Army: Deployment
(asked on 12th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish details of the overseas (a) exercises and (b) deployments undertaken by the British Army in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021.
The below tables show the overseas exercises in which the British Army have deployed on during the period 2019 – 2021, including those that are ongoing. Please note that the tables below do not include sub-unit training that takes place outside of the United Kingdom. Activity in 2020 is significantly lower due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exercise Name | Location | Duration (incl dates) | Purpose | |
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ASKARI STORM 1/19 | Kenya | 28-Jan-19 | 08-Mar-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup exercise |
DYNAMIC FRONT | Germany | 12-Feb-19 | 12-Mar-19 | Live Fire Exercise/Command Post Exercise. NATO, US and other nations conducting joint fires and interoperability training |
ULCHI FREEDOM GUARDIAN | Republic of Korea | 25-Feb-19 | 12-Mar-19 | Command Post Exercise |
KHANJAR EDGE 19 | Oman | 01-Mar-19 | 15-Mar-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup exercise |
ASKARI STORM 2/19 | Kenya | 04-Mar-19 | 12-Apr-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup exercise |
CITADEL GUIBERT 19 | France | 04-Mar-19 | 29-Mar-19 | To train and evaluate France and US Divisions |
AUSTERE CHALLENGE (JVAC19) | Germany | 13-Mar-19 | 22-Mar-19 | Divisional Level Training exercise with US European Command (USEUCOM) |
OF6 TEG SOR (JVAC 19) | Germany | 13-Mar-19 | 22-Mar-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup training |
WARFIGHTER 19.4 | USA | 28-Mar-19 | 15-Apr-19 | Command Post Exercise (CPX) to train and develop bilateral interop of UK Division into a US Corps. |
JOINT WARFIGHTER ASSESSMENT | USA | 22-Apr-19 | 10-May-19 | US Force development and interoperability activity. |
PRAIRIE STORM 1/19 | Canada | 28-Apr-19 | 03-Jun-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup training |
Ex ASKARI SPEAR 3/19 | Kenya | 20-May-19 | 07-Jul-19 | Specialised Infantry combined arms sub-unit exercise in preparation to deploy on operations. |
SWIFT RESPONSE | Romania | 08-Jun-19 | 26-Jun-2019 | Command Post Exercise / LIVE USEUCOM multi-national Airborne interoperability exercise |
PRAIRIE STORM 2/19 | Canada | 28-Jun-19 | 05-Aug-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup training |
ASKARI STORM 4&5/19 | Kenya | 23-Sep-19 | 01-Nov-19 | Combined Arms Battlegroup exercise |
TRACTABLE | Europe | 25-Sep-19 | 30-Nov-19 | Lead Armoured Task Force deployment test |
CITADEL BONUS 19 | Poland | 27-Nov-19 | 13-Dec-19 | Interoperability exercise |
Ex Name | Location | Duration (incl dates) | Purpose | |
2020 | ||||
ASKARI STORM 1/20 | Kenya | 27-Jan-20 | 17-Mar-20 | Combined Arms Battlegroup exercise |
MAYAN WARRIOR 19-2 (now 20-1) | Belize | 03-Feb-20 | 01-Mar-20 | Jungle training |
ASKARI SPEAR 2/20 | Kenya | 05-Mar-20 | 24-Apr-20 | Specialised Infantry combined arms exercise |
Ex Name | Location | Duration (incl dates) | Purpose |
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2021 |
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TALLINN DAWN 3/20 | Germany | 11-Jan-21 | 14-Feb-21 | Mission Specific training |
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MAYAN SPEAR 21 | Belize | 09-Jan-21 | 10-Mar-21 | Specialised Infantry combined arms exercise |
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ASKARI STORM 1-21 | Kenya | 08-Feb-21 | 28-Mar-21 | Combined Arms Battlegroup exercise |
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DEFENDER 21 | Various | 01-Mar-21 | 14-Jun-21 | US led multi-national exercise |
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SWIFT RESPONSE 21 | Estonia | 01-Mar-21 | 14-Mar-21 | Command Post Exercise / LIVE USEUCOM multi-national Airborne interoperability exercise. |
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Warfighter 21-4 | USA | 13-Mar-21 | 23-Apr-20 | Command Post Exercise (CPX) to train and develop bilateral interop of UK Division into a US Corps. |
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NOBLE JUMP DEPLOY EX | Romania | 10-May-21 | 18-Jun-21 | UK commitment dependant on NATO Response Force commitment. |
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| ASKARI SPEAR 21-2 | Kenya | 14-Jun-21 | 01-Aug-21 | Specialised Infantry combined arms sub-unit exercise in preparation to deploy on operations | |||||
The table below shows the British Army’s overseas operational deployments during the period 2019 – present day:
Operation | Location | Dates | Purpose |
CABRIT | Estonia and Poland | Jan 2019 – Present | The UK contribution to NATO enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic states and Poland |
ELGIN | Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo | Jan 2019 – Present | Support to NATO and EUFOR (until the end of the EU transition period on 31 Dec 2020) |
FIRIC | Falkland Islands | Jan 2019 - Present | The British Army’s contribution to British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) through the provision of the Falkland Islands Roulement Infantry Company (FIRIC). |
ORBITAL | Ukraine | Jan 2019 – Present | Capacity Building of the Ukrainian Armed Forces |
NEWCOMBE | Mali | Dec 2020 -Present | UK contribution to United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). |
SHADER | Iraq | Jan 2019 - Present | UK contribution to operations against Daesh. |
TRENTON | South Sudan | Jan 2019- Mar 2020 | UK contribution to the United Nations Mission to South Sudan (UNMISS). |
TORAL | Afghanistan | Jan 2019 - Present | UK contribution to NATO Operation RESOLUTE SUPPORT. |
TOSCA | Cyprus | Jan 2019 - Present | UK contribution to the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). |