The Territorial Army is part of the British Army, composed mostly of part-time soldiers paid at the same rate as their Regular equivalents. It forms about a quarter of the strength of the Army. Its original purpose was home defence,
but it is being restructured and reroled to focus on providing support for the Regular army.
... in 1983.
The initial members were the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
In 1985 France withdrew in favour of the 100% French Avions de Combat ...