Editor's Foreword

Table 38 Selected training activity 2009
Country comparisons
Date Title location aim Principal Participants/remarks
north america (US and Canada)
October 2008–24 GREEN FLAG-WEST US (Nellis AFB) Series of air & ground trg ex to US; BEL; UK; GER; ITA
Sept 2009 09-1 - 09-10
supplement Ex Red Flag
26 January–04 RED FLAG 09-2 - US (Nellis AFB) Tac-air ex US; UK; AUS; ITA; UAE
September 09-5
27 February–07 MARITIME RAIDER US (Fort Pickett, COIN ex for poss AFG
CAN: 500 pers; US: 145 pers
March
09
VA)
deployment
20 April–07 May UNITAS GOLD 2009 US (off
MSO, ASuW, AAW, amphib and US; ARG; BRZ; CAN; CHL; COL; DOM; ECU;
Jacksonville, FL) SF trg ex.
GER; MEX; PER; URY. 25 ships, four SS, over 50
ac, 650 marines and 6,500 pers.
15–26 June NORTHERN EDGE US (Elmendorf Joint air-land and tac-air ex to US: 1 CSG, 9,000 pers, 200 ac
2009
AFB)
improve C3
18–24 June ARDENT SENTRY 09 US (NORAD &
Northcom)
AD and civ response ex US Army, Navy, Air Force, ARNG
06–31 July EMPIRE
US (China Lake, LIVEX, Joint and coalition ISR US; UK; CAN; AUS; NLD
CHALLENGE 09 CA)
interoperability ex
60–28 August NANOOK 2009 CAN (Baffin SAR; ASWEX Joint Task Force (North): 700 pers; 1 SS; 1
Island)
FFH; 1 MCDV; MP ac; Coast Guard
04–14 September JOINT TASK FORCE US (East Coast) Coalition interoperability trg incl US: 1 CSG; BEL 1 MH; BRZ 1 FFG; CAN 1 FFG;
EXERCISE (JTFEX)
ASWEX
DNK 1 OPV; EST 1 MH; ITA 1 SS; NLD: 2 FFG, 1
2009
MH; NOR 1 MS; UK 1 MS
14–24 September GUNFIGHTER FLAG US (Mountain Multinational air cbt trg ex US: F-15C (390th FS), F-15E (389th FS & 391st
Home AFB)
FS), EA-6B (137th Sqn), E-3 (963rd AAC Sqn),
KC-135 (197th AR Sqn); Ca: CF-18 (409th
TFS). Total: 450 pers
latin america and Caribbean
04–18 March TRADEWINDS 2009 BHS MSOEX, focus on C2 US 500 pers; UK RM detachment; BHS; BRB;
BLZ; DOM; Grenada; GUY; HTI; HND; JAM;
NIC; St. Kitts-Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and
Grenadines; SUR; TTO
March–
September
BEYONBD THE
HORIZON 2009
COL; DOM; JAM;
HND; SUR; TTO
Humanitarian and civic
assistance ex
457
COL; DOM; JAM; HND; SUR; TTO; US: 350 pers
each in COL, DOM, JAM; smaller gps in HND,
SUR, TTO
16–29 April FUERZAS ALIADAS ATG; CRI; HND; HADR FTX and CPX 25 nations incl ATG; BHS; BDS; BZE; CRI;
HUMANITARIAS Grenada
DOM; ELS; GUA; HND; NIC; SUR; TTO; US
31 May–14 June SOUTHERN GUY; TTO; BRB; St. Enhance US & Central American/ BRB; BZE; GUY; JAM; St. Lucia; Grenada; TTO;
PARTNER
Lucia; Grenada;
JAM; BZE
Caribbean interop (civ/mil) US. Total: est 8,500 pers
28 June–12 July TEAM WORK CHL MSO, ASW, AAWEX BRZ: 1 FFG, Super Lynx; CHL: 4 FFG, 2 SSK, 4
SOUTH 2009
PFM, 1 PB, 2 PCO, 1 AOR, 1 AT, P-3ACH, P-111,
C-212, PC-72, SH-32; FRA: 1 FFG, Alouette III;
UK: 1 DDG, Lynx; US: 3 FFG, SH-60B. Total:
3,000 pers
01 July–12 NEW HORIZONS GUY Humanitarian and civic
US: 650 pers (mostly ARNG, USAR med/engr
September GUYANA
assistance ex
units); GUY
13–31 July SOUTHERN BRZ PKO & HADR Marines and naval forces from US: 450 pers,
EXCHANGE 2009
incl elm II MEF, 1 LSD; ARG; CHL; BRZ; COL;
PER; URY
11–22 September FUERZAS ALIADAS PAN US-led CT and MSOEX ARG; BZE; CAN: 1 FFG; CHL: 1 FFG; COL: 1
PANAMAX 2009
FSG; DOM; ECU; ELS; GUA; NLD: 1 AORH;
NIC; PAN; PRY; PER: 1 FFG; US: 1 FFG, 1 LPD,
1 PSOH; URY: 1 FF; FRA & MEX obs. Total: 30
ships, 4,500 pers, 12 ac
17 October–2 SALITRE II CHL (Cerro Coalition AIREX incl SAR and ARG; BRZ; CHL: F-16, F-5; FRA; US: 2 KC-130H,
November
Moreno AB, Diego CAOC trg with PKO and HADR 2 KC-135, 6 F-15C
Aracena AB) elm
europe and nato
13–27 February NOBLE MANTA
2009
02–13 March LOYAL MARINER
2009
Ionian Sea NATO ASWEX CAN; FRA; GER: 2 FFG, 1 SSK, 2 AFH; GRC: 1
FFG, 1 SSK; ITA: 2 FFG, 1 AWT, 1 SSK; TUR: 1
FFG, 2 SSK; UK: 1 FFG, 1 SSN; US: 1 DDG
ITA (off Sardinia) MCMEX SNMG1; SNMCMG 2; SNMCMG 3; incl pers
from BEL, DNK, EST, FRA, GER, GRC, ITA, LVA,
PRT, ESP, NLD, TUR, US