British Defence Staff - US
British Defence Staff - US alongside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and other Government Departments collectively serve the interests of Her Majesty’s Government in the USA.
The British Defence Staff in the United States is led by the Defence Attaché Air Vice-Marshal Michael J Harwood CBE MA RAF. The Defence Attaché is the British Ambassador's senior adviser on defence issues, and as Head of the British Defence Staff in the United States has responsibility over 385 military and civilian MOD personnel located both within the Embassy and in 34 states across the USA. The Defence Attaché is drawn rotationally from each of the three Services.
BDS-US British Army Staff
Defence Intelligence Liason Staff North America (DI LSNA)
Latest news
- Ambassador hosts Trafalgar Night (October 23, 2009)
- Prime Minister delivers statement on Afghanistan and Pakistan (October 14, 2009)
- UK Defence and Home Secretaries visit British troops in Afghanistan (October 06, 2009)
- British Defence Secretary delivers major speech on Afghanistan (September 15, 2009)
- British pilot flies 20th Fighter Wing's jets through exchange program (September 14, 2009)
