Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
| JACIG | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1990-present day |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | Joint Forces Command |
| Type | Joint MoD Unit |
| Role | Arms Control and Verification |
| Size | HQ and deployable teams |
| Garrison/HQ | RAF Henlow formerly based at RAF Scampton |
| Motto(s) | Per Fidem Mutam Securitas (Mutual Security Through Trust) (Latin) |
The Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (abbreviated as JACIG) is a specialist defence component affiliated to UK Joint Forces Command; which carries out a range of arms control and verification functions (including inspection, evaluation, escort and training duties)[1][2]. JACIG was originally based at RAF Scampton (just north of Lincoln); established in 1990, 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)[3]. 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. Giles was a veteran of BRIXMIS[4]. Its personnel are drawn from all three MOD armed services and the civil service.
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 imit the use of small arms and light weapons (SALW)[5].
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- ^ Karp, Aaron; Karp, Research Coordinator for the Graduate Programmes in International Studies Aaron (11 June 2014). "The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament". Routledge. Retrieved 16 June 2017.