Task Force Helmand was the name given to a military unit of theInternational Security Assistance Force inHelmand Province,Afghanistan. Task Force Helmand was part ofRegional Command Southwest and consisted primarily of personnel from theBritish Armed Forces, as well as contribution from NATO allies Denmark and Estonia. It was established in April 2006, which coincided with the deployment ofOperation Herrick 4.

During August 2013 the Headquarters of Task Force Helmand moved fromMOB Lashkar Gah toCamp Bastion.^[2]

On 1 April 2014 the command was disbanded and its responsibilities were turned over toRegional Command Southwest.^[3]

• BrigadierEd Butler (April 2006 – October 2006)^[4]
• BrigadierJerry Thomas (October 2006 – April 2007)^[5]
• BrigadierJohn Lorimer (April 2007 – October 2007)^[6]
• BrigadierAndrew MacKay (October 2007 – April 2008)^[7]
• BrigadierMark Carleton-Smith (April 2008 – October 2008)^[8]
• BrigadierGordon Messenger (October 2008 – April 2009)^[9]
• BrigadierTim Radford (April 2009 – October 2010)^[10]
• BrigadierJames Cowan (October 2009 – April 2010)^[11]
• BrigadierRichard Felton (April 2010 – October 2010)^[12]
• BrigadierJames Chiswell (October 2010 – April 2011)^[13]
• BrigadierEd Davis (April 2011 – October 2011)^[14]
• BrigadierPatrick Sanders (October 2011 – April 2012)^[15]
• BrigadierDouglas Chalmers (April 2012 – October 2012)^[15]
• BrigadierBob Bruce (October 2012 – April 2013)^[16]
• BrigadierRupert Jones (April 2013 – October 2013)^[2]
• BrigadierJames Woodham (October 2013 – April 2014)^[2]

• Operation Herrick order of battle

Wikimedia Commons has media related toTask Force Helmand.

• Guards, Coldstream (2016).10 Years in Afghanistan. UK: Coldstream Guards.
• Southby-Tailyour, E (2010).3 Commando Brigade – Helmand Assault. UK: Ebury Press.ISBN 978-0-09193-776-8.

• Ad hoc units and formations of the British Army

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