Permanent Joint Headquarters

Permanent Joint Headquarters
Active 1996–present
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  Royal Navy
 British Army
 Royal Air Force
Type Command
Part of Joint Forces Command
Garrison/HQ Eastbury, Hertfordshire
Commanders
Current
commander		 Vice Admiral Timothy Fraser
Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) at Northwood MOD

The Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) is the British tri-service headquarters from where all overseas military operations are planned and controlled. It is situated at Northwood Headquarters in Northwood, London. The Permanent Joint Headquarters is commanded by the Chief of Joint Operations (CJO). The current CJO is Vice Admiral Timothy Fraser .[1]

History

The Permanent Joint Headquarters was established in April 1996 to enhance the operational effectiveness and efficiency of UK-led joint, potentially joint and multi-national operations, and to exercise operational command of UK forces assigned to multinational operations led by others.[2]

Mission and duties

The PJHQ's mission is as follows:[3]

"CJO is to exercise operational command of UK forces assigned to overseas joint and combined operations; and to provide politically aware military advice to the MOD in order to achieve MOD UK’s strategic objectives on operations"

There are certain areas that the headquarters was not and will not be involved in:[3]

  • Strategic Nuclear Deterrent
  • Defence of the UK Home Base, Territorial Waters and Airspace
  • Northern Ireland
  • Counter-terrorism in UK (Home Office)
  • NATO Article V (General War) (NATO Military Command Structure)

Commanders

The Chief of Joint Operations (CJO) is the appointment held by the 3*-ranked Officer that leads PJHQ.[4] The CJO is responsible for the planning and execution of UK-led joint, potentially joint, combined and multi-national operations.[5]

Chiefs of Joint Operations
April 1996Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Wallace
February 1999Vice Admiral Sir Ian Garnett
August 2001Lieutenant General Sir John Reith
26 July 2004Air Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy
March 2006Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Houghton
13 March 2009Air Marshal Sir Stuart Peach
December 2011Lieutenant General Sir David Capewell
January 2015Lieutenant General Sir John Lorimer
June 2017Vice Admiral Timothy Fraser

References

  1. ↑ "British Paras form elite force with US". Daily Express. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Permanent Joint Headquarters". Armed Forces. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "The Permanent Joint Headquarters". gov.uk. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  4. ↑ Modernising Defence: Implementing the Strategic Defence Review 30 March 1999
  5. ↑ Northwood Headquarters


Coordinates: 51°37′10″N 0°24′34″W / 51.61944°N 0.40944°W / 51.61944; -0.40944

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