The JEF is a military focused framework with governance structures extending from ‘Leaders’ and Defence Ministers through the Chiefs of Defence and Defence Policy Directors, who meet periodically, down to the military operational level.
The Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) is the UK nominated permanent JEF Operational HQ. The SJFHQ is joint and international by design. It provides operational liaison and reconnaissance teams, a dedicated HQ and a joint logistics HQ, all at very high readiness to deploy across the globe.
UK Ministry of Defence
As the Framework Nation, the UK Ministry of Defence is responsible for the routine management and administration of the JEF, and for cohering activity and information across all JEF Participant Nations.
JEF Leadership
Major General Olly Brown CBE
Major General Olly Brown is the Commander of the UK Standing Joint Force Headquarters, which is the coordinating authority providing command and control for the Joint Expeditionary Force. An infantryman, he has completed multiple tours of duty in theatres including Nigeria, Iraq and Afghanistan, where he was the last Commander of the Kabul Security Force until July 2021. He has commanded 4th Infantry Brigade and served as Assistant Chief of Staff Operations within the UK’s HQ Field Army. From July 2024 he was the General Officer Commanding, the 3rd (UK) Division of the British Army until his appointment to SJFHQ.