British Defence Staff – US


The British Defence Staff – US, which was previously known as British Joint Staff Mission and British Defence Staff , is the home of the Ministry of Defence in the United States of America and its purpose is to serve the interests of Her Majesty's Government in the USA.
The British Defence Staff – US is led by the Defence Attaché who is British Ambassador's senior adviser on defence issues, and has responsibility over 750 military and civilian Ministry of Defence personnel located both within the Embassy and in 30 states across the USA.

Recent defence attachés

Attachés have included:
In February 2020 Michael Smeath was appointed Head of the British Defence Staff – US and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. with effect from August 2020.