Military Exercises
(asked on 11th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 110568, on Armed Forces: Training, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Defence of 28 November 2017, House of Lords Official Report, column 663, whether his Department's plans for the units and personnel listed to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 have changed since 7 November 2017.
The following exercises will not take place in Financial Year 2017-18:
Exercise Black Horse;
Exercise Curry Trail;
Exercise Orange Marauder;
Exercise Steel Sabre;
Exercise Southwest Sword;
Commando Strike;
Royal Marines Reserve Exercises Commando Phoenix and Hare Spring (Norway).
As planning has matured, there have been some changes to the number of Royal Marines personnel planned to deploy to Norway since question 110567 was answered on 7 November 2017. The current plans are as follows:
Unit | Personnel numbers |
45 Commando Royal Marines | 110 |
Commando Logistics Regiment Royal Marines | 100 |
30 Commando IX Group Royal Marines | 10 |
Queen’s Dragoon Guards, 1 Royal Irish, Queen's Royal Hussars | 35 |
Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Brigade, 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, 1 YORKS, Light Dragoons | 10 |
Total | 265 |
Since question 110568 was answered on 7 November 2017, an additional Royal Marines Company, comprising approximately 100 personnel, is now planned to participate in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018.