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This positions 3rd (Mechanised) Division, to be renamed as 3rd (UK) Division as the head of the Reaction Force. As top-level budget holder, this organisation is responsible for providing forces at operational readiness for employment by the Permanent Joint Headquarters. Although not part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery the Honourable Artillery Company shares some of the same capabilities. The word corps is more formally used for administrative groupings by common function, such as the Royal Armoured Corps and Army Air Corps, with various Combat Support Arms and Services being referred to in the wider sense as a Corps, such as the Royal Corps of Signals. The basing plan was released on 5 March 2013. Under the General Officer Commanding Scotland, public duties in Edinburgh are the responsibility of a new incremental company, Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Scotland (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), formed after the reduction of the Argylls from battalion status. The post is immediately subordinate to The Chief of Defence Staff, the head of the British Armed Services. Whilst the British Army has the capability there is no standing UK Corps organisation, forces being allocated through a number of multi-partite arrangements to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and European commitments, providing much of the headquarters capability and framework for the multinational Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. Personnel from the AGC administrative and educational specialisations serve in attached posts to establishments or units of other arms. The Army's supporting command; a generating force, recruiting, training and enabling the Field Army; with people at the heart of our profession, engaged across society sustaining our institutional fabric, delivering UK resilience and the firm base. A division is a formation of three or four brigades, around twenty thousand personnel, commanded by a Major General. These schools are under the direction of the parent corps or arm of the service, as illustrated above, with the Infantry Training Centre being formed of two training battalions. A third division has responsibility for overseeing both offensive and defensive cyberwarfare, intelligence activities, surveillance and propaganda. Contains. Before the Army 2020 reform, the Royal Corps of Signals (RCS) controlled 11 reserve regiments, but after the reform this was reduced to just 4. A command is a military formation that handles a specific task or region, and can direct forces as large as multiple corps or as little as a few battalions. Two Fire Teams form a Section which is commanded by a Corporal. Within the deployable brigades the Signal Regiment also provides support to the HQ function including logistics, life support and force protection capabilities. In addition, there were functional commands, such as Anti-Aircraft Command (disbanded in the 1950s), and overseas commands, such as Middle East Command. The Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle is primarily mounted by the two Foot Guards Battalions and one Line Infantry Battalion in London District together with the Foot Guards Incremental companies: The guard at Horse Guards is normally drawn from the HCMR. There are currently four reserve regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps all designated as "Yeomanry" regiments to distinguish them from the regular "armour" regiments of the corps. Four of the Regular Regiments retain the cap badge, or "cypher", and traditions of the Royal Horse Artillery, although this naming convention has no link to the role that they undertake.