Structure of the British Armed Forces

This is the structure of the British Armed Forces.

Ministry of Defence

 * Ministry of Defence, at Main Building, Whitehall
 * Secretary of State for Defence
 * Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry
 * Minister of State for Defence
 * Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces
 * Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans
 * Defence Council of the United Kingdom
 * Defence Board
 * Admiralty Board
 * Army Board
 * Air Force Board
 * Chiefs of Staff Committee
 * Chief of the Defence Staff
 * Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations)
 * Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability)
 * Chief of Defence People
 * Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff
 * First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
 * Chief of the General Staff
 * Chief of the Air Staff
 * Commander Strategic Command

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

 * Headquarters, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, at DMS Whittington
 * Ministry of Defence Guard Service
 * Northern Ireland Security Guard Service
 * Defence Fire and Rescue Service, at Marlborough Lines
 * Defence Training Estate, at Waterloo Lines
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate Wales & West Midlands, at Sennybridge Training Area
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate South East, at Hythe
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate South West, at Wyvern Barracks
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate North East, at Wathgill Camp
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate North West, at Warcop Training Area
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate East, at West Tofts Camp
 * Headquarters, Defence Training Estate Scotland, at Forthside Barracks
 * Headquarters, Salisbury Plain Training Area, at Westdown Camp

Defence Equipment and Support

 * Headquarters, Defence Equipment and Support, at MoD Abbey Wood
 * British Forces Post Office, at RAF Northolt
 * Defence Equipment Sales Authority, at MoD Bicester
 * Defence Standardization, at Kentigern House, Glasgow
 * Defence Munitions
 * RNAD Coulport
 * DM Crombie
 * DM Beith
 * DM Plymouth
 * DM Glen Douglas
 * DM Gosport
 * DM Kineton

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

 * Headquarters, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, at Porton Down
 * DSTL Portsdown West
 * Defence Wargaming Centre
 * DSTL Alverstoke
 * DSTL Newcastle

Ministry of Defence Police

 * Headquarters, Ministry of Defence Police, at RAF Wyton
 * Criminal Investigation Department
 * Nuclear Guard Force
 * Special Escort Group, at AWE Aldermaston
 * Operational Support Units
 * Operational Support Unit North
 * Operational Support Unit South
 * Central Support Groups
 * Central Support Group Aldershot
 * Central Support Group Bicester
 * Central Support Group Menwith Hill

Defence Safety Authority

 * Headquarters, Defence Safety Authority, at Main Building, Whitehall
 * Military Aviation Authority, at MoD Abbey Wood
 * Military Air Accident Investigation Branch
 * Land Accident Prevention and Investigation Team
 * Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator
 * Defence Maritime Regulator
 * Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator
 * Defence Land Systems Safety Regulator
 * Land Systems Safety Regulator
 * Defence Movement and Transport Safety Regulator
 * Defence Fuel and Gas Safety Regulator
 * Defence Fire Safety Regulator

Defence Nuclear Organisation

 * Headquarters, Defence Nuclear Organisation, at Main Building, Whitehall
 * Warhead Directorate

Defence Business Services

 * Headquarters, Defence Business Services, at MoD Abbey Wood
 * DBS Civilian HR

Defence Electronics and Components Agency

 * Headquarters, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, at MoD Sealand

Oil and Pipelines Agency

 * Headquarters, Oil and Pipelines Agency, at Petty France, Westminster
 * Campbeltown Oil Fuel Depot
 * Garelochhead Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Clyde
 * Gosport Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Portsmouth
 * Loch Ewe Oil Fuel Depot
 * Loch Striven Oil Fuel Depot
 * Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Devonport
 * Plumley and Cape of Good Hope (oil storage)

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

 * Headquarters, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, at Taunton

Submarine Delivery Agency

 * Headquarters, Submarine Delivery Agency, at MOD Abbey Wood

Service Prosecuting Authority

 * Headquarters, Service Prosecuting Authority, at RAF Northolt

===Non-departmental Organisations ===
 * Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
 * Single Source Regulations Office, at Finlaison House, London
 * Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors
 * Armed Forces' Pay Review Body
 * Defence Nuclear Safety Committee
 * Independent Medical Expert Group
 * Nuclear Research Advisory Council
 * Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons
 * Defence Science Expert Committee
 * Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees
 * Advisory Group on Military Medicine
 * Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee
 * Service Complaints Ombudsman
 * United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association
 * National Army Museum, at Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea
 * National Museum of the Royal Navy
 * National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, at Jackson Dock, Hartlepool
 * National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, at HMNB Portsmouth
 * Royal Marines Museum, at HMNB Portsmouth
 * Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport
 * Fleet Air Arm Museum, at RNAS Yeovilton
 * Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, at Gosport
 * Royal Air Force Museum
 * Royal Air Force Museum London, at Hendon Aerodrome
 * Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, at RAF Cosford

===Reserve Forces and Cadets Association ===
 * East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Greater London Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Highland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Northern Ireland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * North of England Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * North West of England and Isle of Man Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * South East Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Wales Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * West Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
 * Yorkshire and the Humber Reserve Forces and Cadets Association

Strategic Command

 * Headquarters, Strategic Command, at Northwood Headquarters, Eastbury
 * Defence Digital, at MoD Corsham
 * ISS Boddington
 * Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, at RAF Henlow
 * Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, at MoD Shrivenham

Permanent Joint Operating Bases

 * British Forces Cyprus
 * Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus), at Ayios Nikolaos Station
 * Cyprus Communications Unit, at RAF Akrotiri
 * Cyprus Operations Support Unit, at RAF Akrotiri
 * Cyprus Joint Police Unit, at Episkopi Cantonment
 * Joint Services Health Unit, at RAF Akrotiri
 * No. 84 Squadron RAF, at RAF Akrotiri (Search and Rescue)
 * Roulement Infantry Battalion
 * Roulement Infantry Battalion
 * Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop, at Episkopi Cantonment
 * Sovereign Base Areas Police, HQ at Episkopi Cantonment
 * British Forces South Atlantic Islands, at RAF Mount Pleasant
 * Naval Party 2010, at Mare Harbour
 * HMS Forth (P222), at Mare Harbour
 * Roulement Infantry Company (RIC)
 * Resident Sky Sabre Battery (RSSB)
 * Falkland Islands Joint Logistics Unit
 * Resident Engineer Unit
 * Falkland Islands Support Unit
 * Joint Communications Unit Falkland Islands
 * Joint Services Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit
 * Joint Services Provost and Security Unit
 * Joint Services Signals Unit
 * No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF
 * No. 1312 Flight RAF, (A400M Atlas, Voyager KC2)
 * No. 1435 Flight RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon)
 * British Forces Gibraltar
 * Royal Gibraltar Regiment, at Devil's Tower Camp
 * Gibraltar Squadron, RN, at Port of Gibraltar
 * RAF Gibraltar
 * Joint Provost and Security Unit, at Gibdock
 * Gibraltar Defence Police, at Gibdock
 * British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories, at Diego Garcia
 * Naval Party 1002, at Diego Garcia

Defence Intelligence

 * Headquarters, Defence Intelligence, at Main Building, Whitehall,
 * Joint Forces Cyber Group
 * Joint Cyber Unit (Reserve), at Northwood Headquarters
 * Reserve Cyber Unit, Royal Naval Reserve
 * No. 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF, at RAF Northolt
 * No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAuxAF, at Cardiff
 * Land Information Assurance Group, (British Army), at MoD Corsham
 * Joint Forces Intelligence Group, at RAF Wyton
 * Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre, at RAF Wyton
 * National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence, at RAF Wyton
 * Defence Geographic Centre, at MoD Feltham
 * Joint Services Signals Organisation, at RAF Digby
 * Defence HUMINT Unit
 * Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation, at RAF Wyton
 * No. 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit
 * Joint Intelligence Training Group, at RAF Chicksands
 * Defence College of Intelligence, at RAF Chicksands
 * Defence School of Photography, at RAF Cosford
 * Royal School of Military Survey, at Denison Barracks

Defence Medical Services

 * Headquarters, Defence Medical Services, at DMS Whittington
 * Surgeon-General of the UK Armed Forces
 * Director of Medical Personnel and Training
 * Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
 * Defence School of Healthcare Education, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
 * Defence Medical Academy, at DMS Whittington
 * Director Healthcare Delivery and Training
 * Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, at Stanford Hall
 * Defence Primary Healthcare
 * Joint Hospital Group
 * James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
 * John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
 * Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
 * Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley
 * Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
 * Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth
 * Derriford Hospital, Plymouth

Directorate of Joint Capability

 * Headquarters, Joint Capability

Directorate of Joint Warfare

 * Headquarters, Joint Warfare
 * Joint Information Activities Group, at RAF Halton

Directorate of Resources and Policy

 * Headquarters, Resources and Policy

Directorate Defence Logistics and Support

 * Headquarters, Defence Logistics and Support

Directorate of Special Forces

 * Headquarters, United Kingdom Special Forces, at Main Building, Whitehall
 * Special Boat Service, at RM Poole
 * 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), at Regent's Park Barracks
 * 22 Special Air Service Regiment, at Stirling Lines
 * 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve), at Birmingham
 * Special Reconnaissance Regiment, at Stirling Lines
 * Special Forces Support Group, at MOD St Athan
 * 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, at Stirling Lines
 * Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, at RAF Odiham
 * No. 7 Squadron RAF, at RAF Odiham, (Chinook HC6)
 * No. 658 Squadron, AAC, at Stirling Lines, (AS365 Dauphin)
 * Special Forces Flight, No. 47 Squadron RAF, at RAF Brize Norton

Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

 * Headquarters, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Royal College of Defence Studies, at Seaford House
 * Joint Services Command and Staff College, at Watchfield
 * Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, at Beckett House
 * Defence Centre of Training Support, at MOD Shrivenham
 * Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme
 * Taurus Squadron, at Birmingham, (Aston, Birmingham, and Oxford Universities)
 * Thunderer Squadron, at Southampton, (Southampton and Portsmouth Universities, and Imperial College London)
 * Trojan Squadron, at Newcastle upon Tyne, (Newcastle, Northumbria, and Strathclyde Universities)
 * Typhoon Squadron, at Loughborough, (Loughborough, and Cambridge Universities)
 * Defence Engagement School, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Defence Centre for Languages and Culture, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Defence Attaché and Loan Service Centre, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Nuclear Department, at HMS Sultan (shore establishment)
 * Technology School, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Defence Leadership Centre, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Business Skills College, at MoD Shrivenham
 * Centre of Air Safety Training

Permanent Joint Headquarters

 * Permanent Joint Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters
 * Standing Joint Force Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters
 * Standing Joint Force Logistics Component Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters

Royal Navy

 * Headquarters, Navy Command, at HMS Excellent (shore establishment), Whale Island
 * First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
 * Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
 * Fleet Commander
 * Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
 * Finance Director (Navy)
 * Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy
 * Warrant Officer to the Royal Navy

British Army

 * Army Headquarters, at Marlborough Lines
 * Chief of the General Staff
 * Deputy Chief of the General Staff
 * Commander Field Army
 * Commander Home Command
 * Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
 * Army Sergeant Major
 * Army Sergeant Major

Royal Air Force

 * Royal Air Force, at RAF High Wycombe
 * Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal
 * Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
 * Deputy Commander (Operations)
 * Deputy Commander (Capability)
 * Air Member for Materiel and Chief of Materiel
 * Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force
 * Warrant Officer of the Royal Air Force