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7th Infantry Brigade and HQ East

Although the Brigade does not deploy as a complete formation, it is central to ensuring that all the assets are in place for its many hundreds of soldiers who do deploy on operations, either as individuals or as formed units. Its diverse role involves providing personnel, equipment, barracks accommodation, logistic back-up and training facilities, as well as support for training and operations overseas and support to UK Resilience. These include expeditionary operations such as those […]

The Desert Rats begin the next chapter

A new flag is flying high above the Army’s newest Brigade – 7 Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East. The Brigade has been formed by the merger of 7th Armoured Brigade ‘The Desert Rats’ and 49 (East) Brigade and marks a return to the UK for the ‘Desert Rat’ insignia. Members of the new Brigade will easily be identifiable by the insignia that has been transferred from 7th Armoured Brigade. The Brigade had been based in […]

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