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NATO

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The UK is one of the largest contributors of personnel to NATO, underlining our commitment to deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area, with personnel deployed over twenty-one countries.

The number of UK personnel posted to NATO Peacetime Establishment locations (Table 1) and those deployed to NATO affiliated exercises and operations (Table 2) can be found below.

Table 1 – UK personnel deployed within the Peacetime Establishment in NATO as of June 2023.

Country	Organisation	Number of UK posts	Rank range
Belgium	NATO HQ (Brussels)	47	OR4 – OF8
Belgium	SHAPE (Mons)	169	OR4 – OF9
Bulgaria	NFIU Bulgaria (Sofia)	1	OF3
Czech Republic	HQ ARRC (Vyskov)	1	OF4
Estonia	NFIU Estonia (Tallin)	1	OF4
France	NRDC HQ (Lille)	10	OR8 – OF6
Germany	NAEW&C FC (Geilenkirchen)	9	OR6 – OF6
Germany	1 DEU NLD (Munster)	6	OR9 – OF5
Germany	NATO School (Oberammergau)	3	OR6 – OF4
Germany	AIRCOM (Ramstein)	76	OR4 – OF5
Germany	CAOCUE (Uedem)	17	OR4 – OF5
Germany	JSEC (Ulm)	16	OR4 – OF7
Germany	1 NSB Wesel (Wesel)	28	OR3 – OF3
Greece	NRDC Greece (Thessaloniki)	1	OF3
Italy	NHRFI (Milan)	17	OR6 - OF7
Italy	JFCNP (Naples)	124	OR2 – OF7
Italy	DACCC (Poggio)	26	OR2 – OF5
Italy	NAGSF (Sigonella)	6	OR4 – OF3
Latvia	MND NE (Riga)	4	OF2 – OF5
Lithuania	NFIU Lithuania (Vilnius)	1	OF3
Netherlands	JFC Brunssum (Brunssum)	109	OR4 – OF7
Norway	JWC (Stavanger)	32	OR6 – OF5
Poland	JFTC (Bydgoszcz)	3	OF4
Poland	NFIU Poland (Bydgoszcz)	1	OF3
Poland	MND NE (Elblag)	2	OR7 – OF4
Poland	MNC NE (Szczecin)	2	OF3 – OF4
Portugal	STRIKFORNATO (Lisbon)	14	OR4 – OF7
Portugal	NCISS LATINA (Oiera)	5	OR7 – OR9
Romania	NFIU Romania (Bucharest)	1	OF3
Romania	MND SE (Bucharest)	2	OF3 - OF4
Slovakia	NFIU Slovakia (Bratislava)	1	OR6
Spain	CAOCTJ (Torrejon)	15	OR7 – OF4
Spain	NRDC Spain (Valencia)	2	OF3 – OF6
Türkiye	NRDC Turkiye (Istanbul)	5	OF4 – OF5
Türkiye	LANDCOM (Izmir)	34	OR6 – OF5
UK	1NSB (Blandford)	46	OR3 – OF3
UK	CTC / NIFC (Molesworth)	9	OR7 – OF5
UK	MARCOM (Northwood)	70	OR4 – OF5
UK	JEWCS (Yeovilton)	2	OR2 – OR6
USA	SACT HQ (Norfolk, Virginia)	51	OR4 – OF8
USA	SHAPE Tampa (Tampa, Florida)	1	OF4
	Total	969	OR2 – OF9

Table 2 – NATO affiliated operations and exercises with UK troops deployed as of June 2023.

Ser	Activity	Outline	Location	Numbers Deployed
1	Op CABRIT Estonia	UK Contribution to NATO Forward Land Forces. (inclusive of Forward Land Forces, HQ CABRIT and Divisional Advisory Team).	Tapa and Tallinn, Estonia	831
2	Op CABRIT Poland Squadron	A UK Light Cavalry Squadron integrated with the US Forward Land Forces, including National Support Element.	Bemowo Piskie, Poland	133
4	Op ELGIN Bosnia	Staff Officers embedded in NATO HQ Sarajevo.	NATO HQ Sarajevo, Bosnia	3
5	Ex ARRCADE LEDGER	HQ ARRC and 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team Exercise.	NATO Forward Holding Base, Sennelager, Germany	676 of which 43 are civilian contractors deployed through the Land Warfare Centre (LWC).
5	Ex JOINT COOPERATION	German sponsored NATO exercise.	Nirenburg, Germany	2
			TOTAL	1,678

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

190199

Session

2022-23

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment NATO

Contains statistics

Yes

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