Joint Arms Control Implementation Group

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Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
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Active1990 – present
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
BranchAir Force Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Air Force
Flag of the British Army.svg  British Army
TypeJoint unit
Role Arms control and verification
SizeHQ and deployable teams
Part of Strategic Command
LocationJACIG Arms Control Centre, RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire
Motto(s)Per Fidem Mutuam Securitas
(Latin for 'Security Through Mutual Trust')
Commanders
Inaugural commander Colonel Roy Giles
Insignia
AbbreviationJACIG

The Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (abbreviated as JACIG) is a specialist defence component affiliated to UK Strategic Command which carries out a range of arms control and verification functions (including inspection, evaluation, escort and training duties). [1] [2] [3] JACIG was originally based at RAF Scampton (just north of Lincoln); established in 1990, [4] it was declared by the MOD as operational on 1 January 1991. Originally it was formed to performing treaty associated tasks as part of the UK's commitment to post Cold War confidence building associated with the Vienna Document and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty). [5] Its operating base is currently RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire.

JACIG's first Commandant and main architect of the unit's structure and method of operations was Colonel Roy Giles. [6] Giles was a veteran of BRIXMIS. [7] [8] The unit's personnel are drawn from all three UK armed services and the MOD Civil Service. [9]

JACIG has carried out the following duties since its inception and continues to play an active role in constructive disarmament: [10] [11]

As well as carrying site inspections, unit and area visits to confirm the correct reporting or destruction of treaty limited equipment, JACIG also provides escorts to incoming foreign counterpart organisations. The unit has also become more involved in the setting up and implementation of treaties and agreements to destroy and limit the use of small arms and light weapons (SALW). [13]

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