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Personnel from across the UK’s armed forces have been refining their ability to operate in one of the world’s most inhospitable environments. Understanding the challenges that come with operating in the High North is crucial to the JEF. Members of the British Army took part in Exercise HAMMER, the Finnish Infantry’s high readiness training. The…

Since the illegal and unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine in Feb 2022, the JEF has exponentially increased activities in the High North, North Atlantic and Baltic regions, across all domains. The activities have ranged from tactical and unit level observation teams, through to multinational exercises, operations and strategic ministerial level table-top exercises. All ten…

Today, the Defence Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) agreed to activate a JEF Response Option. This includes Maritime and Air capabilities which will deploy across the JEF’s core region as a military contribution to the protection of critical undersea infrastructure.  The activity will take place in early December and will ensure a security…

The British 3rd Battailion The Royal Welsh Battalion was close to having to cancel a crucial exercise, but at the last minute, Army Command offered that the British could train in Nymindegab, where they are now conducting Exercise Danish Dragon. The annual exercise for soldiers from the 3rd Battailion The Royal Welsh was on the…

Op Firedrake – the largest JEF activity ever held Participant nations have been contributing to the largest JEF-labelled military activity ever held – Operation Firedrake. Operation Firedrake was the deployment this autumn of a task group built around the UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth but made up of vessels contributed by Norway and the…