from 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines on 9 October 2011, officially marking the start of Operation Herrick 15. Future Under the Army's new 2020 structure, in January 2015 the Brigade was retitled to 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade incorporating three armoured infantry battle groups. In 2016 the Brigade began its high readiness training in preparation for becoming NATO's lead for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force Land [VJTF(L)] in 2017. The Brigade Headquarters moved to Wing Barracks, Bulford, in 2019. Under the Future Soldier programme, the brigade has been redesignated as the 20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team, and in the future will control a reconnaissance regiment equipped with the General Dynamics Ajax. The current armoured regiment (QRH) will be re-equipped with the Challenger 3 MBT and the armoured infantry battalions with the Warrior IFV re-equipped with the Boxer AFV. Structure The brigade is based at Bulford Camp. It will form as part of the Reaction Force. The current organisation of the brigade under the Defence in a Competitive Age is: 20th Armoured Infantry Brigade Headquarters, at Wing Barracks, Bulford Camp Royal Dragoon Guards, in Warminster (Armoured Cavalry) Queen's Royal Hussars, at Assaye Barracks, Tidworth Camp (Armoured) 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, at Mooltan Barrack, Tidworth Camp (Armoured Infantry) 5th Battalion, The Rifles, at Ward Barracks, Bulford Garrison (Armoured Infantry) 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, in Newcastle upon Tyne (Army Reserve – Armoured Infantry, paired with 1 R Fusiliers) 7th Battalion, The Rifles, in Reading (Army Reserve – Armoured Infantry, paired with 5 Rifles) 3 Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, in Tidworth (Armoured Close Support) Alliances Germany - Panzerbrigade 21 (21st Panzer Brigade) Brigade commanders Recent commanders have included: 1954–1956 Brigadier John Hackett 1958–1961 Brigadier James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid 1963–1965 Brigadier Richard Ward 1965–1968 Brigadier Patrick Howard-Dobson 1969–1970 Brigadier John Stanier 1972–1973 Brigadier Richard Lawson 1973–1975 Brigadier Maurice Johnston 1978–1979 Brigadier Bernard Gordon Lennox 1979–1981 Brigadier John Stibbon 1985-1987 Brigadier Michael Regan 1987–1989 Brigadier Michael Walker 1992–1994 Brigadier Arthur Denaro 1994–1996 Brigadier Andrew Pringle 1996–1997 Brigadier David Leakey 1997–1999 Brigadier Nick Parker 1999–2001 Brigadier Jeffrey Cook 2001–2004 Brigadier David Rutherford-Jones 2004–2005 Brigadier Nick Carter 2005–2007 Brigadier James Everard 2007–2009 Brigadier Tom Beckett 2009–2012 Brigadier Patrick Sanders 2012–2014 Brigadier James Swift 2014–2016 Brigadier Ian Mortimer 2016–2018 Brigadier Michael Elviss 2018–2020 Brigadier Dominic Biddick 2020–2021 Brigadier Patrick Ginn 2021–Present Brigadier Carl Boswell See also Sennelager Training Area Notes References