Soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade
{"Image ImageWidth": "4185", "Image ImageLength": "2640", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image ImageDescription": "Date 25/04/12 Location West Freugh Scotland\nPhoto by Mark Owens/HQScot\n\nARMY PRESS RELEASE\n\nBRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS JUMP INTO JOINT WARRIOR\n\nBritish and French paratroopers are training to deploy together on operations around the world.\n\nToday (Thursday 25 April) saw a joint force under the command of Colchester-based 16 Air Assault Brigade, the British Army's rapid reaction force, arrive on Exercise Joint Warrior.\n\nSome 1300 troops and 300 French troops from the 11e Brigade Parachutiste arrived by air in the West Freugh area of Scotland, with the exercise scenario tasking them to stabilise an area disputed by two fictional nations which are divided by economic and ethnic factors.\n\nA joint force from 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) and the French 1er Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (1er RCP) parachuted in to capture Castle Kennedy airfield. West Freugh airfield was seized by 2 PARA in a helicopter assault, followed up by a rapid landing by a C-130 transport aircraft to deliver more troops and equipment.\n\n\nSecuring the airfields marks the beginning of demanding training that will confirm the two brigades' readiness to deploy together at short notice on contingency operations, ranging from disaster relief to war fighting.\n\nThe two brigades provide their armies\u2019 rapid reaction forces and are at the forefront of closer military co-operation between Britain and France . Joint Warrior marks the culmination of more than a year of work to develop the Intermediate Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (i-CJEF) for contingency operations. Headquarters staff have worked together to integrate command and control procedures and units have carried out joint field training in both countries.\n\nColonel 'Jacko' Jackson, Deputy Commander 11 Air Assault Brigade explained:\n\n\"As the Air Assault Task Force we are trained and capable of operating in an uncertain world.\n\n\"We are held in very high readiness as to be able to conduct forcible theatre entry worldwide at short notice; having a strategic effect due to the Force's agility, reach and ability.\n\n\"Joint Warrior has given us the opportunity to formally demonstrate this, and as a bi-national land component with our sister French Brigade, we have rapidly developed a credible and progressively validated capability with them.\n\nColonel Jackson concluded:\n\n\"We share common values and purpose.\"\n\nFrench Colonel Bruno Helluy added:\n\n\"During one year 16 Air Assault Brigade and 11er Brigade Parachutiste have worked together to be able to do tho kind of intervention.\n\n\"Our partnership is one part go the boarder CJGF which is a joint French - UK high readiness intervention force.\n\n\"The Exercise demonstrates that we can plan and conduct operations together, both airborne and air assault.\n\n\"The exercise went very well.\"\n\nJoint Warrior also provides final training opportunity for the 2 PARA Battlegroup to confirm their readiness to take on the Air Assault Task Force role from May. The role sees the unit\u2019s airborne infantry bolstered by artillery, engineers, medics and logisticians from 16 Air Assault Brigade and ready to deploy anywhere in the world at short notice to conduct the full range of military operations.\n\nExercise Joint Warrior is the largest military exercise in Europe planned this year, involving nearly 13,000 military personnel from nine countries - including 5,250 from the UK - more than 30 warships and over 65 aircraft and helicopters. Taking place twice a year, the training aims to test how the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force work together and with allied forces.\n\nENDS\n\nNOTES TO EDITORS\n\n16 Air Assault Brigade is the British Army\u2019s largest brigade with 7,400 soldiers, combining the speed and agility of airborne and air assault troops with the potency of Apache attack helicopters.\n \nThe brigade deployed to Afghanistan between October 2010 and April 2011 and since its return has focused across a number of commitments, most significantly its core role as the Air Assault Task Force (AATF), ready to deploy on operations anywhere in the world at short notice.\n \nBill Jamieson\nCGS Media and Communication\nArmy Headquarters Scotland\n\n07900 607919\n\n25 April 2013", "Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D3", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2013:04:26 11:45:51", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "Crown Copyright: This image may be used for current news purposes only.  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