The UK provides the leadership of the Multi-National Division (South-East) which has UK, Italian, Japanese, Australian, Romanian, Danish, Portugese, Czech and Lithuanian troops under its command.
UK Forces in theatre (as at 31 May 2006)
The UK sea component includes the Royal Navy vessels currently on duty in the Gulf:
The UK Land component includes the following British Army units deployed in Iraq:
United Kingdom Brigade
Maysan Battlegroup
Task Force Muthanna
Basra City Battlegroup
Basrah Rural North Battlegroup
Basrah Rural South Battlegroup
Provincial Security Sector Reform Battlegroup
20 Armoured Brigade Reserve
The Brigade Engineer Regiment
The Rear Operations Battlegroup
SHAIBA Logistics Base
The UK air component deployed includes the following Royal Air Force units:
Basrah Air Station
Navy
Army
Royal Air Force
Seeb
Bahrain
Qatar