Europe's largest Military Exercise

[RoyalGreenJacket]

lol, oh well!

maybe next time.

[hptmurphy]

All we did was mooned the RN and chased off the Russians....and took a few photos but the scale of the thing was brilliant.

[Traumagod]

I highly doubt we'll be getting involved.

Didn't you hear? The Government has decided we need to spend some time "housekeeping"

Well if that housekeeping involves throwing the baby out with the bath water, the government are doing a mighty job!

[Hello Alaska]

i've been involved in this once before, any chance of the Irish DF getting involved or have they been in the past?

I highly doubt we'll be getting involved.

Didn't you hear? The Government has decided we need to spend some time "housekeeping"

[hptmurphy]

i've been involved in this once before, any chance of the Irish DF getting involved or have they been in the past?

Were asked to observe in 1987 but delined the official invite but sneaked alook in any way.

'Operation Purple Warrior' as it was that year ( who the **** comes up with these names?)

[Goldie fish]

Ask murf. He was "Involved" in Purple Warrior long ago.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

Europe's largest military exercise has got underway as a multinational ensemble of sea, air and land forces battle it out around the coast of the United Kingdom as part of Exercise Joint Warrior.

Over the next two weeks 8,000 servicemen and women will take part in the exercise which involves personnel from 14 nations, thirty ships, three submarines, seven helicopter units, 14 land-based air units and 11 separate ground forces.

Exercise Joint Warrior is a UK-wide, tri-Service exercise conducted in spring and autumn each year.

Read more here:

www - Ex Joint Warrior

i've been involved in this once before, any chance of the Irish DF getting involved or have they been in the past?