Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Regiment

Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear Regiment
Active	1 April 1999 – 16 Dec 2011
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Joint (British Army and Royal Air Force)
Part of	No. 2 Group RAF
Garrison/HQ	RAF Honington
Motto(s)	"Fear Naught"
Colors	Brown, Red & Green (1 RTR colours)
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment	Her Majesty The Queen

The Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment was a specialist expeditionary unit of the British armed forces. Personnel of the Joint CBRN Regiment were trained in the detection, identification and monitoring of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.

It was formed on 1 April 1999 as the Joint NBC Regiment, from a stated recommendation in the Strategic Defence Review for an operational unit to support deployed forces of the British military in NBC defence and assistance. In 2005, the name of the regiment was changed following the addition of radiological weapons to its remit, and the NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) designation changed to CBRN.

There were five regular squadrons; four from the 1st Royal Tank Regiment and one (No. 27 Squadron) from the RAF Regiment. Two squadrons (A and W) from the Royal Yeomanry and, from March 2004, 2623 Squadron RAF Regiment provided a reserve capability.

Elements of the Joint CBRN Regiment have since operated in this role in Kuwait and Iraq (on Operation Telic, in which the Royal Yeomanry squadrons combined into a single unit named Y Squadron) and Afghanistan. The regiment also participated in the domestic UK foot and mouth disease crisis of 2001. The regiment contributed to operations world-wide during every year of its formation.

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