To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2017 to Question 64012, how many UK personnel are assigned to US Africa Command; at what bases they are stationed; and what roles they undertake.
Answered on
15 March 2017
The UK currently has eight posts established within US Africa Command (Stuttgart) and its subordinate command Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) (Djibouti):
- One Senior UK Liaison Officer (Stuttgart)
- One Deputy UK Liaison Officer and Intelligence Liaison Officer (Stuttgart)
- One Embed Planning Officer (Stuttgart)
- Three Liaison Planning/Operations Officer (Stuttgart)
- One Embed Planning Officer (Djibouti)
- One Embed Intelligence Officer (Djibouti)
Answered by
Ministry of Defence