Coalition Order of Battle

Here's a publicly available Order of Battle for our forces. I think the media could take a look at it as well since they are really struggling with the distinction between brigade, battalion, and division. Note that it includes estimates of number of people, armored vehicles, etc.

Included in the Order of Battle: German Army 750th NBC Defense BN [C/JTFCM]
Why is there a German unit here, given the German government's pro-Saddam position? Is this Order of Battle limited to the current operations, or does it have broader application?

As noted in the other posts above, these are the Chemical/ Biowar agent detection units, largely crews of the German Fuchs [Fox] armoured car fitted mobile chemical warfare agent detection and analysis laboratories. If the Germans pulled those unit out, they'd not only be abrogating the NATO treaty in which they agreed to do so and would thereby also cause the other nations to develop their own capabilities in that field, undermining German efforts to sell such equipment abroad, but would be subjecting civilians in any such affected areas to additional casualties, a touchy point for the Germans who've sold chemicals with such uses to Saddam over the past few decades, as well as having a history of that sort of thing of their own. I don't expect they'd want photographs of civilian corpses to be captioned as being the result of the Germans pulling their Fuchs CBR equipment trucks out so Saddam could gas the population with German chemicals with impunity.

the Order of Battle for British troops involved in Operation Telic, the ongoing operation in Iraq:

Naval Task Group 2003, which has long been planned to deploy via the Mediterranean and Gulf en route to the Far East for participation in Exercise Flying Fish, has been augmented to provide a significant maritime and amphibious capability. The Task Group comprises:
HMS Ark Royal (aircraft carrier)
HMS Ocean (helicopter carrier)
HMS Liverpool (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Edinburgh (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS York (Type 42 destroyer)
HMS Marlborough (Type 23 frigate)
HMS Grimsby (mine-hunter)
HMS Ledbury (mine-hunter)
RFA Argus
RFA Sir Tristram
RFA Sir Galahad
RFA Sir Percivale
RFA Fort Victoria
RFA Fort Rosalie
RFA Fort Austin
RFA Orangeleaf
plus a Fleet Submarine

The amphibious force numbers some 4,000 and includes:

HQ 3 Commando Brigade
40 Commando Royal Marines
42 Commando Royal Marines
Helicopter air groups aboard Ark Royal and Ocean
Some 14 other Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels are also involved in the operation to some extent, including ships such as HMS Chatham which is assigned to the enforcement of United Nations sanctions, and an additional pair of minehunters, HMS Brocklesby and HMS Blyth.

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The land force numbers some 26,000. The primary units being deployed in whole or in part include:

1(UK) Armoured Division:

Headquarters and Signal Regiment

The Queen's Dragoon Guards (reconnaissance)

1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (additional infantry capability)

28 Engineer Regiment

1 General Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps

2 Close Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps

2nd Battalion, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

1 Close Support Medical Regiment

5 General Support Medical Regiment

1 Regiment, Royal Military Police

plus elements from various units including:

33 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment
30 Signal Regiment
32 Regiment Royal Artillery (Phoenix UAVs)

7th Armoured Brigade:

Headquarters and Signal Squadron:
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Challenger 2 tanks)
2nd Royal Tank Regiment (Challenger 2 tanks)
1st Battalion The Black Watch (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (AS90 self-propelled guns)
32 Armoured Engineer Regiment

plus elements from various units including:

Queen's Royal Lancers (Challenger 2 tanks)
1st Battalion Irish Guards (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
1st Battalion The Light Infantry (Warrior infantry fighting vehicles)
26 Regiment Royal Artillery
38 Engineer Regiment

16 Air Assault Brigade:

Headquarters and Signal Squadron

1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment

1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment

3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

7 (Para) Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (105mm Light Guns)

23 Engineer Regiment

Household Cavalry Regiment (1 x armoured reconnaissance squadron)

3rd Regiment Army Air Corps (Lynx & Gazelle helicopters)

7 Air Assault Battalion, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

13 Air Assault Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps

16 Close Support Medical Regiment

156 Provost Company RMP

102 Logistics Brigade:

Headquarters

36 Engineer Regiment
33 and 34 Field Hospitals
202 Field Hospital (Volunteer)
4 General Support Medical Regiment
3 Battalion, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
6 Supply Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
7 Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
17 Port & Maritime Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
23 Pioneer Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
24 Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
5 Regiment, Royal Military Police
specialist Royal Engineer teams
airfield engineer support units from 12 Engineer Brigade
elements from 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment elements from additional Royal Logistic Corps Regiments

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The air component being deployed on Operation Telic numbers about 100 fixed-wing aircraft and 27 support helicopters, supported by some 7,000 personnel. Aircraft types involved include:

Sentry AEW1 command & control aircraft
Tornado GR4 bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
Jaguar GR3 attack/reconnaissance aircraft
Harrier GR7 attack aircraft
Tornado F3 air defence aircraft
VC-10 tanker aircraft
Tristar tanker aircraft
Hercules transport aircraft
Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft
Chinook helicopters
Puma helicopters

RAF Regiment units are providing ground defence for the force.

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