3 Medical Regiment is a regiment of the

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within the

Royal Army Medical Service The Royal Army Medical Service (RAMS) is a specialist corps in the British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigad ...

History

3 Medical Regiment was formed in 2000 following the

1998 Strategic Defence Review The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was a British policy document published in July 1998 by the Labour Government that was elected in 1997. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, set out the initial defence policy of the new govern ...

. The regiment was formed from 3 squadrons: A (12) Medical Squadron, B (16) Medical Squadron, and C (24) Medical Squadron. Following their formation, the regiment was assigned to the

3rd (United Kingdom) Mechanised Division The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army. It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Pe ...

and based at Gaza Barracks. In 2002, the regiment was renamed as 3 Close Support Medical Regiment. Over the next 10 years, from 2003 to 2013, the regiment saw multiple deployments to

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( OP Telic) and

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( OP Herrick). In 2010, as a result of the

Army 2020 Army 2020 is the restructuring of the British Army in the early and mid-2010s, in light of the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010. The plan, as its name suggested, was intended to be completed by 2020, though most of its reorganisations ...

reforms, the regiment was moved under operational control of the 102nd Logistics Brigade but supporting 3 UK Division. In 2023, the regiment was disbanded with its former squadrons moved to other commands, before 5 Medical Regiment was re-designated as the new 3 Medical Regiment, under the

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reforms. The regiment is now based at Catterick Garrison, as part of

7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team The 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team is a formation in the British Army with a direct lineage to 7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom), 7th Armoured Brigade and a history that stretches back to the Napoleonic Wars. It saw active service i ...

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References

External links

3 Medical Regiment
Units of the Royal Army Medical Corps Military units and formations established in 2000