Structure of the British Armed Forces in 1989 Rear admiral). The post of Commander British Forces Falkland Islands rotated between British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force 2-star rank flag officers (Major General, Rear admiral and Air vice-marshal). The Commander British Forces Hong Kong was a British Army Major General. The two local auxiliary defence forces were administered by the Hong Kong Government, but when called out would have come under the command of Commander British Forces: Structure of the British Armed Forces in 1989 At the end of the Cold War in 1989 the British Armed Forces structure was as follows: In 1989 the British Armed
Banknotes of the British Armed Forces for use in the Afghanistan theatre only and are rarely seen these days as all the Post Exchanges around the KIA area accept US dollars in payment, the NAAFIs in theatre will not even accept GBP. These tokens are not yet listed in Krause Publications' Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Banknotes of the British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces issued their own banknotes between 1946 and 1972. Since 2003, they have issued their own small change tokens nicknamed pogs by the Squaddies, after the children's game popular in the early 1990s. At the end of the war in