Budget pressures have forced the British Army to withdraw its personnel from the Joint Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear (Jt CBRN) Regiment, leaving the Royal Air Force (RAF) Regiment as the UK's sole specialist active-duty military unit in this field. The decision by UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox was made in July but was not formally announced at the time. Furious debate about the ending of the British Army's participation in the Jt CBRN Regiment took place within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as part of its PR11 spending round process, with many army officers, including the unit's commanding officer, lobbying hard against the proposals.
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