Military Exercises

(asked on 7th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which multi-national military exercises UK armed forces (a) are participating and (b) have participated since the UK left the EU conducted under the aegis of (i) NATO, (ii) defence organisations that are part of EU structures and (iii) other defence organisations; and what the (A) location, (B) duration and (C) purpose has been of each military exercise.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 10th September 2020

The UK is only participating in two NATO exercises in the coming months.

NATO

JOINT WARRIOR 20-2

West Coast Scotland

2 Weeks (Sep 20)

NATO Force Generation and Validation Exercise

NATO

LOYAL LEDA

UK

3 Weeks (Nov 20)

NATO Collective Training Exercise

The UK has participated in the following exercises under the auspices of NATO, the European Union or other Defence Organisations since 31 January 2020.

NATO

JOINT WARRIOR 20-1

West Coast Scotland

2 Weeks (Mar 20)

Carrier Strike Group 21 NATO Force Generation and Validation Exercise

NATO

PILA BESOK

Norway

2 Weeks (Mar 20)

Planning Exercise

NATO

COLD RESPONSE 20

Norway/North Sea

2 Months (Feb 20)

Maritime Amphibious Task Group and Lead Commando Group NATO Chapter 4 LIVEX

EU

QUICK RESPONSE

Bosnia & Herzegovina

3 Weeks (Aug 20)

OP ALTHEA Annual reinforcement rehearsal exercise

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