This is the structure of the British Armed Forces.
Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence, at Main Building, Whitehall Secretary of State for Defence Minister of State for Defence Procurement and Industry Minister of State for Defence Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence People and Veterans Defence Council of the United Kingdom Defence Board Admiralty Board Army Board Air Force Board Chiefs of Staff Committee Chief of the Defence Staff Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability) Chief of Defence People Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Defence Futures and Force Design, MOD Shrivenham - tasking and direction (admin under C&SOC) First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Chief of the General Staff Chief of the Air Staff Commander Strategic Command
Defence Infrastructure Organisation Headquarters, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, at DMS Whittington Ministry of Defence Guard Service Northern Ireland Security Guard Service Defence Fire and Rescue Service, at Marlborough Lines Defence Training Estate, at Waterloo Lines Headquarters, Defence Training Estate Wales & West Midlands, at Sennybridge Training Area Headquarters, Defence Training Estate South East, at Hythe Headquarters, Defence Training Estate South West, at Wyvern Barracks Headquarters, Defence Training Estate North East, at Wathgill Camp Headquarters, Defence Training Estate North West, at Warcop Training Area Headquarters, Defence Training Estate East, at West Tofts Camp Headquarters, Defence Training Estate Scotland, at Forthside Barracks Headquarters, Salisbury Plain Training Area, at Westdown Camp
Defence Equipment and Support Headquarters, Defence Equipment and Support, at MoD Abbey Wood British Forces Post Office, at RAF Northolt Defence Equipment Sales Authority, at MoD Bicester Defence Standardization, at Kentigern House, Glasgow Defence Munitions RNAD Coulport DM Crombie DM Beith DM Plymouth DM Glen Douglas DM Gosport DM Kineton
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory Headquarters, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, at Porton Down DSTL Portsdown West Defence Wargaming Centre DSTL Alverstoke DSTL Newcastle
Ministry of Defence Police
Headquarters, Ministry of Defence Police, at RAF Wyton Criminal Investigation Department Nuclear Guard Force Special Escort Group, at AWE Aldermaston Operational Support Units Operational Support Unit North Operational Support Unit South Central Support Groups Central Support Group Aldershot Central Support Group Bicester Central Support Group Menwith Hill
Defence Safety Authority Headquarters, Defence Safety Authority, at Main Building, Whitehall Military Aviation Authority, at MoD Abbey Wood Military Air Accident Investigation Branch Land Accident Prevention and Investigation Team Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator Defence Maritime Regulator Defence Ordnance, Munitions and Explosives Safety Regulator Defence Land Systems Safety Regulator Land Systems Safety Regulator Defence Movement and Transport Safety Regulator Defence Fuel and Gas Safety Regulator Defence Fire Safety Regulator
Defence Nuclear Organisation Headquarters, Defence Nuclear Organisation, at Main Building, Whitehall Warhead Directorate
Defence Business Services Headquarters, Defence Business Services, at MoD Abbey Wood DBS Civilian HR
Defence Electronics and Components Agency Headquarters, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, at MoD Sealand
Oil and Pipelines Agency Headquarters, Oil and Pipelines Agency, at Petty France, Westminster Campbeltown Oil Fuel Depot Garelochhead Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Clyde Gosport Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Portsmouth Loch Ewe Oil Fuel Depot Loch Striven Oil Fuel Depot Thanckes Oil Fuel Depot, at HMNB Devonport Plumley and Cape of Good Hope (oil storage)
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office Headquarters, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, at Taunton
Submarine Delivery Agency Headquarters, Submarine Delivery Agency, at MOD Abbey Wood
Service Prosecuting Authority Headquarters, Service Prosecuting Authority, at RAF Northolt
Non-departmental Organisations Source: Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Single Source Regulations Office, at Finlaison House, London Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors Armed Forces' Pay Review Body Defence Nuclear Safety Committee Independent Medical Expert Group Nuclear Research Advisory Council Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal Weapons Defence Science Expert Committee Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees Advisory Group on Military Medicine Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee Service Complaints Ombudsman United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association National Army Museum, at Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea National Museum of the Royal Navy National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, at Jackson Dock, Hartlepool National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, at HMNB Portsmouth Royal Marines Museum, at HMNB Portsmouth Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport Fleet Air Arm Museum, at RNAS Yeovilton Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, at Gosport Royal Air Force Museum Royal Air Force Museum London, at Hendon Aerodrome Royal Air Force Museum Cosford, at RAF Cosford
Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Source: East Anglia Reserve Forces and Cadets Association East Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Greater London Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Highland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Lowland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Northern Ireland Reserve Forces and Cadets Association North of England Reserve Forces and Cadets Association North West of England and Isle of Man Reserve Forces and Cadets Association South East Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Wales Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Wessex Reserve Forces and Cadets Association West Midlands Reserve Forces and Cadets Association Yorkshire and the Humber Reserve Forces and Cadets Association
Cyber & Specialist Operations Command Headquarters, Cyber & Specialist Operations Command, at Northwood Headquarters, Eastbury Defence Digital, at MoD Corsham ISS Boddington Joint Arms Control Implementation Group, at RAF Henlow Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, at MoD Shrivenham
Permanent Joint Operating Bases British Forces Cyprus Joint Service Signal Unit (Cyprus), at Ayios Nikolaos Station Cyprus Communications Unit, at RAF Akrotiri Cyprus Operations Support Unit, at RAF Akrotiri Cyprus Joint Police Unit, at Episkopi Cantonment Joint Services Health Unit, at RAF Akrotiri No. 84 Squadron RAF, at RAF Akrotiri (Search and Rescue) Roulement Infantry Battalion Roulement Infantry Battalion Cyprus Military Working Dog Troop, at Episkopi Cantonment Sovereign Base Areas Police, HQ at Episkopi Cantonment British Forces South Atlantic Islands, at RAF Mount Pleasant Naval Party 2010, at Mare Harbour , at Mare Harbour Roulement Infantry Company (RIC) Resident Sky Sabre Battery (RSSB) Falkland Islands Joint Logistics Unit Resident Engineer Unit Falkland Islands Support Unit Joint Communications Unit Falkland Islands Joint Services Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Joint Services Provost and Security Unit Joint Services Signals Unit No. 905 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF No. 1312 Flight RAF, (A400M Atlas, Voyager KC2) No. 1435 Flight RAF, (Eurofighter Typhoon) British Forces Gibraltar Royal Gibraltar Regiment, at Devil's Tower Camp Gibraltar Squadron, RN, at Port of Gibraltar RAF Gibraltar Joint Provost and Security Unit, at Gibdock Gibraltar Defence Police, at Gibdock British Forces British Indian Ocean Territories, at Diego Garcia Naval Party 1002, at Diego Garcia
Defence Intelligence Headquarters, Defence Intelligence, at Main Building, Whitehall, Joint Forces Cyber Group Joint Cyber Unit (Reserve), at Northwood Headquarters Reserve Cyber Unit, Royal Naval Reserve No. 600 (City of London) Squadron RAuxAF, at RAF Northolt No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron RAuxAF, at Cardiff Land Information Assurance Group, (British Army), at MoD Corsham Joint Forces Intelligence Group, at RAF Wyton Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre, at RAF Wyton National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence, at RAF Wyton Defence Geographic Centre, at MoD Feltham Joint Services Signals Organisation, at RAF Digby Defence HUMINT Unit Joint Aeronautical and Geospatial Organisation, at RAF Wyton No. 1 Aeronautical Information Documents Unit Joint Intelligence Training Group, at RAF Chicksands Defence College of Intelligence, at RAF Chicksands Defence School of Photography, at RAF Cosford Royal School of Military Survey, at Denison Barracks
Defence Medical Services Headquarters, Defence Medical Services, at DMS Whittington Surgeon-General of the UK Armed Forces Director of Medical Personnel and Training Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Defence School of Healthcare Education, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Defence Medical Academy, at DMS Whittington Director Healthcare Delivery and Training Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre, at Stanford Hall Defence Primary Healthcare Joint Hospital Group James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead Frimley Park Hospital, Frimley Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Directorate of Joint Capability Headquarters, Joint Capability
Directorate of Joint Warfare Headquarters, Joint Warfare Joint Information Activities Group, at RAF Halton
Directorate of Resources and Policy Headquarters, Resources and Policy
Directorate Defence Logistics and Support Headquarters, Defence Logistics and Support
Directorate of Special Forces Headquarters, United Kingdom Special Forces, at Main Building, Whitehall Special Boat Service, at RM Poole 21 Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Reserve), at Regent's Park Barracks 22 Special Air Service Regiment, at Stirling Lines 23 Special Air Service Regiment (Reserve), at Birmingham Special Reconnaissance Regiment, at Stirling Lines Special Forces Support Group, at MOD St Athan 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, at Stirling Lines Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing, at RAF Odiham No. 7 Squadron RAF, at RAF Odiham, (Chinook HC6) No. 658 Squadron, AAC, at Stirling Lines, (AS365 Dauphin) Special Forces Flight, No. 47 Squadron RAF, at RAF Brize Norton
Defence Academy of the United Kingdom Headquarters, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, at MoD Shrivenham Royal College of Defence Studies, at Seaford House Joint Services Command and Staff College, at Watchfield Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, at Beckett House, Shrivenham Defence Centre of Training Support, at MoD Shrivenham Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme Taurus Squadron, at Birmingham, (Aston, Birmingham, and Oxford Universities) Thunderer Squadron, at Southampton, (Southampton and Portsmouth Universities, and Imperial College London) Trojan Squadron, at Newcastle upon Tyne, (Newcastle, Northumbria, and Strathclyde Universities) Typhoon Squadron, at Loughborough, (Loughborough, and Cambridge Universities) Defence Engagement School, at MoD Shrivenham Defence Centre for Languages and Culture, at MoD Shrivenham Defence Attaché and Loan Service Centre, at MoD Shrivenham Nuclear Department, at Technology School, at MoD Shrivenham Defence Leadership and Business Group, at MoD Shrivenham Centre of Air Safety Training
Permanent Joint Headquarters Permanent Joint Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters Standing Joint Force Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters Standing Joint Force Logistics Component Headquarters, at Northwood Headquarters
Royal Navy
Headquarters, Navy Command, at , Whale Island First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Fleet Commander Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) Finance Director (Navy)