Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what overseas training is planned for reserve forces in 2015; and where that training will take place.

The following training involving the Reserve Forces is planned in training year 2015-16:

Maritime Reserves:

EX ARTIMIS TRIDENT - Persian Gulf

EX KHUNJAR HADD - Persian Gulf

EX BELL BOUY - Singapore

EX GRIFFIN RISE - North Atlantic

EX BALTOPS - Baltic

EX LUCKY MARINER - Persian Gulf

EX DYNAMIC MOVE - Belgium

EX TRIDENT JUNCTURE - Mediterranean/Norway

EX BERSAMA LIMA - Malaysia

MNEX - Spain

EX HAIRSPRING - Norway

EX HELIOS ENCOUNTER - Cyprus

EX BLACK ALLIGATOR - USA

US/UK Exchange (Royal Marines Reserve) - USA

COMMAND POST EXERCISE - Gibraltar

EX TRIDENT JUNCTURE - Naples

YOUNG RESERVES OFFICERS WORKSHOP - USA

INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR OFFICER

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR - USA

Army Reserves

EX MORLANCOURT - Australia

EX BARBARY STAR - Gibraltar

EX IBERIAN STAR 1 - Spain

EX IBERIAN STAR 2 - Spain

EX LEOPARD STAR 1A - Germany

EX LEOPARD STAR 1B - Germany

EX LEOPARD STAR 2 -Germany

EX LION STAR 1 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 2 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 3 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 4 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 5 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 6 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 7 - Cyprus

EX LION STAR 8 -Cyprus

EX LION STAR 9 - Cyprus

EX ORANGE STAR OTX - Netherlands

EX ROMAN STAR - Italy

EX SAVA STAR - Croatia

EX TRIGLAV STAR - Slovenia

EX VIKING STAR 1A - Denmark

EX VIKING STAR 1B - Denmark

EX VIKING STAR 2 - Denmark

EX GOLDEN COYOTE/

MULBERRY TREE - USA

Royal Auxiliary Air Force

EX WINTERMARCH - Norway

UK/US Exchange - USA

International Junior Officer Leadership Course - Germany

International Non-Commissioned Leadership

and Development Course - Canada

Young Reserve Officers Workshop - USA

Medical Cover for Ex FREEFALL ENDEAVOUR - USA

The Interallied Confederation of Reserve

Officers (CIOR) - Belgium

CIOR MILCOMP - USA

EX COMBINED JOINT ATLANTIC SERPENT - USA

EX SCOUT SUNSET - Ascension Islands

EX BEWARE - Cyprus

Intelligence Royal Auxiliary Air Force Sqn Annual

Continuous exercise - Cyprus

Royal Auxiliary Air Force Sqn Force Development - France

EX MAGIC CARPET - Oman

EX VALENCIAN IMP - Spain

Royal Auxiliary Air Force Sqn Force Development training - Holland

Tactical Leadership Programme - Spain