Defence Minister James Heappey and fellow Ministers from the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) member nations have signed a new Policy Direction for the multinational force. JEF Ministers gathered in Helsinki, Finland today to set the roadmap from which the JEF’s 10...
The Norwegian Ambassador, His Excellency Wegger Chr. Strømmen, met with the Standing Joint Force Commander, Major General Rupert Jones, CBE, during a visit to Northwood Headquarters on 27 May 2021. They discussed Norway’s role in the Joint Expeditionary Force (‘the...
Iceland has formally joined the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), the group of 10 northern European nations committed to upholding northern European security. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Iceland’s Ambassador to the UK Sturla Sigurjónsson today signed a Note of...
At the first NATO Defence Ministers’ meeting of the year, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced a series of contributions the UK will be making to the Alliance that has protected Europe for over 70 years… Alongside the six other NATO members who are in the...
Royal Marines performed a stunning sunset parachute drop over Denmark as the UK’s key military deployment of the spring moves up a gear… Leaping from just 800 feet, the men of the elite Pre-Landing Force, 30 Commando, landed outside the small town of Varde in western...