2 RGR Deployed on a Joint Exercise with the Japanese

British and Japanese forces are training side by side in Japan as part of Exercise VIGILANT ISLES 26. Now in its seventh year, this year sees The Second Battalion, The Royal Gurkha Rifles (2 RGR) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) on this joint exercise, which provides an important opportunity to strengthen cooperation, share expertise and develop the way the two nations train and operate together.⁠

JGSDF’s 5th Brigade (27th Infantry Regiment), Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, 1st Helicopter Brigade and other units, together with the British Army’s 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team (2 RGR), are conducting various training activities related to counter-landing operations at the Hokkaido Training Area through November.

The exercise will enhance operational capabilities and further strengthen mutual understanding and trust between the JGSDF and British Army.