Exercise Watch: ‚Noble Jump‘ – Alarm für die Speerspitze

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Die erste Alarmierungsübung für die neue Speerspitze der NATO, die Very High Readiness Joint Task Force, läuft – in Deutschland, den Niederlanden und Tschechien. Noble Jump ist in seinem ersten Teil vor allem eine Übung, die die (bürokratischen) Abläufe durchprobieren soll. Truppen werden allenfalls zu Sammelpunkten im eigenen Land bewegt, zum Beispiel auf den niederländischen Flugplatz Eindhoven.

Hier ein paar Infos, Bilder etc. dazu – von der Bundeswehr dürfte es erst am (morgigen) Freitag mehr dazu aus Marienberg in Sachsen geben. (Spoiler: Ich habe morgen einen anderen Termin und werde dort nicht hinfahren können.)

Ein Übersichts-Bericht vom NATO-Hauptquartier hier:

NATO assessed its alert procedures for the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) for the first time during Exercise NOBLE JUMP from 7-9 April 2015, involving over 1,500 personnel from 11 Allied nations. Germany, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania, Croatia, Portugal, and Slovenia tested their Headquarters’ response to alert procedures and high-readiness units from The Netherlands and Czech Republic physically deployed equipment and troops to airports and railheads.

This activity represents an important milestone as NATO continues to respond to emerging security challenges. The exercise has its origins in last year’s Wales Summit, where NATO leaders collectively agreed to establish the VJTF, or what some call the ‘NATO Spearhead’ force. These developments are part of wider enhancements to the NATO Response Force in order to address instability on NATO’s southern and eastern flanks. (…)
A total of 900 German soldiers were also recalled to their units in Marienberg, Gotha, Idaroberstein and Bad Salzungen during Exercise NOBLE JUMP. These troops conducted similar planning and alert verifications in their respective garrisons.
The overall aim of Exercise NOBLE JUMP was to improve and refine alert and deployment procedures for the VJTF. In the coming weeks NATO military staff will conduct an analysis of the results from this exercise and Allied units will refine their tactical procedures. Lessons will be shared and NATO will continue to refine the overall alert and deployment process, and ensure it is integrated in overall plans for the NATO Response Force. (…)

Ein Video aus den Niederlanden dazu:


(Direktlink: https://youtu.be/_KMCg51V89U)

Aus Tschechien gibt es diesen Bericht der ARD-Tagesschau (keine Ahnung, wie lange der online bleibt.)

(Foto: Niederländisches Verteidigungsministerium via NATO)