JEF Nations

There are ten JEF Participant Nations (all of which are NATO members). These nations are sovereign states that come together to respond quickly and decisively to an emerging crisis. Development is enabled through political and strategic engagement, specialist working groups, collective training opportunities and interactions with Defence Attaches, Liaison Officers, the JEF Secretariat and front-line personnel.

With NATO doctrine as its baseline, the JEF has strong working relationships with partners and provides a gearing between nations and NATO, where issues can be discussed regionally and quickly reacted to without the requirement for lengthy decision-making processes.​

When each Participant Nation joined the JEF:

Sir Michael Fallon welcomes Sweden and Finland to the Joint Expeditionary Force at an official signing event in Stockholm
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Iceland’s Ambassador to the UK Sturla Sigurjónsson today signed a Note of Joining that welcomes Iceland into the JEF