77th Brigade (United Kingdom)
| 77th Brigade | |
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| Active | 1 Sept 2014 |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Size | 6 units |
| Part of | Force Troops Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Denison Barracks |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Brigadier Alastair Aitken |
The 77th Brigade is a British Army formation, created in January 2015 by renaming the Security Assistance Group which was created under the Army 2020 concept.
It is based at Denison Barracks in Hermitage, Berkshire and will be fully operational by April 2015.
The brigade was named the 77th in tribute to the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade, which was part of the Chindits, an Indian Army guerilla warfare force led by Orde Wingate who used unorthodox tactics against the Japanese in Burma in World War II. The formation badge of the revived 77th show a mythical Burmese creature in reference to the Chindits.
The first 77th Brigade was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 26th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War. Some of the past units include, 8th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 11th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 10th Battalion, Black Watch, 12th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 77th Machine Gun Company, 77th SAA Section Ammunition Column and the 77th Trench Mortar Battery.
The Security Assistance Group (SAG)'s mission was to work with cross-Whitehall agencies to achieve the goals of Defence Engagement and Building Stability Overseas Strategies. 77th Brigade was created to draw together a host of existing and developing capabilities essential to meet the challenges of modern conflict and warfare, the unit's objectives will be similar to that of the SAG. Specifically, it is to: Provide support to other government departments in the aim to achieve stability overseas; lead on special influence methods; build military capacity in all stages of conflict.
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