Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
{{Short description|British military defence component}}
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| unit_name = Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
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| dates = 1990 – present
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| type = Joint unit
| role = Arms control and verification
| size = HQ and deployable teams
| command_structure = Strategic Command
| garrison = JACIG Arms Control Centre, RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire
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| motto = {{Language with name/for|la|Per Fidem Mutuam Securitas|Security Through Mutual Trust|break=yes}}
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| commander1 = Colonel Roy Giles
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The Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG) is a specialist defence component affiliated to UK Strategic Command which carries out a range of arms control and verification functions (including inspection, evaluation, escort and training duties).{{cite web|title=UK hosts Vienna Document visit.|url=https://modmedia.blog.gov.uk/2017/04/11/uk-hosts-vienna-document-visit/|website=Defence in the media|publisher=MODUK|accessdate=16 June 2017}}{{cite web|title=Henlow Hunter - Page 11|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/rafhenlow/rafcms/mediafiles/6684930F_5056_A318_A8DD4158D95B1162.pdf|publisher=RAF Henlow|accessdate=16 June 2017}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=18 December 2019|title=Director of Overseas Bases|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-joint-operating-bases-pjobs/fd|access-date=6 November 2020|website=GOV.UK|publisher=Ministry of Defence|language=en}}
History
JACIG was originally based at RAF Scampton (just north of Lincoln); established in 1990,{{cite web|title=Arms Reduction Verification (Hansard, 6 March 1990)|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1990/mar/06/arms-reduction-verification|website=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=6 March 1990|access-date=16 June 2017}} it was declared by the MOD as operational on 1 January 1991. Originally it was formed to performing treaty associated tasks as part of the UK's commitment to post Cold War confidence building associated with the Vienna Document and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty).{{cite web|last1=Westminster|first1=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 20 Feb 1992|url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199192/cmhansrd/1992-02-20/Writtens-6.html|website=www.publications.parliament.uk|accessdate=16 June 2017}} Its operating base is currently RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire.
JACIG's first Commandant and main architect of the unit's structure and method of operations was Colonel Roy Giles.{{cite web|last1=Harahan|first1=and Kuhn|title=On Site Inspections under the CFE Treaty|url=http://www.dtra.mil/Portals/61/Documents/History/On-Site%20Inspections%20CFE%20Treaty--final.pdf|publisher=US DTRA|accessdate=16 June 2017}} Giles was a veteran of BRIXMIS.{{cite web|title=The Guards Magazine|url=http://guardsmagazine.com/obits_Summer15_07Brady.html|website=guardsmagazine.com|accessdate=16 June 2017}}{{cite web|title=Index of /nuke/control/cfe/cfebook/Chapter 5|url=https://fas.org/nuke/control/cfe/cfebook/ch5a.html|website=Federation of American Scientists|accessdate=16 June 2017}} The unit's personnel are drawn from all three UK armed services and the MOD Civil Service.{{cite web|title=RAF - JACIG Camera Handling - 1309|url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/idtraf/courses/1309.cfm|website=www.raf.mod.uk|publisher=RAF|accessdate=16 June 2017|language=en|archive-date=8 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708003520/http://www.raf.mod.uk/idtraf/courses/1309.cfm|url-status=dead}}
JACIG has carried out the following duties since its inception and continues to play an active role in constructive disarmament:{{cite web|last1=Westminster|first1=Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons|title=House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 2 May 2002 (pt 20)|url=https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020502/text/20502w20.htm|website=www.publications.parliament.uk|accessdate=16 June 2017}}{{cite web|title=Defence Diplomacy Paper 1 Page 9|url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB03F0E7-1F85-4E7B-B7EB-4F0418152932/0/polpaper1_def_dip.pdf|publisher=MOD|accessdate=16 June 2017|url-status = bot: unknown|archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121026065214/www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB03F0E7-1F85-4E7B-B7EB-4F0418152932/0/polpaper1_def_dip.pdf|archivedate=26 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}
- Hundreds of inspections or visits related to arms control treaties, such as the revised CFE treaty and its adaption discussed in the 1999 Istanbul summit
- Confidence and security building evaluations and inspection supporting the Vienna Document 2011
- A number of missions related to the Open Skies treaty
- A variety of bilateral activities, outside formal treaty requirements, designed to foster good working relationships with a number of OSCE nations
- Developing capabilities in a range of conventional weapons conventions and treaty implementation including SALW reduction in former conflict zones{{cite web|title=MOD Visit Report 4-7 July 2003|url=http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/media/243936/2003-07-09-minute-lowe-mod-visit-report-ipu-security-sector-reform-team-visit-to-baghdad-4-7-july.pdf|publisher=UK Government|accessdate=16 June 2017}}
- Language training and arms control inspectors' courses
- Lecturing at overseas institutions
- Providing technical expert advice in a variety of forums.
As well as carrying site inspections, unit and area visits to confirm the correct reporting or destruction of treaty limited equipment, JACIG also provides escorts to incoming foreign counterpart organisations. The unit has also become more involved in the setting up and implementation of treaties and agreements to destroy and limit the use of small arms and light weapons (SALW).{{cite book|last1=Karp|first1=Aaron|last2=Karp|first2=Research Coordinator for the Graduate Programmes in International Studies Aaron|title=The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZjJAwAAQBAJ&dq=JACIG+MOD&pg=PA94|publisher=Routledge|accessdate=16 June 2017|language=en|date=11 June 2014|isbn=9781317999300}}