and other government departments. 104 Theatre Sustainment Brigade is a theatre logistic enabling formation that operates strategic and operational Lines of Communications . 1st (UK) Division
120-749: Is available for deployment to most areas in Europe and Africa . 1 RGR and 2 RGR rotate between Brunei and Folkestone, typically every 3 years. Coriano Company and Falklands Company operate as part of the Army Special Operations Brigade providing training, mentoring and operational support for indigenous forces in partner nations, and is based in Aldershot Garrison. In addition to the operational battalions, three further units are cap badged as Royal Gurkha Rifles: These three are formed as operational training units at
140-744: Is that they will carry out Nepali language training in Nepal, which culminates in a month-long hike through the Nepalese countryside both to practise their language skills and learn about the country from which their soldiers are recruited. Corporal Dip Prasad Pun of the 1st battalion (1 RGR) was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross for an act of bravery during the War in Afghanistan in 2010. He alone defended his outpost against
160-480: Is the British Army's main contributor for land operations outside the Euro-Atlantic area and operations on NATO's flanks. 4th Light Brigade Combat Team consists of Light Infantry formations. 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team is a high readiness and highly mobile formation. 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade trains and mentors allied and partner nations' ground units. 8 Engineer Brigade commands
180-692: The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , the Infantry Battle School and the Land Warfare Centre , to provide opposing forces for realistic battle simulation. Prior to 2011, administrative support for the entire Brigade of Gurkhas was provided by specially trained personnel called Gurkha clerks , who wore the cap badge of the Royal Gurkha Rifles. In June 2011, the Gurkha clerks were amalgamated into
200-410: The (QGO) and (GCO) suffixes disappeared. Thus, serving Gurkhas, who previously would have become QGO, are now given a British commission and described as "Late Entry." Direct entry officers can be either British or Nepali (occasionally); they follow the normal British Army training for all direct entry infantry officers. A significant addition to the normal direct entry training for British RGR officers
220-530: The 1st Battalion deployed as part of 52 Infantry Brigade in late 2007. During this tour, Cornet Harry Wales ( Prince Harry ) was attached for a period to the 1st Battalion as a Forward Air Controller . Under Army 2020, the regiment was intended to provide two light role battalions, rotating between Brunei and the UK, with their higher unit as 11th Infantry Brigade. However, in June 2015, the 2nd Battalion, then based in
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#1732772879370240-519: The Armed Forces confirmed that the 3rd Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles would be reestablished, with recruitment starting in 2019. The battalion was reformed on 31 January 2020, to be based initially at Shorncliffe before moving to Aldershot. However, following the revised Future Soldier (British Army) reorganisation, the formation of the 3rd Battalion was cancelled, with instead a number of independent companies established to reinforce units across
260-717: The British Army. The first formed unit, Coriano Company, was subsequently followed by a second, Falklands Company, which was attached to 2nd Battalion, The Rangers . At any one time, one battalion is based at the British garrison in Brunei as part of Britain's commitment to maintaining a military presence in Southeast Asia . Meanwhile, the other battalion is based at Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe , near Folkestone in Kent as part of 4th Light Brigade Combat Team , and
280-578: The Indian Army ranks of jemadar, subedar, and subedar-major. At the same time, some RGR Gurkha officers had a Queen's Commission; they often had a (GCO) suffix after their rank. Subsequently, on 17 June 2008, the London Gazette published a Supplement that effectively abolished the QGO system by listing every serving QGO officer with their new commissioned rank (e.g. captain (QGO) became captain);
300-526: The RGR's predecessor regiments adopted British rank titles (e.g. sergeant and corporal) instead of the Indian Army names used before (e.g. havildar and naik). Similarly, the regiments' Viceroy Commissioned Officers, who were neither commissioned officers nor non-commissioned officers but filled most of the junior officer positions in a battalion, had their titles changed to (King's) Queen's Gurkha Officer (QGO), e.g. lieutenant (QGO), captain (QGO), major (QGO) instead of
320-588: The UK, was reassigned to form part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, in the air assault infantry role. In 2018, the UK Government announced that it intended to recruit more than 800 new posts to the Brigade of Gurkhas. Approximately 300 of these are planned for the Royal Gurkha Rifles, which was to see the formation of a new battalion planned for the specialist infantry role . On 11 March 2019, the Minister for
340-486: The army's two engineer specialist groups: 12 Group provides land and air force support engineering. 29 Group provides Explosive Ordnance Disposal , and Counter-Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear capabilities. 102 Operational Sustainment Brigade moves troops and equipment to the battle area and logistically sustains fighting formations. Provost Marshal (Army) polices the army and undertakes activities concerned with investigations, custodial matters and security in
360-541: The commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the first Nepalese to become a battalion commander in the RGR. He oversaw the departure of the battalion from Hong Kong just before that city's transfer to Chinese control, and the battalion's relocation to Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Church Crookham in 1996. Twice during its most recent Brunei posting the 2nd Battalion was deployed as the Afghanistan Roulement Infantry Battalion , while
380-400: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RGR&oldid=933084718 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Royal Gurkha Rifles The Royal Gurkha Rifles ( RGR ) is
400-506: Was consolidated with the 2nd Battalion in 1996 as part of run down of British forces in Hong Kong . The Gurkhas in general and the direct predecessors of the Royal Gurkha Rifles in particular are considered to be among the finest infantrymen in the world, as is evidenced by the high regard they are held in for both their fighting skill, and their smartness of turnout on parade. In December 1995, Lieutenant-Colonel Bijaykumar Rawat became
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