Ten nation military partnership successfully completes major exercise in Latvia
The UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force partnership has completed an exercise on NATO바카라 사이트檚 eastern flank
Personnel (part of the Forward Light Headquarters) who are forward deployed conducting command and control exercises as part of Exercise JOINT PROTECTOR. MOD Crown Copyright.
Britain and close European allies have exercised rapidly bolstering NATO바카라 사이트檚 eastern flank, demonstrating the Alliance바카라 사이트檚 ability to defend Latvia from any threat.聽聽
The UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a聽partnership of ten northern European nations, has successfully concluded Exercise Joint Protector, across multiple locations in Latvia, on NATO바카라 사이트檚 eastern flank over the last month. 聽
The exercise is a vital part of testing how quickly the JEF can deploy together across Europe to meet rapidly emerging threats. Military personnel from across the ten nations practiced deploying from their home countries, along with key equipment, to locations across Latvia.聽
The ability of the JEF to rapidly deploy is reliant on nations being able to seamlessly operate alongside each other.聽
This exercise helped聽improve co-ordination and cooperation between JEF nations, particularly in the early phases of any deployment. 聽
Ukrainian military officers attended the exercise for the first-time this year as the alliance looks to learn from the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the Ukrainian military continues to work closely with its partners across Northern Europe.聽聽
Minister for the Armed Forces, Luke Pollard MP, said:
Exercise Joint Protector demonstrates our unwavering commitment to regional security, keeping us secure at home and strong abroad, as well as the strength and depth of our international partnerships.聽聽
The participation of our Ukrainian partners highlights the exercise바카라 사이트檚 importance, ensuring that we can learn from Ukraine바카라 사이트檚 hard-fought combat experience.
All nine partner nations바카라 사이트� Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden and Finland 바카라 사이트� and the UK as the Framework Nation바카라 사이트攑articipated in the annual exercise, testing their collective response to regional security challenges.聽
The value added by the JEF is a significant contribution to both security and deterrence, giving JEF Participant Nation governments, and NATO, more options in times of crisis.聽聽聽
Our collective vision for the JEF바카라 사이트檚 long-term development is for it to be a key component of Northern European security: supporting our members, delivering region-specific and multi-domain defence activities, and contributing to the security of Europe as one of NATO바카라 사이트檚 Framework Nation Concept.