Marne Barracks

 military, barracks

Marne Barracks is located at the site of the former RAF Catterick alongside the A1 on the outskirts of Catterick Village. Operationally it falls under the command of Catterick Garrison. Currently it is home to the 5th Regiment, Royal Artillery and the 8th Regiment, Royal Logistics Corp which are stationed at the barracks.

A number of establishments exist on the barracks, including a HUB bar, a Londis shop, a PRI shop, a hairdressers, and a new 'State Of The Art' gymnasium. However, with the much larger Catterick Garrison being within walking distance a lot of the facilities are located on the larger base.

The barracks have had upgraded accommodation installed as part of Project SLAM (Single Living Accommodation Modernisation). This has been undertaken by Corus BAM Construction have also undertaken the conversion of some of the old RAF hangars to maintenance depots for the Land Rovers utilised by the two regiments.

Order of Battle

5th Regt Royal Artillery Corps
5 Regiment Royal Artillery is the Army's Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) regiment, and is a singleton regiment - the only unit which provides the capabilities we have. It has a constant commitment to deploy one sub-unit every six months as the Theatre STA Battery, supporting operations in Afghanistan. It provides three main capabilities: Counter Indirect Fire, Base ISTAR and Theatre Surveillance Troop.

www.army.mod.uk/artillery/units/6797.aspx
www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8A6A66EC-89BF-4189-B960-C7BD66F...

1 Battalion Mercian Regiment
The Battalion takes its heritage from the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment, and still draws most of its soldiers from Cheshire and the Wirral. It is this legacy that makes it such an effective Unit within the Mercian Regiment, built from the merger of 3 former proud county regiments.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian_Regiment
www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/6447.aspx

8th Regt. Royal Logistics Corps
A component member of the 102nd Logistic Brigade whose role in war is to receive both troops and equipment into the theatre of operations, organise their forward movement to the battle area along a line of communication of up to 750 km, then logistically sustain the fighting formations and finally redeploy the force back to the UK base or on to subsequent operations.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps