Latest news VJTF 2016

Friday, June 24, 2016

Material y vehículos de la VJTF desembarcan en Vigo

El jefe de la Fuerza Logística Operativa (FLO), general Sánchez, presenció, junto al jefe de la Brigada de Infantería Ligera (BRILAT) “Galicia” VII, general Cebrián, y otros cuadros de mando, el 20 de junio en el puerto de Vigo (Pontevedra), el desembarque del material y los vehículos de la Fuerza Conjunta de Muy Alta Disponibilidad (VJTF) que ha participado en los tres ejercicios (“Brilliant Jump”, “Valiant Falcon” y “Anakonda”) que, en el marco de la OTAN, han tenido lugar en Polonia entre los meses de mayo y junio.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

The VJTF completes its training in Poland

The Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) has completed its training in Poland with the end of exercise ‘Valiant Falcon 16’, which took place at the Zagan training area.

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

The VJTF engages in river crossing operation in Poland

On 7 June Spanish sappers and British and Polish engineers carried out a river crossing operation so that a company-type infantry unit from the San Quintín Battalion could cross the river Kwisa.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Spanish contingent deployed in Poland takes part in exercise ‘Anakonda 16’

El contingente español que forma parte de la Fuerza Conjunta de Muy Alta Disponibilidad de la OTAN (VJTF) se integra, a partir de hoy, en el ejercicio ‘Anakonda 16’, como muestra de su compromiso de solidaridad con la Alianza.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Vice Chief of the Army Staff visits Poland to verify the Army’s ability to lead VJTF

“The Army has demonstrated that it is able to lead an agile, interoperable, ready and indivisible force,” asserted the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Juan Campins, referring to the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) during his visit to Camp Karliki, in the Zagan training area (Poland) on 3 June.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The reconnaissance and liaison team of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) travels to the Baltics

The VJTF’s reconnaissance and liaison team is carrying out tactical and logistic reconnaissance in the three new NATO Force Integration Units (NFIUs) set up in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

The VJTF Brigade in exercise Brilliant Jump 16

The VJTF Brigade, under the command of General Cebrián, is taking part in exercise Brilliant Jump 16 at the Zagan Karliki training area in Poland.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Intelligence entities of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force conduct exercise Black Dragon

Around 450 soldiers and 50 vehicles from the ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance) Battalion attached to NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force took part in exercise Black Dragon 16 from 9 to 15 May at the training field and shooting range Álvarez de Sotomayor in Viator (Almería) and the airfield Los Oteros in Pajares de los Oteros (León).

Friday, May 13, 2016

The ISTAR Battalion of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force conducts exercise Black Dragon 16

Over the last week around 450 Spanish soldiers and nearly 50 vehicles from the ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance) Battalion attached to NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) have been conducting exercise Black Dragon 16 in Almería and León. The bulk of this ISTAR Battalion comes from the Intelligence Gathering Land Systems Group of the 1st Intelligence Regiment, based in Valencia.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

The 7th Brigade ‘Galicia’ (BRILAT) goes to Poland

BRILAT will take part in two multinational exercises to put to the test the capabilities acquired during the preparation phase since the beginning of the year. Over the last few months the Brigade has been increasing its ability to be projected and deployed wherever NATO might require it, which is the main purpose of VJTF. The latter was created as a result of the implementation of a new NATO concept agreed on at the Wales Summit.

Monday, May 9, 2016

The Land Component of the new NATO Response Force finalises details in Bétera

The top commanders of the units assigned to the Land Component Command of the new 2016 NATO Response Force (three multinational brigades and the headquarters in charge) met in Bétera (Valencia) to finalise details of the exercise which will take place at the end of the month in Poland and will serve for its final certification.

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Reunión en el Cuartel General OTAN de Bétera para prepara el ejercicio Brilliant Jump 16 en Polonia

Alrededor de 100 mandos militares del Cuartel General Conjunto de Brunssum (Holanda), del Cuartel General Noreste de Scszecin (Polonia) y de otros Cuarteles Generales OTAN están reunidos esta semana en Bétera para ultimar el despliegue de la Fuerza Conjunta de Muy Alta Disponibilidad (VJTF en inglés) dentro del marco del ejercicio de adiestramiento “Brilliant Jump 16” (BRJP 16) que se realizarán en Zagan (Polonia) a finales de este mes de mayo.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Capabilities integration. Company-level exercise of the VJTF, Spearhead and San Quintín battalions to prepare for Deployex in Poland.

The ‘San Quintín Battalion’, of the 3rd Regiment ‘Príncipe’, alongside a company from its sister regiment ‘Isabel la Católica’, JTACs from Field Artillery Command, seven aircraft from the Army Helicopter Forces and an OPFOR from the ‘Toledo’ Battalion have carried out a company-level exercise at the training field and shooting range of Renedo Cabezón.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

First test for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force

The forces Spain is contributing to NATO’s new Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) –whose land component the Spanish Army is leading throughout 2016 – have put to the test their high readiness and immediate deployment capabilities during exercise “Alertex”, which ran from 1 to 10 April.