Current Role and Structure
15th (North East) Brigade is a Regional Brigade responsible for the recruiting of soldiers and Officers for the Regular and Territorial Army. It trains the Territorial Army for operations, provides a command and control focus for all military support to civilian authorities during civil emergencies e.g. flooding and is responsible for providing the "Firm Base" to the Regular Army within its area. The brigade has its Headquarters in York and includes the following units:
- 4th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th & 33rd/76th Foot)
- 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
- 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment
- Queen's Own Yeomanry (Formation Reconnaissance)
- 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery (MLRS and STA)
- 72nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
- 150th (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps
- 102nd Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
- University of Leeds Officer Training Corps
- Northumbrian Universities Officer Training Corps
- University of Sheffield Officers Training Corps
- Regional Training Centre
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