The Joint Expeditionary Force, is the Royal Navy's contribution to the Joint Expeditionary Force maintained at very high-readiness and available at short notice to respond to unexpected global events.
HMS Albion (the then Fleet Flagship), RFA Fort Rosalie and HMS Ocean of the RFTG conducting replenishment at sea during Cougar 11
Response Force Task Group in the Mediterranean Sea during Cougar 12
A USMC V-22 Osprey landing on the deck of HMS Illustrious
LCU Mk.10 approaching the dock of HMS Bulwark
HMS Bulwark is the second unit of the Albion-class assault ships originally built for the Royal Navy. She was one of the United Kingdom's two landing platform docks designed to put Royal Marines ashor
Joint Expeditionary Force (Maritime)
…capability which is optimised for early entry operations." Cougar 12 composition: Task Force Ships UK Air Elements UK Land Elements Foreign Units HMS Bulwark (Flagship) 814 Naval Air Squadron (Merlin HM.1) 3 Commando Brigade HQ — HMS Illustrious 815 Naval Air Squadron (Lynx HMA.8) 45 Commando — HMS Northumberland…
Migrant rescue duty in the Mediterranean Sea, August 2014
Escorted by the French frigate Courbet and German frigate Schleswig-Holstein during IMCMEX14 in the Persian Gulf