Structure
The New Zealand Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Chief of the General Staff until 2003), who is a Major General or 2-star appointment. The current acting Chief of Army is Brigadier Pete Kelly, not long returned from the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. As of November 2012, Major General Timothy Keating, MNZM, the immediately previous Chief of Army, has just become Vice Chief of Defence Force. The Chief of Army has responsibility for raising, training and sustaining those forces necessary to meet agreed Government outputs. For operations, the Army's combat units fall under the command of the Land Component Commander, who is on the staff of the COMJFNZ at HQ Joint Forces New Zealand at Trentham in Upper Hutt. Forces under the Land Component Commander include the 1st Brigade and 1 NZ SAS Group.
No. 3 Squadron RNZAF provides tactical air transport support.
Land Training and Doctrine Group
- Land Operations Training Centre Waiouru encompasses the main army trade schools:
- Combat School
- School of Artillery
- Logistics Operations School
- School of Tactics
- Royal New Zealand School of Signals
- School of Military Intelligence and Security
- Joint Catering School
- Trade Training School (Trentham)
- Joint Services Health School (Burnham)
- School of Military Engineering, 2 Engineer Regiment (Linton)
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