NRF exercise Noble Javelin

[sp2c]

it's a repost from M1a2something's topic because that one doesn't make sense

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Brigadier General Ton Van Loon, NATO Response Force Land Component Commander, arrives at Fuerte Ventura.
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Danish soldiers driving an Eagle in the staging area.
The troops are assembled here before the exercise.
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Spanish military police directing Dutch soldiers unloading one of the many ships arriving at the island for exercise Noble Javelin 05.
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Fresh from their barracks in Germany, paratroopers arrive at the staging area.
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An hour after arrival, Dutch troops setting up camouflage nets to get some shade.
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Platoon commander of the Danish recce squadron giving out last minute orders before leaving the staging area for a patrol of the southern part of the island.
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Danish Recce soldier on lookout in the exercise area of Pajara.
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Dutch close protection team in the exersise area of Pajara.
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Commander of the Dutch Army Lt. General Urlings visiting troops.
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Dutch and German soldiers in the staging area.
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Lt. General Urlings, commander of the Dutch Forces, trying out the refugee registration system.
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Mock refugees are being registered for evacuation in the staging area.
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Harrier fighter getting an overhaul by aircraft mechanics in the hangar bay of the HMS Invincible.
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Inside HMS Invincible.
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The bridge and flightdeck of the Invincible outside Puerto del Rosario.
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The HMS Invincible near the coast of Fuerte Ventura.
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The HMS Invincible taking on supplies from a spanish tugboat at the coastline of Fuerte Ventura.
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HMS Invincible
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HMS Invincible
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A Cougar helicopter is landing at the helipad in Pajara, the location of the MEDEVAC exercise as part of the Noble Javelin 05 NATO NRF live training exercise.
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The crew of the Cougar helicopter, during the flight of the MEDEVAC exercise.
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A Cougar helicopter is leaving Pajara, the location of the MEDEVAC exercise as part of the Noble Javelin 05 NATO NRF live training exercise.

[Wodan]

what was this exercise about?

Evac/MedEvac/????

[sp2c]

EXERCISE NOBLE JAVELIN 05 (NJ 05)

THE NATO RESPONSE FORCE EXERCISES ON THE CANARY ISLANDS

NOBLE JAVELIN 05 (NJ 05) is a live training exercise for selected elements of the NATO Response Force (NRF). It will take place from 28 March to 14 April 2005 on the Canary Islands, particularly on Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria.

Approximately 3,000 personnel from the following sixteen NATO nations will participate in NJ 05: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Around 1,700 troops of these personnel belong to the land and air components as well as the Deployed Joint Task Force Headquarters and will be deployed in Canary Island territories. The other 1,300 personnel will be ship’s crew.

This exercise will provide, for the first time, the opportunity to operationally deploy the NRF components far from their home bases to practise the concept and procedures for planning and mounting an operation using the NRF concept. Based on a fictitious crisis response scenario and under a United Nations Chapter VII mandate, NJ 05 will evaluate the ability to activate, mount and deploy the NRF in order to accomplish a combination of different NRF missions.

NJ 05 will also offer the opportunity to practice the deployment of a robust operational, liaison and reconnaissance team, train the move of a Deployable Joint Task Force Headquarters from a sea-based platform - on the HMS INVINCIBLE - to a land-based one on Fuerteventura, and test the ability of the Joint Force Command to establish and maintain continuous command and control of the NRF at the operational and tactical level.

The exercise aims to train ‘as we fight’ and to accomplish a specific operation within a real-time constrained environment. Units will deploy troops and equipment by aircraft and ship to the Canaries, followed by a training phase with an opposing force on the island of Fuerteventura.

The exercise is scheduled and conducted by the commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples. In order to reduce the environmental impact in the Canary Islands, the exercise will be carried out in accordance with Spanish regulations and restrictions and NATO guidelines concerning the protection of the environment.
http://www.afsouth.nato.int/releases/2005releases/PR_10_05.htm

[RSK]

Cool Pics!

Thanks!