Exercise Griffin Strike

[The Armchair Soldier]

A thread for the currently ongoing Franco-British Joint Exercise Griffin Strike - a trial for the upcoming Combined Joint Expeditionary Force.

Starting with some images of the French arriving.

Vehicles and Soldiers from France, Armee de Terre travelled in convoy from Marchwood to Salisbury Plain today to deploy on Exercise GRIFFIN STRIKE, an Anglo-French exercise to be held in Wiltshire over the next three weeks.

Soldiers from 503e Régiment du Train (503rd Transportation Regiment), 1ere brigade logistique (1st Logistics Brigade) - based in Nîmes, off loaded vehicles at Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre (SMC) including the 56 tonne Char Leclerc main battle tanks and the 26 tonne eight wheeled VBCI Véhicule blindé de combat d'infanterie (armoured vehicle for infantry combat).

[The Armchair Soldier]

British airborne infantry have practiced urban operations alongside French armoured infantry as part of a major exercise to demonstrate military co-operation between the two countries.

Exercise Griffin Strike is the culmination of six years of work between the UK and French militaries and will demonstrate their potential high-readiness to deploy on operations as the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF).

3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), including a company from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR), is training on Salisbury Plain this week (12-16 Apr) with the French 1er Régiment de Tirailleurs (1er RTir). The troops are working together at Copehill Down mock village on their urban fighting skills, with 3 PARA supported by 1er RTir’s VCBI infantry fighting vehicles and Leclerc main battle tanks.

[The Armchair Soldier]

Exercise Griffin Strike 2016 is a UK-France operational and tactical level live exercise which aims to demonstrate Full Validation of Concept of the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force. It represents the culmination of 6 years of UK-French cooperation and is a key component of the commitment made in the Lancaster House Treaties 2010.

EAW HQ in a deployed setting, fast jets (UK Typhoon and French Rafale) and ground close combat (Force Protection Wing comprising RAF and French Air Force units). RAF Leeming provides the opportunity to access leaders, aircrew and ground crew across the rank spectrum.

[The Armchair Soldier]

Royal Marines of J Company 42 Commando carry out beach landings at Wacker Quay ahead of an assault on Scraesdon Fort during training exercises in Cornwall.

[The Armchair Soldier]

A few miscellaneous items from social media:



Bulwark, Ocean and Dixmude:


Some of the ships in formation (anyone know why Duncan isn't part of it?):


Some shots of an air defence exercise:

[arfah]

Nice thread !

[GibMariner]

More media from Griffin Strike

[The Armchair Soldier]

Video footage of Rafales and Typhoons being refueled:

[The Armchair Soldier]

Some nice pics here from Hidden Pembrokeshire.

[JayDee]

Great pictures

[arfah]

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[arfah]

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[GibMariner]

More Griffin Strike images:
https://slate.adobe.com/cp/YBG55/?w=0