104 Theatre Sustainment Brigade | |
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Active | 1993–Present |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Military logistic support formation |
Role | Force support and Control [1] |
Size | Brigade |
Part of | Allied Rapid Reaction Corps [2] [3] |
Brigade HQ | Duke of Gloucester Barracks, South Cerney |
104 Theatre Sustainment Brigade is a specialist logistic support formation of the British Army. The brigade is the only one of its kind, and as such contains many of the special units of the Royal Logistic Corps and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
104 Theatre Sustainment Brigade is the Army’s theatre logistic enabling formation whose role is to deliver scalable logistic enabling force elements at readiness and is prepared to provide a 1* HQ to act as or in support of the HQ National Support Element / Joint Force Logistic Component for any UK deployment. [4] It commands the entire Army’s logistic enabling capabilities ranging from Postal and Courier Services, Movement Control, Port and Maritime (which includes Vehicle Specialist), Operational Hygiene, Mortuary Affairs in addition to providing catering support, fuel storage and distribution, equipment and recovery support and logistic subject matter experts drawn from 2 Operational Support Group. [4] With these capabilities, the Brigade activates strategic and operational Lines of Communications; mounting and deploying forces that deliver specialist logistic effects in support of joint expeditionary and enduring operations whilst providing robust support for both UK and overseas contingency operations. [4] The Brigade also operates the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood and the Joint Air Mounting Centre at South Cerney; ensuring that the UK end of deployments are fully enabled and effective at all times. [4]
In September 2021 the brigade transferred from 1 (UK) Division to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. [2]
The brigade's Future Soldier organisation is as follows:
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