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Brigadier Thompson and his HQ staff in the AOR on board HMS Fearless, Falklands War 1982.

Brigadier Thompson and his HQ staff in the AOR on board HMS Fearless, Falklands War 1982.

Photograph of Brigadier Julian Thompson planning operations in the South Atlantic. The headquarters in assault ships such as Fearless and Intrepid is known as the Assault Operations Room (AOR) and contains desks for the Brigadier and his G, AQ, Signals and Intelligence Staff officers as well as for the Commodore and his staff.