3,000 NATO Troops & 700 Military Vehicles Have Gathered in Poland (Feb. 26, 2024)

Every year NATO trains and tests its Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) under the designation of “exercise Jump” with the responsibility rotating between Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum and Allied Joint Force Command Naples. The VJTF is the highestreadiness element of NATO’s larger Response Force (NRF), which also includes air and maritime forces. This year the obligation falls under the command of JFC Brunssum. Exercise Brilliant Jump 2024 is being held in the Drawsko Pomorskie exercise area in Northern Poland. 3,000 personnel and 700 vehicles from predominantly five NATO nations (Albania, Poland, Spain, Türkiye and the United Kingdom) are participating. Brilliant Jump 2024 falls under the Steadfast Defender 2024 series of exercises. Following Brilliant Jump, the VJTF will move across Poland to take part in Polish exercise Dragon 24.