Re-establishing the Corps Level of Warfare in the British Army
Published by The British Army Review
ARMY REFORM
The need for a fully enabled corps is today more urgent than at any point since the Cold War. Army Reform 2026 has placed that responsibility squarely on HQ ARRC: a corps in being, no longer merely a corps HQ. It is charged with becoming NATO’s best warfighting corps and over the coming months and years will need to simultaneously: optimise the force to work with what it has for the Fight Tonight, modernise its equipment and integrate emerging technology to better prepare for the Fight Tomorrow, all whilst evolving through experimentation in existing doctrine and concepts to Fight Differently. The strategic, organisational and technological decisions being made will determine whether Britain can credibly deter Russia and, if deterrence fails, fight and win at scale.
Author: Major Laurence Thomson is currently Military Assistant to Chief of Staff of the Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and is a former CGS Visiting Fellow at RUSI.
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