Joint Warrior Participants - Of the 30 plus warships and auxiliaries participating in Exercise Joint Warrior this time fifteen (15) are British, with some 4,000 sailors from the Royal Navy and of course the Royal Marines of 45 Commando (UK’s Very High Readiness Group) and 3 Commando Brigade units, including the Commando Air Wing comprising around just short of half of the total forces involved.  The British warships taking part were:

TURBULENT                 Fleet Submarine
ILLUSTRIOUS              Helicopter Carrier

BULWARK                     Assault Ship

RFA MOUNTS BAY       Landing Ship
DIAMOND                    Type 45 Destroyer
EDINBURGH                 Type 42 Destroyer

ST.ALBANS                  Type 23 Frigate

MONMOUTH                 Type 23 Frigate

ENTERPRISE                Survey Ship

and the

1^st Fast Patrol Boat Squadron      BITER and CHARGER

Minecountersure vessels

1st MCM Squadron/Faslane          BLYTH, BANGOR, GRIMSBY and SHOREHAM,

2^nd MCM Squadron/Portsmouth     ATHERSTONE and BROCKLESBY

The climax of Joint Warrior reached its climax at West Freugh, (just south of Stranraer),, but when it concludes the Helicopter Carrier ILLUSTRIOUS remained in the area to support Exercise Scottish Lion, which involved 45 Commando, RM.    RAF West Freugh is and has always been an armament training school, either for handling or deployment of ordnance.