Permanent Joint Headquarters

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Permanent Joint Headquarters is the United Kingdom’s main military command centre responsible for planning and controlling joint and combined overseas operations.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf joint military command
military headquarters
coordinates British Army operations (overseas joint)
Royal Air Force operations (overseas joint)
Royal Navy operations (overseas joint)
special forces support to joint operations
coordinatesWith UK government departments
allied joint headquarters
international organisations
country United Kingdom
formed 1996
garrison Northwood Headquarters
hasAbbreviation PJHQ
hasCommanderTitle Chief of Joint Operations
hasCommandRole combined operations
joint operations
overseas operations
hasPrimaryFunction campaign planning
joint operational command
theatre-level coordination
hasSecurityLevel high-security military facility
involvedIn counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations
operations in Afghanistan
operations in Iraq
operations in Libya
operations in Sierra Leone
operations in the Balkans
language English
locatedInAdministrativeArea London Borough of Hillingdon
location Northwood, London
operatedBy Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
oversees UK joint task forces
deployed joint force headquarters
partOf UK Strategic Command
replaced Ad hoc joint headquarters arrangements
reportsTo Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)
responsibleFor UK-led expeditionary operations
combined operations with allied forces
controlling overseas joint operations
operational-level command and control
planning overseas joint operations
supports NATO operations
United Nations-mandated operations
coalition operations
uses joint operational planning processes
secure communications networks

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Air Command
Army Headquarters Andover
Army Headquarters, United Kingdom
Field Army
coordinatesWith
Operation Shader ("Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood")
commandedBy
PJHQ
fullName
Marlborough Lines, Andover ("Army Headquarters Standing Joint Force Logistic Component (elements)")
garrison
Joint Forces Command (United Kingdom)
hasComponent
Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood ("joint operations headquarters")
hasRole
Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood ("permanent joint headquarters")
typeOfCommand

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